Practice Administrator

Department:

- York Business School
- Location:

- York
- Salary:

- £24,600 to £26,038 per annum
- Contract Duration:

- 31/12/2025
- Closing Date:

- Tuesday 31 December 2024 at midnight
- Interview Date:

- Tuesday 21 January 2025
- Reference:

- 148-24

**Full time fixed term**

**Location: York**

**Salary: £24,600 to £26,038 per annum**

**About YSJ university**

Situated in the heart of the historic city of York, and with the addition of our London Campus, York St John University has a long and proud tradition as a distinguished higher education provider.

Our success is founded on the quality of academic teaching and research, our thriving campus environments, our professional and pastoral support, and our values of an inclusive, innovative and ambitious community with a strong sense of belonging.

**The Team**

Law is part of York Business School. Our law programme started in 2018 and has developed rapidly; in 2020 we opened York St John Law Clinic, in which students give legal advice and assistance under the supervision of experienced staff, and in 2021 our innovative LLM Legal Practice (LPC) welcomed its first students.

In 2023 we inaugurated a refreshed suite of programmes. Our new LLB, MLaw and MLaw Legal Practice reflect the changes in the legal education and graduate employment landscape and our own developing identity. Our teaching emphasises personal and skills development, with a focus on employability, with clinical learning embedded at each stage of study. We pride ourselves in knowing our students as individuals and in offering high levels of personal support.

**The Role**

Reporting to the Director of Professional Practice, we are seeking an enthusiastic new colleague to join us as Practice Administrator in York St John Law Clinic, the service through which our students engage with clinical learning. Under the supervision of qualified solicitors, students give legal advice and assistance to members of the public and you will play a critical role in managing all incoming and outgoing communications with our clients and providing supervision and support to students working in our clinic office. You will assist the Director of Professional Practice in ensuring compliance with clinic rules and procedures and identifying and responding to professional risks.

**Required Skills and Experience**

You must have obtained a good first degree from York St John University, demonstrate effective oral and written communication skills, the ability to manage and organise your own time, to be punctual and reliable and the ability to remain calm and polite in stressful situations and to calm and reassure others.

**Further Information**

Interviews will take place on Tuesday 21 January 2025 online or at our Lord Mayor’s Walk campus. On arrival you will be asked to complete a short letter writing task. You will then give a short prepared presentation to the panel followed by a competency-based interview addressing the skills and attributes from the job description.

We offer a range of family friendly and inclusive policies and facilities to support staff from different backgrounds. As part of our commitment to providing an inclusive working environment, consideration is given to all requests for job share or flexible working arrangements.

**Application process support**

**Our benefits package**

We offer a wide range of employee benefits including
- Excellent annual leave entitlement, including five discretionary university closure days over the Christmas period
- Disability leave (applies to staff who have disclosed a disability and is also available to staff with disabled dependants)
- Pension scheme
- Health Cash Plan after six months service
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Paid leave for Armed Forces Reservists
- On-campus courses, one-to-one tutorials, and online resources to help you develop your digital skills and work with new software
- Relocation expenses package for certain roles

**Further information about life at YSJ**

Further information about our working arrangements and the benefits of working for York St John can be found on our website

The latest news, views and stories from our staff and students can be found here.

We are committed to managing and reducing our environmental impact and to promoting sustainable development wherever we can, read more here.

**Closing Date -**Tuesday 31 December 2024 at midnight

**Provisional Interview Date -**Tuesday 21 January 2025