Legal Assistant

20 hours ago

Nottingham, United Kingdom Rushcliffe Borough Council Full time

**Legal Assistant**:
**Salary**: LS13 £30,474 - £32,301 per annum (pro-rota)

Closing Date: Sunday 14th September 2025

Interviews will be held on: week commencing 22nd September 2025

22.5 hrs per week

**Are you looking for a new challenge? We have a great opportunity for you to join our Legal Team.**

**About Us**:
Rushcliffe Borough Council provides high-quality services to more than 110,000 residents in a borough made up of vibrant towns and stunning villages. Our Council offices are located in West Bridgford, Nottingham in a purpose built office and leisure centre facility, the Rushcliffe Arena.

**The Role**:
An opportunity has arisen within Legal Services for a dynamic individual to work in an evolving, ambitious and forward-thinking service with a great reputation.

As our Legal Assistant you will work within our small but busy team providing support to the fee earners as well as other officers across the Council and Councillors. The role is varied covering preparation of routine letters and documents on behalf of fee earners, preparation of litigation bundles, development of the legal case management system, preparation of Tree Preservation Orders, licence agreements and Industrial Unit leases and dealing with general enquiries relating to the work of the team.

We require a strong team-player and excellent communicator with proven analytical skills.

We are looking for someone educated to degree level or equivalent with experience in a similar role working in one or more of the following areas of legal practice; Commercial Property, Planning, Civil or Criminal Litigation, Local Government, Data Protection and Information Governance. Previous local authority experience is desirable but not required as training will be provided.

This is a great opportunity to develop your skills and career at an award winning local authority.

**Why Join Us?**

We work in a friendly and supportive environment where everyone feels valued and appreciated. We can offer a variety of job-specific training both internally and externally to help our team members grow both personally and professionally.

**Benefits of working for Rushcliffe Borough Council include**:

- Hybrid working
- Reduced membership of the onsite leisure centre
- Free car parking at our purpose built offices
- Rushcliffe Rewards - save money across a range of retailers and leisure providers
- Generous annual leave entitlement starting on 26 days increasing in line with service to 35 days excluding bank holidays (pro-rated for part time)
- Opportunities to buy and sell leave
- An opportunity to further your career with a high performing, forward looking Council with training to support CPD and personal development
- Local Government pension scheme
- A range of salary sacrifice schemes

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