Job Description
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
Worker Type: Hybrid Worker
Salary: Starting salary is £26,824 (Level one) rising to £27,694 (Level three) per annum (pro rata for part‑time) (Pay award pending)
Location: Loxley House, Station Street, Nottingham NG2 3NG
About the Role
We have an exciting opportunity to join our Service Delivery Team – Legal Support as a Service Delivery Officer. This full‑time administrative role is central to supporting our solicitors and legal assistants who provide in‑house legal advice to the Council's Children and Adults department. Previous experience of working in a legal environment is highly desirable but not essential, as full training will be given.
As a key member of the team, you will work in a fast‑paced environment, producing high‑quality legal documents with precision and accuracy, often to tight deadlines and maintaining our in‑house case management system.
Key Responsibilities
* Provide financial administration in line with financial regulations.
* Prepare legal correspondence, court documents, reports and presentations to a high professional standard.
* Organise, maintain and develop our electronic practice and case management systems, ensuring accuracy and attention to detail.
* Use Microsoft applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams) confidently to support daily tasks.
* Support solicitors and legal assistants with a variety of administrative tasks.
About You
* Experience in financial administration and understands the importance of following regulations.
* Skilled in producing professional documents and correspondence.
* Enjoys working with case management systems and can maintain accurate, well‑organised files.
* Highly proficient in Microsoft Office applications.
* Excellent organisational and communication skills and a proactive approach.
* Works well independently as well as part of a team.
Note: This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK at the time of application.
Benefits
* 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years’ service) + bank holidays, with the ability to buy additional leave annually.
* Access to a generous defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9 %.
* Smart working support for work‑life balance.
* Health and wellbeing benefits including access to the Employee Assistance Programme.
* Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and more.
Equality & Diversity
We are committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.
We particularly want to hear from applicants who are from minority ethnic communities, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ community, and who are disabled – these groups are underrepresented in our workforce and we would like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.
Closing date: 17th May 2026.
#J-18808-Ljbffr