legal officer

A legal officer within Legal Services Lincolnshire is expected to provide a high quality, responsive and cost-effective support to the Lawyers within the team. The focus of the post is on providing one to one support to a Lawyer in relation to a busy caseload of complex public law children's cases, providing a high level of customer service. The nature of the work is often fast paced and will require the candidate to be able to prioritise workloads under supervision, ensuring that tasks are completed within the legal timeframes., Specific duties include:

• preparation of court documents, including court forms/applications and statements;
• preparation of and maintaining Court Bundles in accordance with the Practice Direction;
• maintaining a high level of organisation within a case management system;
• providing general assistance to the lawyers within the team;
• provision of pro-active and organised working standards to ensure strict adherence to Court directed timetables.
• Attendance at Court, when deemed necessary.
  
  Are you looking for a challenging role in an environment where no two days are the same? Are you skilled in office administration with proven organisational skills and the ability to work flexibly as part of a team? Do you have an interest in Child Protection?, The ideal candidate will possess a good level of skill and expertise from within an office environment, preferably within the legal sector. The candidate will have good customer service and inter-personal skills and be confident in the use of various computer applications.
Candidates will need to be a highly organised, flexible, customer focused, a team player and able to apply skills innovatively and proactively. Good levels of IT ability and confidence are essential., Ability to work flexibly and, on occasions, beyond the normal contracted hours in order to meet the business needs of the service., In accordance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 (Fluency Duty), the ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.

We will help you learn new skills, encourage your development and work with your to reach your potential, all within a friendly and welcoming environment where no two days are ever the same and we all want to succeed together. We are offering a competitive salary of £26,847 - £28,153 along with a pension, a comprehensive benefits package including excellent discount schemes and many areas for professional support and development. Further details can be found in our rewards and benefits brochure Remote Working This post does require some office attendance on a weekly basis, with the Childcare team day taking place each Tuesday. There will also be the requirement of 1 x further day in the office each week, as a minimum. You may also be required to attend court hearings across the week, dependent on listings and whether or not the Hearings are remote or in person. Your nominated contractual work base will be Lincoln and you will be required to commute to this work base as set out above. We have developed our technology platform to enable you to connect and collaborate remotely. We require that you have in place good connectivity and we will discuss within the recruitment process if support with this is needed.