Cheshire East Legal Services has an exciting opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our busy team as a Legal Support Officer. Our team provides legal advice, support and guidance to Local Authority colleagues, as ell as elected members and stakeholders across the full range of services delivered by Cheshire East Council. About you Working alongside our Practice Manager, you will support the service to deliver a range of legal matters in order to protect and advance the interests of the Local Authority and to meet the required standards and deadlines. Your role will include undertaking legal administrative tasks and supporting the Managers and Lawyers in the team to run an efficient and high-quality legal service. Responsibilities will include maintaining administrative and financial records and files, collating documentation, drafting correspondence, conducting standard legal processes, liaising with colleagues across legal services, general clerical tasks, and the processing of invoices. The role is diverse with no one day the same, for more information on the role please view the 'In this job you will' section within the attached job description specification document. The successful candidate will have: • 4 GCES's at grade C or above, with at least two of these being English and Maths • Relevant practical legal work experience (but this is not a re-requisite) • Be computer literate with good IT skills and able to effectively use databases and Microsoft Office applications • Be able to manage routine and more specialised administrative tasks with minimal supervision • Be flexible and to be able to work in a fast-paced financial environment where deadlines and priorities may change • Be able to work on your own initiative, as well as being part of a wider legal team, plan and prioritise competing workloads • Have the ambition for career progression within the legal team when opportunities arise In return we are able to offer: • Enhanced annual leave - Start with an impressive 34 days of annual leave (including bank holidays) from day one, and watch it grow to 39 days after just five years of service • Purchase of annual leave – Want more time off? You can purchase up to 10 extra days of annual leave each year, giving you the flexibility to balance work and life just the way you want (Pro-rata for part-time staff) • Flexible working pattern - Enjoy a 37-hour standard full-time work week with the added perks of flexi-time and hybrid/remote working arrangements where possible. Your work-life balance just got a whole lot better • Enhanced public pension - Secure your future with our career average pension, where contributions are built at a rate of 1/49th of your yearly pensionable pay • Cycle to work scheme - Save up to 25-39% on the retail price of bikes and safety equipment through Income Tax and National Insurance savings. Get fit and save money! • Employee assistance programme - Access a completely free and confidential assistance service to help manage, reduce, and overcome life’s challenges, both at work and in your personal life • Discounted gym membership - Stay active and healthy with corporate membership prices for Everybody Leisure. Join us and experience a workplace that truly values and supports you! Cheshire East is an amazing place to live and work. As one of the largest employers in the borough, we are able to offer you a wide range of challenging and rewarding career opportunities. We are working for a brighter future – together and our commitment to you is that our workplace culture will provide a shared purpose, a well-led organisation with valued people succeeding together as one team and one council to deliver the best service for our customers and communities. If you want to be part of our award-winning council and contribute to our ongoing success, have the flexibility and drive to enable us to innovate, are committed to working as part of a team and striving to deliver exceptional service wherever you can, we would especially like to hear from you. As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and want our workforce to reflect the diversity of our local communities so that we can all work for a brighter future - together. Applicants should ensure all sections of the application form are completed as failure to do so will result in their application being rejected. Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date then it is likely that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion, however, please do not be discouraged from applying again. For any technical enquiries please email sourcingteam@ecwip.co.uk For further information or an informal chat about the role please contact - Mark Farrell Legal Practice Manager at mark.farrell@cheshireeast.gov.uk or 07506222002 Please quote job reference number in all correspondence.