Legal Clerk

Legal Clerk needed!!
* Salary: £12.21 per hour
* Location: Bedford, MK42
* Hours: Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm
* Till September 2025 with the possibility of extension

JOB PURPOSE:

To support the delivery of Legal Services provided by the Legal Services Teams (Governance, Property Planning and Litigation (GPP&L) and the Adults, Children's and Education (ACE) Team through the provision of efficient proactive client focused administrative service to the Legal Department and all internal clients and external contacts in a timely manner. The remit covers telephone, email and face to face contact. The provision of non-standard correspondence, compiling legal notices and reports, the preparation of legal files and Court Bundles. To liaise with external solicitors, barristers and the Courts.

MAIN ACCOUNTABILITIES:

* To act as a first point of contact for the Legal Services Teams taking telephone messages, prioritising emails, making diary appointments. Communicate effectively and in a timely manner with the Teams to enable the Teams to carry out their role to expected standards.
* To liaise with the appropriate points of contact to arrange hearings, court dates and meetings for the Legal Teams ensuring the timely distribution of accompanying papers as necessary.
* To provide an administrative support service in order to ensure that all communications are of a high standard. The post holder will work with the Legal Services case management system to produce reports, letters, memoranda, forms, notices and all other legal documentation commensurate to a busy legal department. Accuracy of the information will be vital, and the post holder will be responsible for checking the accuracy and prioritising their work.
* To provide a full administrative support to Legal Services, including scanning, non-standard letter writing, basic report completion, Court Bundling and the collation of hearing papers as required.
* To make appropriate and effective use of the IKEN case management system and develop templates as required.

Please apply today!

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