Legal Assistant

3 months ago

Sale, United Kingdom Independent Office for Police Conduct Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 299572**Salary**:

- £24,276**Job grade**:

- Grade 7**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Type of role**:

- Legal Services**Working pattern**:

- Full-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- SaleAbout the job

**Job summary**:
**About The Company**:
As a completely independent organisation, the IOPC seeks to uphold the rights of the public and investigate the most serious matters, including deaths following police contact, to promote learning and influence change in policing. The IOPC is an organisation steeped in history, influenced by significant figures such as Stephen Lawrence and Sir William Macpherson. We are looking for people to uphold our core values, and in return we will give you a supportive and inclusive work environment to flourish in.

**Be yourself**

The IOPC is committed to **promoting equality and valuing diversity** in everything we do. Our vision is to be, and to be seen as, a leader in inclusive employment and services, demonstrating this ethos in everything that we do.
- As a silver standard Stonewall employer, we continue to commit to being a LGBTQ+ employer through the work of our Pride LGBTQ+ Staff Network, creating welcoming environments for lesbian, gay, bi and queer people.
- We are pleased to share that we are a signatory of the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter. The Charter is composed of five calls to action for leaders and organisations across all sectors.
- Being a Disability Confident employer, the IOPC is dedicated to removing the barriers for disabled people to thrive in the workplace.
- Our Staff Networks are constantly working to make the IOPC the leaders of inclusive employment, from our Allyship Programme to Operation Hotton, to Welsh Language Standards and our Know the Line Policy, we are constantly seeking new ways to create an environment for all to develop and thrive.

**Job description**:
**Main Responsibilities**:

- To provide high quality support services which support Legal Services as a whole and meet the needs of individual lawyers.
- To undertake archiving of the Legal paper files.
- To implement new systems, processes and ways of working and to contribute to the development and implementation of service plans, initiatives and projects.
- To maintain the Legal Services case management system, Tricostar, including the production of performance reports.
- To accurately collate and index bundles of documents, both in hard copy and electronically including for Court hearings and Misconduct Hearings
- Diary management for staff in Legal Services to include arranging meetings, booking venues, arranging catering, booking travel and accommodation etc.
- To deliver documents to Courts, Chambers and other offices.
- To create agendas for monthly team meetings and take the minutes of these meetings.
- To maintain and update where necessary the Legal Library and loose leaf books and manuals.
- To undertake basic financial tasks such as processing invoices and purchase orders, expenses for payment and cheque requests.
- Any other duties commensurate with the duties and grade of the post that may from time to time be directed.

**Person specification**:

- A good range of general administrative experience.
- High degree of organisational ability and attention to detail
- Self-starter, able to work unsupervised and on own initiative with the ability to prioritise and multi-task
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including tact, discretion and liaising with representatives from external organisations
- Good time management with the ability to evaluate competing priorities
- Demonstrable experience of team working ability
- Good IT skills, especially in relation to Microsoft Office products
- Ability to interrogate existing databases to produce management statistics.
- Able to travel to other IOPC venues and external organisations when required including occasional overnight stays.

**Reasonable Adjustments**

**Benefits**:
**Package Description**:

- 27.5 days paid annual leave (increasing with service to 32.5 days)
- Options to carry over, buy or sell annual leave
- Civil Service pension
- PAM employee assistance programme
- Access to Civil Service Sports Council (CSSC) membership
- Staff networks focused on each of the protected characteristics - run for staff, by staff
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity behaviours

**Additional Information**:
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**Selection process details**:
There are many opportunities to work for the IOPC outside of investigations, where your skills, experience and passion can be utilised. Within the Strategy and Corporate Services Directorate, you will find a wide variety of careers to support our organisational goals of improving confidence

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