Overview
Paralegal - Coroners role at WMJobs
Location: Stoke Town Hall, Stoke-on-Trent
Directorate: Resources • Section: Coroners Service • Grade: Level 7 (Subject to review) • Salary: £20,960.81 - £22,769.59 • Hours: 25 hours per week
This advert is open to both Internal and External applicants.
An exciting and rare opportunity to provide high level professional, pro-active and confidential Paralegal support to the Senior Coroner and Coroners Team within the Coroners Service.
Responsibilities
* Provide a full-bespoke professional service to the Senior Coroner and Coroners Team, ensuring efficient and effective support, proactively anticipating needs and acting with initiative.
* Work with a high level of independence and autonomy, resolve and respond to incoming communications, and seek advice where necessary.
* Be the principal point of contact for the Senior Coroner and proactively manage the flow of work through the office, resolving queries through initiative or redirection as appropriate.
* Screen all incoming calls, visits and communications; draft, co-ordinate and proof-read replies to correspondence with due regard to confidentiality, Data Protection and Customer Care policies.
* Proactively manage the Senior Coroner’s diary, ensuring accuracy and timeliness, and arrange internal and external meetings.
* Undertake legal research on behalf of the Senior Coroner and Area Coroners.
Requirements and Qualifications
* Experience as a Paralegal with a proactive, team-oriented approach and a “can do” attitude.
* Confident communicator with excellent organisational skills and the ability to use initiative to resolve problems.
How to Apply
If you would like to know more about this position, please contact sam.woodward@stoke.gov.uk.
Please note: if an employee currently at risk of redundancy applies, their application will receive priority; you will be advised accordingly.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
At Stoke-on-Trent City Council, we believe our strength comes from the diversity of our community, and we want our workforce to reflect that. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences. We encourage you to apply even if you do not meet every listed requirement.
We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels included, can be themselves, and can succeed together.
To Apply
Visit our website: https://webrecruitment.stoke.gov.uk/wrl/
For queries or an application form in another format, email recruitment@stoke.gov.uk or call 01782 238189.
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