Legal Clerk
- Employer
- Worcestershire County Council
- Location
- Worcester, Worcestershire
- Salary
- £17,559 - £18,633
- Closing date
- 17 May 2021
- Reference
- REC001520
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- Sector
- Local Councils
- Job Type
- Administration / Clerical / Secretarial - inc PA, Legal
- Contract Type
- Full time permanent
- Working Pattern
- Standard
- Hours
- Full-Time, Part-Time
Job Details
Job Title: Legal Clerk
Salary: £17,559 - £18,633
Full-Time: 35 hours
Location: Worcester
Permanent
The Role
We are a busy, friendly, well supported legal team serving Worcestershire County Council in a beautiful and conveniently situated location in Worcester. We provide a high quality and well regarded service to our users and now need to recruit a Legal Clerk (Debt Recovery). As part of the wider Adults, Education and Debt Recovery Team you will have responsibility to provide administrative support to the Solicitors and the Legal Assistant within the team who advise the Centralised Debt Recovery Service on related matters across all Directorates and Worcestershire Children First (WCF). Your main role will be to open and close case files using an electronic case management system, data entry, to create and update Court bundles, type standard letters, file documents with Court, diarise Court Orders and maintain and update case progression spreadsheets. At the moment you will primarily be working from home, with full wrap around technological support, however, your attendance one day per week in the office based at County Hall will be required to attend to incoming and outgoing post and other office-based duties e.g. printing, photocopying and scanning of documents etc. on a rota basis.
Are you highly organised, able to meet tight deadlines and with good analytical and communication skills? If so, we would like to hear from you. In return you will have the support of a committed and experienced team around you. We also offer a generous benefits package, which includes a flexi-time scheme, generous pension, child care vouchers and a relocation scheme in appropriate cases, as well as an edge-of-city location, very close to the M5.
For an informal chat please contact Catherine Hitchman (Principal Solicitor) 01905 846486
We are inclusive – this is really important to us and we are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer.
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Application Closing Date: Monday 17th May 2021,
Proposed Interview Date: Wednesday 26th May 2021,
Company
The work we do at Worcestershire County Council matters! We are there for the most vulnerable people in society who need us the most, we are helping to build a successful and growing local economy, we protect our environment, we improve outcomes for our children, young people and families, and we help ensure our residents are healthier, live longer and have a better quality of life. In short, what we do makes a difference to people's lives!
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Notes for applicants
When you click 'apply', you will be re-directed to Worcestershire County Council's online application site.
To submit your application, you will need to login to our site (this is a separate login to WM Jobs).
First time applicants will be asked to create a new account. Please note, you are only able to view the Job Description and Person Specification on the WM Jobs board not via Worcestershire County Council's online application site.
If you have a disability and require reasonable adjustments, please let us know.
Contact details: recruitment@worcestershire.gov.uk
- Website
- http://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/
- Telephone
- 01905 846666
- Location
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Worcestershire County Council
County Hall
Spetchley Road
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR5 2NP
United Kingdom
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