What's involved with this role:
Interim Legal Officer
Reference no: K&C 5261820
Pay Rate: £20.86 per hour PAYE
36 Monday - Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 3 months
City: KENSINGTON, LONDON
We are seeking an experienced Legal Officer to manage a caseload of up to 13 care cases. This role does not involve advocacy but will require strong skills in case preparation, legal advice, and collaboration with internal teams and external stakeholders. Attention to detail, excellent organisational skills, and the ability to work under pressure are essential for this position
Key Responsibilities:
Provide guidance and assistance on various administrative and computerised systems to these staff and other colleagues.
Ensure all documentation is accurate.
Support and assist senior colleagues in complex and highly confidential cases by providing organised methodical and current research. Support and work alongside them/deputise at necessary stages or independently, draft documents, attend on Counsel, attend meetings with the public and other professionals whether internal or external.
Independently evaluate, draft and prepare all documents. Draft instructions to Counsel when external Barristers are brought in to represent the Council and instruct solicitors to act as agents on behalf of the Council and negotiate their fees.
Use various Council systems to research cases.
Key requirements:
Law degree CILEX or equivalent or other legal qualification
Fellowship of the Institute of Legal Executives
Uses knowledge to analyse and solve problems with an appreciation of possible longer-term implications.
Experience of dealing with complex caseloads.
Legal Officer experience
Strong verbal communication skills including the ability to receive and present complex, sensitive or contentious data to individuals and groups, overcoming barriers to communication.
Ability to establish professional, effective working relationships with a range of partners/colleagues.
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the role to help support your application should be clearly shown in your CV.
Due to the number of CVs being sent to us unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.
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Job Ref: K&C 5261820
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