Legal Executive

1 month ago

Home Based United Kingdom Serco Limited Full time

Legal Executive

Home Based

Full Time, Permanent

Up to £45,000 per annum plus benefits (dependant on experience)

Here at Serco, we are seeking a Legal Executive to join our team and be a trusted member of the Environmental Services (ES) team. As our Legal Executive, you will support effective case management in the ES pre-action space and provide and enable value-add legal administrative support on commercial and contractual matters that are aligned to the sustainable achievement of the UK&E Division's strategic priorities for the Environmental Services contract. You will assist with the day-to-day management of legal cases and build strong relationships with internal stakeholders to facilitate and provide efficient case management.

Serco's purpose is to impact a better future - we bring together the right people, the right technology, and the right partners to create innovative solutions that deliver positive impact and address some of the most urgent and complex challenges facing governments globally. Our services are powered by more than 50,000 colleagues working across multiple sectors including defence, space, migration, justice, healthcare, transport, and customer services in four regions: UK & Europe, North America, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East.


As part of this you'll:

  • Manage the Role accounts to triage matters.
  • Produce and deliver training and reference materials.
  • Undertaking legal research, using appropriate methods, and sourcing, presenting the results in an accurate and timely manner.
  • Provide legal support to the designated senior lawyer/ heads and act as a legal resource providing help where required.
  • Maintain integrity of precedent banks and reference material and ensure documents are regularly updated/reviewed.
  • Matter management of documents being sent to and from the business ensuring all correspondence is labelled and stored correctly.
  • Develop relationships with stakeholders from within the business.
  • Liaise with insurance, the customer, and internal stakeholders to collaborate data to ensure accurate records are held in both departments.
  • Organise case files, attend court inquests and tribunals, transcribe legal opinion and compile litigation bundles, file documents at court where required.
  • Complete official documentation and write reports on cases, take witness statements, and attend meetings with experts or claimants where required.
  • Generate quality management information and regularly report on material legal matters and projects to the UK&E General Counsel, as appropriate. This includes carrying out data analysis, identify trends and flag areas of concern.
  • Ensure all work complies with risk management policies and procedures, in line with GDP.

What you'll need to do the role:

  • You should have legal qualification (preferably post LPC) or working towards.
  • Understanding of timelines and the importance of adhering to deadlines, works well under pressure.
  • Develop an understanding of internal legal matters including litigation processes.
  • Focused on continuous improvement to identify more efficient methods of working rather than settling for status quo.
  • Focused on self-development improving with every opportunity that arises.
  • Highly developed people skills applicable at all levels of the organisation.
  • Ability to build strong relationships across a diverse community of stakeholders at all levels of the organisation.
  • Persuasive, concise, and clear verbal and written communicator.
  • Ability to manage a wide and diverse caseload, work with changing priorities and thrive in a fast-paced dynamic environment.
  • Inclusive, approachable, consultative, and enabling nature.
  • Strong IT skills with accurate typing capability.

Why Serco:

Meaningful and vital work: In this position, your work is vital to the business, in terms of decisions and growth. You will gain a world of opportunity working for a globally operating business delivering essential services across 5 vital sectors, personal growth, achievement, and development won't be hard to find. You'll also work with great people. You'll find yourself working in a highly motivated, supportive environment where no two days are the same, with experienced colleagues who strive for excellence.

What we offer:

  • Up to 6% contributory pension.
  • 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
  • Annual leave purchase scheme.
  • A Serco benefits portal offering a wide range of discounts for major high street brands in Retail, Leisure & Hospitality.
  • A range of benefits to support the health and wellbeing of you and your family such as Employee Assistance Programme, Health Cash Plans, free flu jabs and more.
  • A wealth of career development training to suit your future aspirations. These range from role specific training, leadership coaching, formal study and much more to support you to build your career with Serco.
  • A safe and supportive culture.
  • A company passionate about diversity and inclusion.


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At Serco, we see people first and foremost for their performance and potential. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all. As such we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates and strongly encourage applications from a diverse candidate pool. We are open to discussions around flexibility and flexible working. We operate a hybrid work structure in many of our business areas. We are proudly Disability Confident Leader employers and holder of the Gold Inclusive Employer Standard. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview. For help with your application please contact

At Serco we support fair access to employment for those with unspent criminal convictions through the Ban the Box' pledge (some may be exempt due to the nature of the role and the security clearance required). Please contact our recruitment team directly on to discuss.

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