Job details
Job title: Legal Regulatory Assistant
Job reference: REQ04796
Date posted: 24/10/2025
Application closing date: 07/11/2025
Location: Port Talbot Civic Centre
Salary: £25,583 - £27,254 Pro Rata
Package: Generous holiday entitlement, Employee Assistance Programme, Local Government Pension Scheme with 22.4% employer contributions, discounted gym membership with Celtic Leisure and excellent development opportunities
Contractual hours: 30
Basis: Full time
Job category/type: Legal
Attachments: Legal Regulatory Assistant REQ04796 JDPS.docx; Reasons to Work for Neath Port Talbot Council.pptx
Working style
Your workstyle will be a mobile hybrid worker in this role, which gives you the flexibility to work from home and from a variety of Council workplaces.
Role overview
As a Legal Regulatory Assistant, you will be required to meet with prospective licence holders to offer advice and guidance, receive and process licence applications, take payments and perform other general office duties. Your daily routine will include responding to customer requests for licences, taking payments, checking documentation and producing licences ready for issue.
About you
Do you have:
* Proficiency in the use of Microsoft applications
* Excellent communication and organisational skills
* Hybrid working (in some roles) and flexible working schemes to improve work life balance
* Benefit from a competitive employee package with a 22.4% employer pension contribution
* Access discounted gym membership with Celtic Leisure
* Utilise the cycle to work scheme with up to 40% off bikes and cycling equipment
* Purchase a new car through Tusker salary sacrifice scheme
* Enjoy exclusive discounts at local and national retailers with the Smart Spend app through the staff wellbeing group
If you would like to start a rewarding career with a company that values and invests in its employees and you have the necessary experience and qualifications, this could be your dream job and we would love to hear from you.
For an informal discussion, please contact Neil Chapple.
Additional information
DBS requirements: This post is subject to a basic DBS disclosure.
Welsh Language Requirements: Welsh language skills are not required.
We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates who have a disability and armed forces veterans. In support of employees of Tata Steel who are at risk of redundancy, or who have been made redundant in 2024, Neath Port Talbot Council is offering a guaranteed interview for jobs across the Council. Please note that applicants must meet all the essential criteria, as shown in the person specification, to qualify for a guaranteed interview. If you are or going to be affected by the job losses at Tata Steel, please indicate this on your application form.
At Team NPT, we work together to serve the people, communities and businesses of Neath Port Talbot. We are committed to providing training opportunities and the professional development of all our employees. We look forward to welcoming you to Team NPT.
Contract details
Contract: Temporary - 2 years.
Hours: 30 hours per week.
Responsibilities
As a Legal Regulatory Assistant, you will:
* Meet with prospective licence holders to offer advice and guidance
* Receive and process licence applications
* Take payments and perform general office duties
* Respond to customer requests for licences
* Check documentation and produce licences ready for issue
Qualifications
The post holder will possess at least 4 GCSEs at grade C or above, one of which must be English or Welsh, plus Mathematics, or a qualification of a comparable level; however no formal legal or licensing qualifications are required as full training will be provided.
Aboutus
We believe in rewarding and recognising our colleagues' efforts and achievements. We want everyone to be healthy and happy and have the financial resources and support they need. Choose to work for us and you’ll be rewarded with a range of attractive benefits and support to help you live your best life.
Benefits include:
* Hybrid working (in some roles) and flexible working schemes to improve work life balance
* 22.4% employer pension contribution
* Holiday entitlement: 25 days, increasing to 32 days after 5 years’ service, plus 8 bank holidays
* Discounted gym membership with Celtic Leisure
* Cycle to work scheme with up to 40% off bikes and cycling equipment
* Tusker salary sacrifice scheme for car purchase
* Smart Spend app for discounts at local and national retailers
If you would like to start a rewarding career with a company that values and invests in its employees and you have the necessary experience and qualifications, this could be your dream job and we would love to hear from you.
For an informal discussion, please contact Neil Chapple via email: n.chapple@npt.gov.uk
Compliance
This post is subject to safeguarding and safer recruitment procedures to protect children, young people and vulnerable adults.
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