Legal Administrator

Job Title: Legal Practice Management Administrator
Location: Hybrid Working
Employer: Pertemps Recruitment Partnership for Harrow Council
Contract Type: Temporary Assignment (3 months initially with potential of extension)
Hours of Work: 36 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Pay Rate: £13.31 per hour
Overview of a Legal Practice Management Administrator
HB Public Law is a shared service between several Northwest London boroughs and home countries local authorities. The assignment as a Legal Practice Management Administrator is working for Pertemps at Harrow Council but also working for a few other public sectorclients.
HB Public Law sits within the Legal & Governance Services Department of Harrow Council with Democratic & Electoral Services, Mayoralty Support, the Political Group offices, and Registration Services.
The Legal Practice Management Administrator will be required to support HB Public Law by carrying out legal work and developing, implementing, and supporting innovative practice management processes.
**Specifically, the role will include**:
To assist with allocation and record keeping in respect of resources for the Practice including items such as IT equipment and the law library content.
To ensure that the Practice delivers a seamless legal service, liaising with colleagues, clients, and external parties.
To assist with agile and paper lite working practices are fully implemented and supported.
To provide administrative support in the implementation and monitoring of effective risk management, business continuity, information management and disaster recovery strategies for the Practice.
When required to carry out work for, and under the control of, HB Public Law Limited, the Alternative Business Structure which has been established by Harrow Council to deliver legal services to certain third-party organisations.
To undertake any other work to support the delivery of efficient and seamless legal services.
To maintain the legal case management system and act as a superuser to assist other staff.
About you, the successful Legal Practice Management Administrator will have:
Experience of working in a support team or customer focused environment.
Experience of demonstrating initiative and initiating improvements, identifying potential issues, and suggesting solutions.
IT literate to be able to operate and maximise the potential of case management and other IT systems.
Knowledge of working in a customer-focussed environment and the principles of providing excellent customer services.
Comprehensive knowledge of IT systems/databases in relation to providing accurate data in accordance with specified reporting requirements.
Good working knowledge of MS Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel.
If you have the necessary skills and experience for this role please click ‘apply’
About Us
For almost 60 years, Pertemps Recruitment Partnership has been the market leader in providing permanent and temporary staffing solutions and we are one of the most established players within the recruitment industry. The Sunday Times has listed us as one ofthe Best 100 Companies to work for 14 years running. We are not a big scary faceless company, quite the opposite: we strongly believe in the personal touch with everything we do. We are proud to be an accredited ‘investor in people’ which is reflected acrossour business in the length of service and career progression of our employees.
Harrow Council is the 12th largest London borough and one of the most culturally diverse local authorities in the UK, making it a great place to live, work and visit. Located 10 miles from the city centre and just 13 minutes to Euston from Harrow & Wealdstonestation there are great transport links via the Metropolitan Line, Watford DC Line and national rail service. It is easily accessible to the M1, M25 and A406.
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