Job Description

Job details

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Job reference
REQ5432
Date posted
13/05/2025
Application closing date
28/05/2025
Location
Hybrid working - Home and Leicester City Offices
Salary
12,792 - 13,634 per year
Package
Total benefit value (includes pension contribution and full holiday entitlement) 18,510
Contractual hours
18.5
Basis
Part time
Job category/type
Legal
Attachments
Job Specification (6).pdf

Paralegal

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Job description
Full Time / 18.5 Hours Per Week / Permanent



Are you passionate about providing key support to our busy Property, Highways & Planning Legal Services team?



The Property Team is integral to the proper functioning of many services within the Council, providing support and expert advice. Join our busy yet well-established team of professionals. Surrounded by expertise you'll work in a supportive environment which offers the opportunity for self-development. In exchange for your commitment, you'll be encouraged to learn and develop your skills, enabling you to take your career to the next level.



We have a permanent and fixed term post for 12 months, working 37 hours per week from Monday to Friday. You'll be mainly home-based but will be required to attend the offices once a week. You'll receive a structured induction and daily support from the team and Principal Lawyer.

What you'll be doing

You'll manage a varied and interesting caseload, undertaking a range of legal work as well as providing administrative assistance and support to lawyers. You will draft and review standard legal agreements such as Right to Buy transfers and residential care charges as part of your own caseload. You'll prepare and deal with Land Registry applications, obtain property searches, conduct research of Land Registry titles, complete short-term leases and assist with post-completion matters on property, planning and highways transactions. You'll organise the sealing and filing of hardcopy and electronic traffic regulation orders and various agreements and maintain the Sealing Register. Daily, you'll liaise with the Principal Lawyer and Fee Earners in relation to cases and to discuss low level legal matters. Weekly, you will organise the scanning and circulation of the team's post.

What we can offer you

As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can look forward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. You'll enjoy generous annual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexible working. We'll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of training and development opportunities. In addition, you can choose from several flexible benefits, including discounts on city buses and trains. For an illustrative value of your benefits package, take a look at our benefits calculator.

Join us

We're committed to recruiting a diverse and highly-talented workforce as we continue to build a council that is fitting and representative of our great city. That's why we've designed our recruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you. We'll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with your application, take a look at the 'our approach to recruitment' page.

If you'd like a chat about this post, please feel free to contact Zoe Iliffe, Principal Lawyer (Property, Highways and Planning) on 0116 454 2180.

Assessment/interviews will take place week commencing Monday 2nd June 2025