Legal Assistant

3 months ago


London, United Kingdom Cleantech People Full time

**What's involved with this role**:
**Southwark RQ1200880**

The role will assist the planning and property lawyers in the Planning and Development team within Legal Services at Southwark Council (in the provision of the highest quality legal services to the Council.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Researching and assisting in title investigation and due diligence reports on title concerning sites which have been identified for redevelopment within the Council’s housing redevelopment scheme.
- A range of landlord and tenant matters including the grant of new commercial leases, lease renewals, deeds of variation, deeds of surrender, licences and rent reviews.
- Drafting and negotiating simple planning and highways agreements, enforcement matters, general planning and highways queries and assisting in the preparation for planning appeals (hearing and inquiries) and also CPO inquiries.
- Assisting senior lawyers in the team on various projects including inquiries and judicial review challenges and undertaking research.

**To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF.**

**_If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity._**

**Other “Essential Requirements” - Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items**:
**Qualifications**:

- Law degree CILEX or equivalent or other legal qualification.

**Skill & Experience**:

- Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role or context and ideally within a public sector organisation.
- Working in a Legal Environment.
- Ability to Manage own Caseload.
- Building Effective Working Relationships with Clients.
- Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).

S **Please note that clients invariably ask us to strip out contact details from CVs before we submit them for consideration. This is always quicker and easier to do if you send your CV to us in Word format, rather than as a PDF please


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