Legal Assistant/Admin
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Temporary Legal Assistant/Admin
Job Ref: Bristol 5254307Pay Rate: £13.93 per hour PAYE
Hours per week: 37 Monday - Friday, 8.30am to 4.30pm
Role Length: This opening assignment is for 6-7 months
City: City of Bristol
The purpose of the role is to support the Civil Team for Housing Disrepair with administrative procedures involved in early stages of the litigation process.
Key Responsibilities:
Opening and maintaining all files on the case management system.Supporting the Regulatory/Prosecution team with Single Justice Procedure cases and simple prosecutions. Bundling, administrative tasks and service of documents.
Preparing draft court applications based on precedents for the solicitor to review COP applications, county court eg possessions, injunctions, magistrates court summons.
Issuing and serving court documentation in accordance with court rules & providing certificates of service to satisfy the court that documentation serviced in accordance with the court rules.
With guidance from case officers liaising with council officers, the court, barristers and solicitors for other parties, expert and lay witnesses in relation to court proceedings.
With guidance from case officers preparing, filing and serving fully paginated and indexed court bundles in accordance with the court rules.
Liaising with the court as needed throughout proceedings.
Checking availability of and booking barristers where required.
Qualifications:
Legal qualification e.g. GCSE grade C (grade 4) or equivalent other legal qualification.
Skills & Experience:
Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role or context and ideally within a public sector organisation.Demonstrate good experience of caseloads, clerical and administrative support in a legal environment.
Demonstrate a knowledge of legal terminology, practice and procedure.
An ability to communicate effectively at all levels both verbally and in writing and to show good interpersonal skills.
Demonstrate accuracy and attention to detail and good organisational skill.
Demonstrate a good command of written English and numeracy.
Demonstrate an ability to work on own initiative and under pressure.
Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite, Adobe Pro).
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If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pay terms.We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
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Job Ref: Bristol 5254307
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