Job Description

The Opportunity

Salary:

26,409 to 34,314 per annum

Working Pattern:

Full time, 37 hour per week

Location:

County Hall, Chichester and hybrid working from home

Interview date:

w/c 04 and 11 August 2025



As our Legal Assistant, you will provide legal support to the Property Team who aim to meet the requirements of clients by delivering a timely, efficient and professional legal service.



There is some direct responsibility for handling and processing legal information where care, accuracy and confidentiality are important, and you'll be required to prepare legal documents for distribution.



There is a regular and intrinsic requirement to communicate in English with members of the public, clients and other colleagues.



There is the option to undertake a formal training programme leading to a legal qualification. We are keen to support professional development of our staff, and thorough training in all aspects of the post will be given in order to ensure that you develop further skills through professional practice. You are encouraged to enrol on a CILEX or SQE approved course. Progression through the grade increments will be achieved by successful performance of specific and general work areas as set out in the Career Progression Scheme.

Working for us

As well as adding real value to our service users and our communities, as an employer we recognise our employees are central in being able to achieve this. To recognise this we want to help support your development and provide a great place to work ensuring you can fulfil your full potential, have access to a range of benefits including:


an excellent

local government pension scheme

generous holiday entitlement of

25 - 27

days (plus opportunity to buy additional leave) a range of flexible working options, depending on your job role maternity, paternity, dependency and adoption leave volunteering opportunities training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring a range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers; groceries, travel, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities, high street retailers and the opportunity to save over 1,000 a year through our West Sussex Choices benefits platform (see our

Staff discounts page

if you are a business looking to offer a discount) health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and Voluntary Health Cash Plans

For a full list this can be found at our

Rewards and Benefits page.

Further information

The reference number for this role is

CRS00947

.



For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please Jonathan Brown (Principal Lawyer) at

Jonathan.Brown@westsussex.gov.uk

. For issues or queries regarding your application please contact

hrrecruitment@westsussex.gov.uk

.

To apply, please follow the links below to upload your CV and Cover Letter. In your cover letter please outline your motivations for applying and explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role (please refer to the key skills) ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to 3 years referencing and a health check.

Equity, inclusion and accessibility is very important to West Sussex County Council. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, as this helps us build a diverse and talented workforce, that reflects the communities we serve. We ensure our approach to recruitment is flexible and supportive to enable all applicants to be at their best and to ensure they have the best possible chance of success.



We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants that have a disability, are a veteran or are a care leaver. More information can be found on our

application help

page.





CC



Job Reference: CRS00947