Business Support Officer - Legal

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Kirklees
Corporate Strategy, Commissioning & Public Health
Legal, Governance & Commissioning
Legal Services
Business Support Officer
37
1
High Street Buildings, Huddersfield
Temporary
Up to 31/08/2021
Grade 5
£19,312 - £19,698

Kirklees Council Legal Services is one of the largest legal practices in the area and is responsible for providing and commissioning legal work for the Council and partner organisations. The work is varied and high profile.

You will be working in a small team of office based staff providing a wide range of administrative and business support to legal officers within the service. You will work flexibly to meet the changing needs and priorities of the service and its customers.

You will prepare documents that will be used in a legal environment and in court therefore your work will often be of a highly confidential and sensitive nature. The ability to work accurately and to deadlines is important. It is essential that you are familiar with a variety of computer packages, including Microsoft Word and Excel, and that you are able to demonstrate business and administration skills to NVQ 2 level or equivalent.

This post is usually based at High Street Buildings full time, however, due to Covid-19, the Legal Services BSO team are currently working from home for the majority of the week. Some limited office attendance is required on a rota basis to complete office-based activities, such as opening the post and scanning documents. This would involve being based in the office at High Street Buildings up to one day each week. For the rest of the week you would be expected to work from home and you would need to have broadband to enable you to do this.

The main duties of this post include:

  • Data processing (input and retrieval) including service based IT systems
  • Information and record management as directed
  • Specialist word processing – including audio typing
  • General administrative duties as required
  • Responding to non-routine enquiries/complaints, signposting as required
  • Arrange meetings and take minutes (as appropriate)
  • Project work (under supervision)

Our offer to you:

  • Friendly and supportive team environment
  • Generous annual leave entitlement
  • Excellent pension scheme

Please have a look at the Day in the Life for more information about this job

Charlotte Brown is the manager for this role, please contact them on 01484 221000 for an informal discussion, or if you need any more information. 
We know there’s a wealth of talent among people who have a disability and we encourage applications from people with all differing abilities. So, if you need any support completing an application form, or any other format for the application or Job Description please contact the Recruitment Team for help by email: jobs@kirklees.gov.uk or phone: 01484 221000 and ask for ‘Recruitment’.

If you are internal and want to apply for this job as a secondment you must be a substantive employee of the Council with over 6 months continuous service and have successfully completed your probation period.

Applications for secondments will only be accepted if approved by your manager, you will be asked to confirm on your application form that you have the relevant permission. If you are refused permission to apply for a secondment, please contact HR Recruitment to register the refusal.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

27 September 2020, 11:55 PM

Important Information

This vacancy is closed to applications.