Job Description

About the role:

The legal and information governance service has been operating a shared service arrangement across three district councils for eight years providing innovative and solutions focused service to the three councils to benefit their communities.



The legal and information governance service provides high quality legal advice across several areas of law to include commercial, property, planning, litigation and licensing. The service also supports the administration framework alongside the governance service ensuring that the council's dealings are lawful, and decisions are taken correctly.



Within this role you will provide support for the Business Partner and Lawyers within the commercial team in relation to non-complex/lower value and complex commercial matters. With training and support you will be expected to manage your own caseload and maintain specialist knowledge and practice. You will carry out legal research, analyse and draft documents and prepare and collate documents.



This role will help you develop your practical, problem solving and interpersonal skills as well as your technical knowledge and expertise.

What you will need:

We are looking for an enthusiastic, confident, and innovative individual with an interest/experience in commercial, procurement and contract law; an individual who is self-motivated, willing to learn, organised and a strong team player with a positive attitude and good communication skills to join our legal team working within our commercial team.



For graduates this position will include a career progression opportunity where the individual can become a paralegal/legal assistant via the CILEX qualification route.



If you have the desire and a proactive mindset with genuine enthusiasm for a career in law, this role offers you the opportunity to become a Paralegal/Legal Assistant via the CILEX qualification route.



If this is a challenge that you are interested in, we would like to hear from you.

Why work for us?

Our benefits include:

Holiday entitlement of 25 days, increasing to 29 days after 5 years (pro rata if part time) plus bank holidays (with an option to buy up to 10 extra days each year subject to approval) Generous pension scheme - contribute between 5.5% and 6.8% (depending on your salary) and the council will contribute 26% Life assurance - a payment of three times your annual salary flexible working options to enable work/life balance agile working - ability to work in the office and from home access to a unique employee benefits package which includes discounts and cashback on supermarkets, high street shops, holidays, mobile phones, electrical goods, savings and loan schemes and many other products and services Salary sacrifice benefits including Cycle to Work scheme, Tusker Leased Car Scheme and SmartTech (buy the latest tech products interest free and repay through your monthly salary) Rail and bus staff discounts A range of Health and Wellbeing initiatives including an employee assistance programme Discounted membership at Abbeycroft Leisure centres A culture of learning inspiring staff to focus on continuous learning Modern office accommodation

For more information:

For an informal discussion about this role and further information, please contact Samuel Antwi, the Commercial Business Partner on samuel.antwi@westsuffolk.gov.uk

Closing date:

6 July 2025

Interview date:

To be confirmed



West Suffolk Council has been rated in the top 10 councils for climate action and as a member of UK100 has demonstrated its commitment to a rapid transition to Net Zero with Clean Air in our communities. The council has declared a climate and biodiversity emergency and is committed to working towards net zero emissions by 2030.