Legal Assistant Order Making (Part Time 25.5 Hours Per Week)

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall Glenfield Leicestershire. LE3 8RA

Worker Category: Hybrid Worker

Salary: 26832 - 28146 per annum (pro rata for part-time)

Working Hours:25.5 Working Hours Per Week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 4th January 2026

Interview Date(s): TBC

Leicestershire County Council has an exciting opportunity for a Legal Assistant to join its Environment and Property Team dealing with a wide range of highway agreements and orders.

We would welcome applications from a broad range of candidates and in particular those candidates working in a legal environment. Experience of working in local government is not necessary. The ideal candidate should have or working towards a Legal Executive qualification or equivalent ; or possess a relevant third qualification.

About the Role

To deal with the processing of a range of orders necessary to undertake works on public highways including the extinguishment of highway rights the creation and/or modification of public rights of way as well as the preparation of a range of standard highway agreements licences and notices.

About You

To apply for this post you must:

• Should be qualified or be training towards a Legal Executive qualification or equivalent or have a relevant third qualification.
• Ability to understand and apply statutory provisions and procedures as well as the ability to communicate effectively with customers and stakeholders.
• Good drafting planning and organisation skills and able to prioritise work effectively.
• Able to make decisions on where and to whom to refer legal matters.
• Must be computer literate with recent experience of MS Word Excel Outlook and computerised case management systems. With an organised and methodical attention to detail.
• Must be professional approachable co-operative courteous and diplomatic.

You must also have an understanding of and commitment toequality diversity and inclusion.

In addition we also expect you to shareour commitment to our valuesand will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

Interested in Flexible Working

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore wherever possible we will consider working arrangements that suit an individuals personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working part-time hours compressed hours flexible start and finish times home/remote working etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Stylespage on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussionplease contact:

Katy Jobanputra

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How to Apply

Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ Plus communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the About You section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the About You section above. For more information see the How to Applysection on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore if you are interested please submit your application as early as possible.

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