Job Description

Job Introduction

Paralegal/Legal Assistant - Housing

Salary - 36,363 - 40,777 (Grade 6)

Hours - 37

Contract type - fixed term (12 months)

Work Style - (Fixed: Civic Centre, Wolverhampton City Centre)

This is an exciting opportunity to join our brilliant, friendly, and successful in-house litigation and governance legal team. The team provides legal support and representation to our client departments covering civil, regulatory crime and public law, housing management including possession claims, and injunctions for tenancy breaches, disrepair claims and aims to support the Council with a proactive and solution-focused approach. The team is looking to recruit a paralegal-legal assistant to support the litigation team.




Ideally you will have experience in litigation and housing management, or awareness, of it is desirable. You will be motivated, enthusiastic, and keen to provide an excellent standard of legal advice and support to the Council. Experience in Local Government is desirable.
You will be required to provide support to Lawyers and act as a point of contact on a variety of cases, to include:

provide support to the litigation team taking instructions undertaking research supporting solicitors with drafting court applications, court documents perusing reports and statements from the client department filing and serving documents creating and updating court bundles holding a case load of housing disrepair files

You should have:

Qualifying Law Degree and LPC or; SQE or; BPC or able to demonstrate competence in dealing with legal matters to an equivalent level Experience in a legal office dealing with work relevant to the post.

We can offer you an excellent benefits package including a pension scheme, generous leave allowance, flexi-time, leisure concessions and more.



So, if you are a skilled professional looking for challenging and rewarding work in a demanding but supportive environment - this is the opportunity you have been waiting for.


For full details of the responsibilities and requirements of this role please see the attached and Person Specification.


Should you wish to discuss this opportunity further, please contact Adam Sheen, Acting Lead Lawyer (Litigation), Legal Services by e-mail to: adam.sheen@wolverhampton.gov.uk

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