Overview
Paralegal - Commercial Contracts — Scale 4 (£26,403 - £28,142) — 37 Hours, Full Time — Temporary (22 months) — Hybrid: Stockport Town Hall and homeworking
Application Deadline: 11.59pm on 31 October 2025. Shortlisting Date: 7 November 2025. Interview Date: 12 November 2025. Interview Type: Face to Face.
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Your Role
Stockport Council has a rare and exciting paralegal opportunity within the Commercial Contracts Legal Team. You’ll work within a friendly and supportive team of two colleagues, in a supportive environment where your professional development will be nurtured and appreciated. You will be an integral part of our award-winning Legal Team which is made up of up to 50 colleagues across five different legal sub-teams, each delivering their own area of expertise.
The successful candidate will be a key and valued member of the Commercial Contracts team adding value and support to them on a day to day basis. You will be asked to primarily review, amend and draft commercial contracts, facilitate the sealing of contracts, undertake relevant research as necessary, work with STAR Procurement, and liaise with and advise client officers across the Council, its subsidiary companies and elected members.
About You
We are looking for a highly motivated individual with a desire to learn and develop at pace. This role will be very hands on and will allow you to gain invaluable and varied experience within a large organisation whilst being autonomous with your own matters.
We pride ourselves on our supportive, friendly and flexible culture putting your wellbeing at the centre of your personal development. If appointed to this role, you will receive training and support from colleagues. The team is small and friendly and very appreciative of its paralegal support. Although the team offers hybrid working, enabling colleagues to work from home or away from the civic complex for a certain proportion of their working week, we do expect our paralegals to be in the office at least four days per week whilst they undertake their probation period, which may be relaxed at the Council’s discretion.
About Us
At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. We’re keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.
We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.
If you would like to find out more about the role, please contact David Hopkins at david.hopkins at stockport.gov.uk to arrange an informal discussion about the role. Stockport Council holds a Visa sponsorship licence, but this campaign does not currently qualify.
Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme you will therefore be guaranteed to be shortlisted for Assessment if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria.
Find out if you meet the criteria at the greater.jobs Guaranteed Assessment Scheme page.
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