Job Description

Position: Legal Assistant Commercial (Property)
Location: London Borough of Harrow, Forward Drive, Harrow, HA3 8NT
Employer: Pertemps Recruitment Partnership, on behalf of the London Borough of Harrow
Contract Type: Temporary (initial 3-month contract, with potential for extension)
Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 09:00 - 17:00
Work Arrangement: Hybrid (based at Harrow Civic Hub)
Pertemps is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Legal Assistant Commercial to join the Property Legal Services team at the London Borough of Harrow. This temporary role offers an hourly rate of 16.71 - 19.62 PAYE, along with excellent training, career development opportunities, and 21 days of annual leave (excluding bank holidays).
Key Responsibilities:

• Manage a caseload as lead paralegal across commercial areas including property, planning, regeneration, contracts, and procurement, serving both shared services councils and external clients.
• Rotate across specialist teams to build a broad knowledge base across multiple legal disciplines.
• Conduct legal research, draft legal documents and advice, and provide direct support to solicitors.
• Support and co-deliver training sessions for officers, which may occasionally take place off-site or outside normal working hours.
• Work closely with qualified lawyers, escalating complex matters as appropriate and maintaining up-to-date case files.

Candidate Requirements:

• Previous experience working within a legal environment.
• Strong team collaboration skills and ability to work effectively with legal professionals.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to draft clear legal advice and brief internal stakeholders or clients.
• Experience managing an independent caseload in at least one of the following areas: property, planning, regeneration, contracts, or procurement.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver legal advice or training in a public or group setting.

About us:
For almost 60 years, Pertemps Recruitment Partnership have 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 of the 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 accredited 'investor in people' which is reflected across our business in length of service and career progression of our employees.
London Borough of Harrow 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 & Wealdstone station 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.
The personal information we have collected from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, any your data protection rights, can be found by visiting www.cifas.org.uk/fpn

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