Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Permanent
An exciting opportunity has arisen within our well regarded, friendly and supportive civil litigation team.
Join us as a Legal Officer to work alongside our team of highly experienced specialist lawyers. We provide high quality advice and advocacy to our various client departments on contentious and non-contentious matters relating to housing, adult social care, commercial/residential landlord and tenant matters amongst others.
You will provide support to our experienced solicitors within the team and, with full support and supervision, you will hold responsibility for a caseload of pre and post-issue claims. You will be taking initial instructions, updating the client on case status, maintaining records and case worksheets, and assisting on complex litigated matters as required. You will be required to undertake all aspects of case management including research and drafting and provide support at meetings from time to time.
You will have strong organisational skills and a pro-active approach to work pressures, which will ensure that you are able to successfully prioritise work. Your excellent communication skills, both written and oral, will ensure that you are able to represent the service in a professional manner when liaising with clients and other external agencies. With strong research and analytical skills, you will be proficient in the use of IT and case management systems to excel in this role.
You will be supported at a senior level and by your peers, and we will give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of training and development opportunities.
We offer a competitive salary and an excellent benefits package. This includes hybrid working, a flexi-time scheme, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme, and a generous holiday entitlement. For an illustrative value of your benefits package, take a look at our benefits calculator.
We are committed to recruiting a diverse and highly talented workforce as we continue to build a council that is fitting and representative of our great city. That’s why we have designed our recruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you. We will do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with your application, take a look at the ‘our approach to recruitment’ page.
If you would like an informal chat about this post, please contact Shazmina Ghumra, Principal Lawyer, Civil Litigation on Telephone: 0116 454 1433 or by email.
Assessment/interviews will take place week commencing Monday 7th April 2025.
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