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Please note this vacancy is only available to Birmingham City Council employees.

Legal Assistant – Professional Standards Team

12 month opportunity

This will be offered as a Secondment opportunity for internal BCC employees or a Fixed Term Contract for Priority Movers.

£28,598 - £34,434

Grade B

Consultation grade - subject to formal evaluation under the Equal Pay Programme

We are pleased to present a brilliant opportunity to join a dynamic, progressive legal service where you will be given the opportunity to work on some incredible cases.

Birmingham City Council's legal service is unique and one of the largest in-house local authority legal teams. The City Council is on its journey of resetting, reshaping and restarting and everyone within legal services is essential to the Council's success and achieving beneficial outcomes for our citizens. You could be part of this.

Legal Services covers all areas of work that the Council undertakes, from employment to property, from social care to contracts. The variety of work that our team undertakes is wide and at the highest level. The work is challenging and rewarding in equal measure. Based in Victoria Square in the City Centre, you will have excellent transport links, access to Courts and tribunals, partner organisations and all the benefits that working in the wonderful City of Birmingham brings.

Birmingham City Council is committed to achieving excellence, putting our citizens first, acting courageously and being true to our word. If this resonates with you, then we want to hear from you.

We have an exciting 12 month opportunity as a Legal Assistant vacancy within our Professional Standards team.

Our Professional Standards team supports key work across Ombudsman complaints, Whistleblowing and Serious Misconduct and Member standards complaints. An important role ensuring compliance across all of the Council’s service areas.

You will be responsible for managing and progressing a varied caseload, supporting others in the Professional Standards Team, and ensuring cases are handled efficiently and in line with required procedures.

Key Responsibilities

Logging, registering, and progressing casework
Maintaining accurate records using the case management system
Managing incoming communications and distributing appropriately
Chasing updates and supporting timely responses
Preparing documentation and managing correspondence
Supporting the overall administration and progression of professional standards case

Skills required

Strong organisational and time management skills
Experience in administration or casework
Good ICT skills, including Microsoft Office
Ability to work to deadlines with accuracy
Confident communicator with a professional approach

Benefits of working at Birmingham City Council

30 days annual leave – Increases to 33 days after 5 years and 35 days after 10 years, plus option to purchase additional leave
Access to voluntary benefits providers that support health, wellbeing and making the most of your leisure time
Family friendly policies e.g., maternity/adoption, paternity, shared parental leave, carers’ leave
Health and wellbeing support networks e.g., independent, and confidential employee assistance and counselling, occupational health, etc.
Employee communities and support groups including Corporate Black Workers Support Group, Disability and LGBT+ Networks, Menopause Support Forum, etc.
We are a disability confident employer
Membership of job-related pension scheme, West Midlands Pension Fund or Teachers’ Pensions, with generous employer contributions
Access to ‘My Rewards’ – over 800 individual brands providing discounts and savings including high street stores, supermarkets, utility, and insurance providers, as well as great days out … to name but a few!
Opportunities to join great salary sacrifice schemes e.g., Cycle to Work, Annual Travel and Car Parking, as well as making the most of Tax and National Insurance savings (additional schemes to launch soon)

Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people.

We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.

For any informal enquires please contact: Resourcing@birmingham.gov.uk, quoting reference 4196

Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed.

Birmingham City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our citizens and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. You can view our Corporate Safeguarding Policy | Birmingham City Council here.

Sponsorship is not available for this post. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK that does not require employer sponsorship for the duration of the appointment.

Job Description and Person Specification

Legal Assistant GR3 JD-PS.pdf