Legal Support Officer - Litigation Legal Team
| Posting date: | 03 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £32,490 to £36,870 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 July 2025 |
| Location: | Thurrock, Essex, RM17 6SL |
| Company: | Thurrock Council |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 2567_1751545413 |
Summary
Salary: £32,490 - £36,870 per annum
Grade: D
1-year Fixed Term Contract
37 Hours per Week
Do you have a strong sense of passion and commitment to achieve positive outcome to your clients? Do you have strong administrative skills and a keen eye for detail? Join our dedicated Litigation Legal Team as a Legal Support Officer and play a vital role in delivering excellent legal services to our clients' department.
About the Role
As a Legal Support Officer, you will provide essential administrative and legal support to our lawyers, helping them deliver high-quality legal services especially in housing litigation matters. Your role will include:
- File opening, preparing and managing legal documents, redaction, disclosure document/court bundles, and correspondence
- Liaising with legal professionals, client departments, and external agencies
- Organising and maintaining case files with accuracy and confidentiality
- Managing case schedules, spreadsheet, hearings, deadlines and compliance with relevant Pre-Action Protocol requirements.
- Assisting in legal research and case preparation
- Assisting with general admin duty as and when required.
About You
We are looking for someone who:
✔ Has experience in administration
✔ Possesses excellent organisational and communication skills
✔ Works well under pressure and can manage multiple priorities
✔ Is proficient in Microsoft Office, Excel and case management systems
✔ Has a strong commitment and positive professional attitude to your work.
✔ Some office attendance is required as the role cannot be carried out solely remotely.
A Basic DBS check may be required.
Advert Closing Date
- Redeployment Only: 3rd July 2025
- Internal & External: 13th July 2025
Interview Date: To Be Confirmed
To view the Job Profile and Person Specification please follow the link below:
Download Job Profile (PDF Document)
Application Requirements
If the Job Profile and Person Specification list any qualifications as essential, please upload copies of those relevant qualifications to your application under Miscellaneous Documents.
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