Advanced Apprentice Legal Assistant

1 month ago

Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom West Sussex County Council Full time

The Opportunity

West Sussex County Council are looking for a highly organised Advanced Legal Assistant Apprentice to join us.

Salary: £22,737 to £23,144 per annum.

Working Pattern: Full-time, 37 hours per week.

Contract type: Two-year Apprenticeship

Location: County Hall, Chichester, hybrid working available.

Interview date: w/c 09 September 2024

Do you have a positive attitude and a strong desire to learn and grow?

We are looking for a driven and committed individual to join us on a Level 3 Business Administration Apprenticeship within Legal Services where you will work alongside colleagues in Legal Services to provide a customer focused service to others.

This apprenticeship is a fantastic opportunity for school leavers to get a head start on a legal career without going to university. It's also suitable for anyone looking for a change of career.

You will be motivated and a self-starter to complete all your assignments / projects to achieve your qualification and present evidence for assessment within specified timeframes.

This is a flexible role, whereby within your training and work experience, you will learn to complete a range of tasks, some of which may be relatively complex, within timescales to a competent standard.

This apprenticeship will be undertaken over a two-year period. There is a regular and intrinsic requirement to communicate in English with members of the public.

Experience and skills

Key Skills:

  • Literacy and numeracy skills.
  • Ability to meet deadlines and use some initiative in order to complete varied tasks.
  • Good communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to work as part of a team to provide a co-ordinated service to others.

Qualifications and/or experience:

  • Five GCSE passes at grade C or above (ideally including English and Maths) or equivalent vocational qualification, for example, Level 2 Intermediate Apprenticeship (you will need to provide evidence of your GCSE grades including English and Maths).

For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the Job Description attached.

Working for us

As well as adding real value to our service users and our communities, as an employer we recognise our employees are central in being able to achieve this. To recognise this we want to help support your development and provide an great place to work ensuring you can fulfil your full potential, have access to a range of benefits including:

  • an excellent local government pension scheme
  • generous holiday entitlement of 25 days (plus opportunity to buy additional leave)
  • a range of flexible working options, depending on your job role
  • maternity, paternity, dependency and adoption leave
  • volunteering opportunities
  • training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring
  • a range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers; groceries, travel, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities, high street retailers and the opportunity to save over £1,000 a year through our West Sussex Choices benefits platform (see our Staff discounts page if you are a business looking to offer a discount)
  • health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and Voluntary Health Cash Plans

For a full list this can be found at our Rewards and Benefits page.

Further information

The reference number for this role is CRS00860.

For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Richard Pearce (Principal Lawyer) at . For issues or queries regarding your application please contact .

Internal candidates wishing to apply for this role will be considered for a secondment position. Please can you therefore discuss and agree this with your manager before applying for this position.

To apply, please follow the links below to upload your CV and complete the application form. In your application please outline your motivations for applying and explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role (please refer to the key skills) ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to 3 years referencing and a health check.

Equity, inclusion and accessibility is very important to West Sussex County Council. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, as this helps us build a diverse and talented workforce, that reflects the communities we serve. We ensure our approach to recruitment is flexible and supportive to enable all applicants to be at their best and to ensure they have the best possible chance of success.

We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants that have a disability, are a veteran or are a care leaver. More information can be found on our application help page.

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