Business Support Administrator - Legal Services
Legal Services
About the role
Are you looking for a role where you can showcase your ability whilst significantly contributing to public sector service delivery.This is an exciting time to be joining Bury Council; a growing council and an equally growing legal services team, we are undertaking a number of exciting development plans across our six townships.
Bury Legal Services plays a vital role in supporting the council's vision for the borough, and we are looking for a Legal Business Support Officer to join our team and contribute to delivering high quality legal services to our several client departments.
What you'll be doing
As a Business Support Administrator in our legal service, you will support the service to deliver on a range of legal matters. You will also have the opportunity to provide significant input to the development and implementation of our legal compliance policies and procedures.Your extensive experience of business administration will put you in good stead for success in this role. At Bury Council, we are advocates of developing our teams, especially in terms of apprenticeships. We are an organisation that looks to promote collaborative working styles.
What our clients say about us“Bury's legal team are integral to our service delivery”
“Colleagues in legal services are always hugely supportive and provide us with considered, timely professional advice that gives us the confidence to effectively manage risk and protect the organisation. ““In my experience, our legal services are extremely professional, well managed and work tirelessly to sort things out. They never lose sight of the important issues for their clients and always give the right advice”
“I think our legal team are fabulous and wonderful.”
What our team says about us
“The legal team at Bury is a supportive environment in which to develop skills and knowledge to ensure high quality legal representation for children’s services. Colleagues and management team offer great support to every member of the team.”
“The people within legal services are really supportive and the managers genuinely value your opinion and seek to support your progression, if you want to work on something in particular or have a specific interest, they will act on that.”“What I really enjoy about my role at Bury Council, is that I get to see the positive impacts of the work I do and build really positive client relationships with those within the Council.”
What you'll need
To be successful in this role, you will need to have: A strong track record of success in business administration.
Strong communication skills.The ability to build and maintain relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.
Normal hours of work are 37 hours per week based around the usual business working week. Dependent on service requirements, you may be required to work on a rota basis.
About Bury
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare or children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.
As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way
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We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.
Next steps
For an informal chat regarding the role please contact Grant Chadwick on g.chadwick@bury.gov.uk or 0161 253 7771Privacy Notice
Job Description & Person Specification
Legal Business Support Officer Job Description