Legal Assistant

POSITION:                  Legal Assistant

SALARY:                      £11.11

LOCATION:                 Belfast

HOURS:                       37.5 Monday - Friday

Job Summary

The post holder will be responsible for the carrying out of duties delegated by the Section Line Manager/Solicitor, in support of the Solicitors undertaking their professional roles within the Legal Services Directorate.

Key Results Areas

• Assist in the preparation of documentation and pleadings in connection with referrals from clients, drafting documentation and instructions and dealing with matters arising under the appropriate legislation.
• Assist and liaise with Line Manager, Solicitors and Boards/Trusts personnel in collating material.
• Assists in the preparation of Briefs for Counsel and where appropriate, arranges attendances on Counsel as and when required together with the attendance of witnesses at Court Hearings/consultations.
• Ensures within their delegated responsibility that referrals and instructions from Boards/Trusts are dealt with in an expeditious and effective manner.
• Liaises with Line Manager in developing teams/staff to enhance performance.
• Liaises and corresponds with clients as required.
• When necessary assists with internal Post and provides Outside Duties/Court Run cover.
• Delegates such functions to subordinate staff as are consistent with the overall efficiency and effectiveness within the Directorate.
• Actively participates in the Performance Management system, where further specific objectives relating to the post may be identified.
• Actively participates in the Directorate’s quality system procedures, including Investors in People, ISO 9001, and Lexcel.

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

SECTION 1: The following are ESSENTIAL criteria which will initially be measured at shortlisting stage although may also be further explored during the interview/selection stage. You should therefore make it clear on your application form whether or not you meet these criteria. Failure to do so may result in you not being shortlisted. The stage in the process when the criteria will be measured is stated below.

Factor Qualifications  Criteria

(1)        5 GCSE’s including GCSE English Language & GCSE Mathematics (Grades A*-C) OR equivalent qualification to demonstrate literacy and numeracy OR Higher Qualification

OR

Have a minimum of 18 months relevant1 experience.          Method of Assessment

Shortlisting by application form

Experience

Skills/Abilities 

(2)        All applicants must have 1 years’ experience working with Microsoft Office or similar.

1 relevant experience is defined as working within a legal or business environment undertaking legal, financial or administrative support.

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