Legal Officer

Government
January 11, 2024

Job Description


Job title: Legal Officer

Company: Norfolk County Council

Job description: Job Description:

Permanent Contract | £29,269 to £31,364 per annum (Scale G) | 37 hours per week | Norwich

We are looking for a Legal Officer to join the Adult Social Care Section of nplaw’s People team. The role is to provide support to lawyers in giving advice and representation to local authorities in all areas of adult social care.

nplaw is a public sector shared legal service with a wealth of experience gained through many years of advising our clients in local government, the public sector, charities and schools. We provide a wide range of legal services, delivered by specialist lawyers who understand the local government context. Working for the benefit of the public is at the heart of our culture, and we’re looking for a Legal Officer to help us deliver our broad portfolio of services.

As a Legal Officer at nplaw, you’ll be responsible for assisting with the provision of legal services to clients. You’ll work closely with lawyers, senior and other legal officers in the team and will also deal directly with clients, ensuring a high degree of customer service at all times. You’ll have a brilliant opportunity to learn and develop your skills and experience, with the support of a talented team around you, and a structured approach to long term career development with the possibility of enabling you to qualify as a solicitor if this is something you aspire to.

To be considered for the Legal Officer role you will have a law degree/GDL or be CILEx level 3 qualified (or working towards CILEx level 3) or hold a similar qualification. You’ll need a good knowledge of the law or a willingness to learn a new subject area, first class communication and organisational skills, and a desire to learn and progress your career. We will offer you training and support in all these areas.

You will understand, or develop an understanding of, the legal procedures, resources and systems to undertake straightforward legal transactions and casework, with support from Lawyers and/or Senior Legal Officers as required, including attending meetings, drafting documents, instructing Counsel, preparing electronic bundles, liaising with the Court, other parties and professionals.

We would welcome applications from candidates at any stage in their career, whether newly graduated or with more experience.

We know we’re asking for a lot, but in return we think we have a lot to offer. This role provides variety in what you do, challenging and high-impact cases to work on, the opportunity to work for the benefit of the wider public and the chance to progress your career within an award-winning legal service, where you will learn from some talented and experienced professionals. We have flexible working arrangements, where we put work life balance at the forefront and offer smarter working arrangements, all underpinned by leading edge technology. Our employees’ well-being is a really high priority for us. We will provide you with a buddy who can guide you through the new starter process; we have trained mental health first aiders and an employee helpline and counselling service to support our staff. It is important to us that you feel able to bring your whole self to work and we encourage a diverse workforce.

We think this is a great role in a great place. If you’re still reading, and you think you have what it takes, then we would love to hear from you.

We want our people to be inspired and motivated to work well together, make the most of our workspaces, enjoy a healthy work-life balance, and deliver excellent services to Norfolk and its people. Flexibility is built into the way we work, with hybrid working a key feature for many roles. Our technology platform and equipment are first class, enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We ask that you have in place good Broadband connectivity.

Already a Norfolk County Council employee? See and apply for all internal and external vacancies via using your @norfolk.gov.uk or @nccal.ac.uk email address.

Before you apply please see the full job description and person specification in the below link – this will help you to shape your application to demonstrate how you meet the criteria for the role.

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These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:

  • Competitive salary
  • Generous holiday entitlement with the ability to buy and sell leave
  • Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
  • Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working – dependent on your job role and business need.
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  • An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
  • Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions
  • Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes
  • Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility)
  • A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job

Closing date: 23 January 2024

Expected salary: £29269 – 31364 per year

Location: Norwich

Job date: Thu, 11 Jan 2024 07:55:21 GMT

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