Childcare Legal Assistant

North Northamptonshire Council; Corby; Hybrid; GBP 23,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Assistance Programme

Employee Benefits Scheme

Wellbeing support

Travel at HMRC rates

Employee Network Groups

Job summary

North Northamptonshire Council’s Legal Services People Team is seeking a Childcare Legal Assistant to support fee earners and help deliver vital public services. You will handle a diverse caseload and draft routine pleadings, with senior support.

We offer benefits including an Employee Assistance Programme, wellbeing support, hybrid working, generous leave, and a supportive, collaborative environment to develop your skills in public law.

Qualifications

• Experience working in a legal environment or as a paralegal is desirable.
• Strong organisational and prioritisation skills with the ability to manage a varied workload.
• Effective communication and professional judgement in legal support tasks.

Responsibilities

• Draft routine pleadings and legal documents.
• Obtain and review reports, witness statements and court papers for tribunal appeals and hearings.
• Prepare/draft and file case summaries and position statements.
• Ensure Tribunal/Court Bundles are complete and properly paginated for proceedings.
• Attend meetings, tribunals or other forums to take notes or transcripts.

Skills

Organisational skills

Teamwork

Initiative

Education

LLB Hons Law

CILEx Level 3

Job description

Join our People Team as a Childcare Legal Assistant North Northamptonshire Council is an ambitious, exciting, innovative and supportive place to work. The Council is committed to focused service delivery to improve the lives of our residents. Join our Legal Services People Team as a Childcare Legal Assistant and play a key role in supporting the delivery of vital public services across our local authority. As a Childcare Legal Assistant within our in-house legal People team, you will work on a diverse and rewarding caseload, providing high-quality legal support to fee earners to ensure compliance with the law. As a member of the team, you will be supported at a senior level and by your peers in a growing and developing team of professionals. The team's focus is on enabling service delivery, to achieve this we adopt a partnering model with our clients, supporting them to deliver an ambitious agenda for North Northamptonshire.

• drafting routine pleadings;
• obtain and review reports, witness statements, working documents and other papers required for tribunal appeals and court hearings;
• prepare/draft and file legal documents e.g. case summaries, position statements;
• ensure that Tribunal/Court Bundles are complete, paginated and ready for proceedings and the courts and other relevant parties receive the relevant documentation;
• attend meetings, courts, tribunals or other forums to take notes or transcripts of proceedings., Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:

Customer-focused Respectful Efficient Supportive Trustworthy Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.

You will:

• Hold CILEx, LLB Hons Law or be Level 3 qualified (or working towards CILEx level 3) or a similar qualification, or have relevant experience in Law.
• Effectively and appropriately support the provision of childcare legal advice commensurate to Northamptonshire Children's Trust, officers and other stakeholders.
• Good organisational skills with ability to use initiative and prioritise workloads.
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.

We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.

Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we're transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.

You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think! Why choose us? We offer a vibrant working environment with:

• a competitive salary
• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
• lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.