Legal Support Officer:

Cherry Professional; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A public sector organization in the East Midlands is looking for a Temporary Legal Support Officer to join their Property Management Team. This role involves liaising with internal and external stakeholders regarding legal matters, managing legal instructions, and supporting the Head of Legal and Records. The ideal candidate will have experience in legal support, excellent communication and organizational skills, and familiarity with property law. This is a temporary position offering hybrid working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a personal assistant or legal support professional, ideally supporting senior lawyers or managers.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks efficiently.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to build positive relationships with external legal providers and stakeholders.
• Experience working in a legal environment or handling confidential information.
• Familiarity with data protection principles and practices.
• Knowledge of property law or specific experience working within property-related legal support.
• Advanced skills in MS Office Suite and legal case management software.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders regarding legal matters.
• Instruct external legal providers and manage the legal instruction register.
• Assist the Head of Legal and Records with managing external legal providers.
• Organize legal meetings and ensure effective management.
• Obtain search results from relevant authorities.
• Provide general administration support to the Legal Team.

Skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Relationship building

Familiarity with data protection

Legal support experience

MS Office Suite proficiency

Legal case management software knowledge

Job description

Temporary Legal Support Officer - Mansfield - 15.67 per hour - 10 weeks guaranteed - Hybrid working

Cherry Professional are pleased to be working with their public sector client once more on a rare but exciting opportunity to join their Property Management Team on a temporary basis.

Responsibilities

• To liaise with internal stakeholders, external solicitors, local authorities and members of the public in relation to legal matters within the team and to be the first port of call within the team in order to allocate to the correct legal adviser.
• To liaise with all directors in relation to the supply of information in relation to legal and records.
• To instruct external legal providers on behalf of the Head of Legal and Records and obtain quotes for the work to be undertaken.
• Maintaining the register of legal instructions and liaising with the relevant stakeholders to ensure that deadlines are met.
• To assist the Head of Legal and Records in managing the external legal providers including the budget by monitoring the financial spend for each external legal matter and keep the tracker up to date.
• Ensure legal meetings are effectively planned and managed, including collating agendas, distributing of papers, taking of accurate minutes, maintaining action trackers, ensuring any accessibility needs are supported and that technical solutions are provided where required when liaising and outsourcing legal matters.
• To obtain search results from Land Registry, local and other authorities (in the absence of the trainee Legal Executive).
• To provide support to the Legal Team in forward planning, chasing responses, completing tasks and general administration where appropriate

Ideal Person

• Proven experience as a personal assistant or legal support professional, ideally supporting senior lawyers or managers.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks efficiently.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to build positive relationships with external legal providers and stakeholders.
• Experience working in a legal environment or handling confidential information.
• Familiarity with data protection principles and practices.
• Knowledge of property law or specific experience working within property-related legal support.
• Advanced skills in MS Office Suite and legal case management software.