Job Description

Reference
HUL/25/0485

Full Time Equivalent Salary (based on a 37 hour working week)

29540 - 32061


Occupational group
Legal Services
Job term
Full Time
Appointment type
Permanent
Hours
37
Division
Legal Services & Partnerships - Directorate
Closing Date
09 September 2025
Proposed Shortlisting Date
12 September 2025
Proposed Interview Date
22 September 2025
Place of work
The Guildhall, Hull HU1 2AA
For an informal discussion please contact
Bill Prest
Contact telephone
01482 613 091

We are looking for an efficient, hardworking and enthusiastic Assistant Legal Officer to join the Property and Commercial Team within Legal Services. The successful candidate will work within the Housing sections of our team, primarily dealing with Right to Buy applications but will assist with other matters as required.



Candidates must have previous experience of legal work with a preference for that experience to have been within a local authority setting.



You will required to carry out a range of specialised legal duties including accurately preparing, updating and maintaining Right to Buy documentation and lists of relevant properties and giving procedural legal advice. The post will involve a significant amount of liaison with clients and third party solicitors.



You should be confident in dealing with clients, partners, external professionals and also members of the public. You must be highly organised and have excellent administrative, IT and communication skills.



You must be able to demonstrate that you are able to deal effectively with a large workload which is subject to tight deadlines.



We are a friendly, busy and well supported legal team who provide a high quality and well regarded service to our users.



For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Bill Prest, Team Leader Property and Commercial on 01482 613 091 or email Bill.Prest@hullcc.gov.uk



Please ensure that your application demonstrates how you meet the essential criteria against the person specification as listed in the job description.



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Please ensure that you complete and submit your application by midnight on the closing date.



We are committed to increasing the diversity, equity, and inclusion within our workforce to represent the people we serve and build an environment in which everyone can feel like they belong. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.



We adopt a 'name blind' approach to shortlisting. Recruiting managers will not have access to personal information, including your name and contact details, until a shortlisting decision has been made. Equality monitoring information is not accessible by recruiting managers at any stage.



We reserve the right to amend the dates associated with this advert, which may include closing the advert early where required.



The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.


Hull City Council embraces the principles of WorkSmart and this post has been identified as a suitable role. WorkSmart principles create opportunities facilitating a combination of working in the office, ad hoc homeworking, or working from various locations, therefore being flexible about where/ how you carry out your role, the specific opportunities available will be discussed at interview.