Business Support Officer

LAW Absolute; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A local authority is seeking a Business Support Officer for a three-month contract until 28 December 2025. The role involves managing a high-performance team and legal finance services. Familiarity with Lexcel and prior legal service management experience is required. The pay rate is £24.78 PAYE or £31.49 LTD, and candidates should be available on short notice. Interested applicants can send their CVs to the provided email.

Qualifications

• Previous legal service practice management experience is essential.
• Familiarity with Lexcel is required.

Responsibilities

• Operate within a framework set by management teams.
• Help develop policy and service development.
• Manage a high-performance team.
• Assist with financial planning and administration.

Skills

Legal service practice management experience

Familiarity with Lexcel

Job description

Overview

A local authority is seeking a Business Support Officer for a period of three months until 28 December 2025.

The successful candidate will have previous legal service practice management experience and familiarity with Lexcel, as this will be a significant project for a few months.

Responsibilities

• Operate within a framework set by Corporate and Departmental Management Teams with the freedom to influence the shape of the service.
• Help develop policy and service development, engage with a wide range of internal and external contacts, and foster partnership working.
• Manage a high-performance team.
• Manage legal services finance and assist the Senior Management Team with financial planning and administration.

Contract, Pay and Availability

Pay rate for this role is: PAYE £24.78 / LTD £31.49.

Due to the urgent nature of the role, candidates need to be available on no more than 2 weeks’ notice.

Contract duration: three months (to 28 December 2025).

Application Process

To express interest, please send an updated CV to [e-mail]

Working through LAW Absolute

LAW Absolute serves as an employment business for temporary recruitment and as an employment agency for fixed term contracts and permanent recruitment. We provide interim opportunities across various sectors.

Notes

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