Principal Legal Assistant

1 month ago


Birmingham, United Kingdom Birmingham Children’s Trust Full time

There has never been a more exciting time to join Birmingham Children’s Trust as we celebrate our **GOOD **Ofsted status which we are immensely proud of.

By choosing to work for us you will be part of a supportive, dynamic legal service, contributing to our improvement journey to ‘Outstanding’.

Principal legal assistant is open to those who have substantial working experience in family law and are working towards qualifying as either a Barrister, Solicitor or Legal Executive.

The post holder is required to undertake 60% of the duties of a lawyer.

In exchange for your hard work, you will be encouraged to learn and develop your skills enabling you to take your career to the next level.

**_ About you._**

You will have the following skills and capabilities:

- A good working knowledge and understanding of the law relating to family public law
- An ability to work under pressure and meet competing demands
- Strong organisational skills to ensure deadlines are met
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and drafting skills
- An ability to manage a caseload
- Advocacy skills or a willingness to develop

**_About us.why we are different as a Trust._**

We know and understand that this is hard work, which is challenging at times, that’s why we reward you with a very attractive employment offer and excellent benefits, to name a few:

- **A supportive friendly team who are committed to achieving better outcomes for vulnerable children**:

- **A strong framework of support through regular supervision; access to shared learning; 24/7 employee assistance programme (mental health and wellbeing support)**:

- **Generous contributory pension scheme**:

- **A generous annual leave package plus bank holidays**:

- **Salary sacrifice car leasing scheme**

**Interviews to be held virtually on 20th March**

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit.

We actively deliver services that are culturally responsive to the needs of the children, parents and carers we work with to deliver equality, diversity and inclusivity in all we do.



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