Legal Assistant

Positive Employment is currently recruiting for a Legal Assistant for our client a local government organisation in Gloucestershire.

This role is a temporary contract initially for 6 months with the possibility to extend. This role is hybrid working.

Duties and Responsibilities but not limited to:

• Prepare court bundles on our case management system.
• Arrange meetings, make telephone calls.
• Assist the Team with time sensitive court matters (e.g. bundling).
• Assist with our invoicing process as well as opening files on our case management system.
• Be a point of contact with our Service Area clients.
• Monitor our general inbox and allocate matters or queries to the relevant lawyers.
• Preparing digital and paper bundles for Court and parties.
• Keeping diaries regularly and efficiently.
• Triaging work and allocating.
• Liaising with the Court and other professionals.

Personal Requirements:

• Experience working within a local authority children's safeguarding team or in a solicitors' firm (Desirable).
• Be organised, flexible, work well under pressure & enjoy a challenge.

Working Hours: 37hrs / 9:00am - 17:00pm / Monday - Friday

Pay: £17.64 per hour

Please note this role is within the scope of IR35.