Paralegal Officer

In this instance, we are recruiting a Paralegal Officer to provide dedicated paralegal support to the fee earners in our Contracts & Procurement team. The successful candidate will also provide paralegal support to the wider Paralegal team as and when required.

Whilst it is preferable for applicants to have some knowledge or experience working in a legal environment, it is not essential to have a legal qualification, as this role is primarily supporting our team of lawyers. The ideal candidate will have experience prioritising and meeting deadlines as well as excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.

Legal Services is part of Legal and Democratic Services ('LDS') within the Central Services Directorate of North Yorkshire Council who provide a range of services to the County of North Yorkshire. The role of the Legal Service team is to support the provision by providing a comprehensive and efficient legal service to the Directorates, the Council's Executive, full Council, Committees and Members, and external clients.

You will be based at one of the locality offices of North Yorkshire Council but will also be required to attend County Hall, Northallerton from time to time. There is also scope to work remotely from home some of the time in line with our Corporate Hybrid Working Policy.

If you enjoy working in a busy but rewarding environment, where you will be trained and gain experience to support the whole range of legal work carried out by North Yorkshire Council, we would love to hear from you.

You will benefit from a supportive management system and on-going personal development and performance management.

As an organisation we strongly believe in promoting a work life balance, with flexible working opportunities and modern technology you will be able to deliver your role to suit both your personal and our business needs. In return for your hard work and dedication to our service, we can offer you the chance to be part of a strong and supportive team. You will benefit from a variety of competitive employee rewards such as generous leave entitlement and local government pension scheme., North Yorkshire Councils' purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other's contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.

North Yorkshire Council are committed to the health and safety of our employees and of others including the general public. It has a responsibility to ensure employees who hold a position that is deemed to be safety critical as it requires the performance of duties which are directly related to the safe operation or security of a facility, piece of equipment or vehicle, handling of chemicals or work at height or in confined spaces and which, if not performed properly, could result in a serious safety risk or environmental hazard to employees, a facility or the general public , do not attend work whilst under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Individuals offered employment with North Yorkshire Council will be subject to the Workplace Substance Misuse policy. For safety critical roles as detailed above, random alcohol and drug testing may take place during the course of employment.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: Up to £25,119.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension


• Cycle to work scheme


• Employee discount


• Health & wellbeing programme


• On-site parking


• Store discount


Schedule:

• Flexitime


• Monday to Friday


• No weekends