Description The Service & Team: We're a busy, supportive and well-thought of Legal & Democratic Service. You will be part of a large and experienced Team, assisting the Council in the effective delivery of advice and support across a broad range of Adult and Children social care matters. The Role: The role will include providing comprehensive professional support to lawyers in our Children's and Adults Social Care Legal Teams in relation to legal matters, including coordination of cases in our case management system, supporting fee earners in the delivery of legal work, electronic filing, preparing bundles and administering the Legal Helpline and Team Inbox. Additionally, you will provide support to other strands of the Legal Service when required such as assisting with post and sealing. You will be efficient and ideally have a basic knowledge and understanding of the various aspects of the Legal Service’s work, but transferrable skills and experience are welcomed. You will understand the need to work to deadlines and how to prioritise work, and have a good understanding of case management systems and Microsoft applications, although training and support will also be provided. This position will be subject to a standard criminal record disclosure check. Working Pattern: This is a full-time role of 37 hours per week. Once fully trained this role can be carried out remotely but with office-based working at least once a week or as required to support the service needs. We can discuss this with you during the recruitment process and we are open to discussion about flexible working. What you’ll need to succeed: You will have excellent communication skills and the ability to work under pressure and to strict timescales. You will be confident, adaptable and flexible and ready to work collaboratively as part of a supportive and experienced team. This is a varied and interesting role working with a very friendly but busy Service. Support and training will be provided. Don’t worry if you don’t have local government experience as we’ll give you the support you need to develop and learn what you'll need to know. This role is an excellent stepping-stone for anyone wishing to pursue a career in law. Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert. For an informal conversation or to obtain more details about the role, please contact Fiona Salmon on 01872 322222 Additional Information: Please note, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role. The full role profile is attached here We recommend saving a copy of this to refer to if you are invited to an interview. Application Process Please attach a supporting statement to your application, you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points marked as ‘Application’ on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here – The application process. Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, please contact careers@cornwall.gov.uk if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.