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About the Role
This role is within the Financial Litigation Team, seeking two Legal Assistants on a 12-month fixed-term contract to manage a caseload of debt recovery matters. It offers valuable experience for those pursuing a career in the legal profession.
Responsibilities
- Manage a caseload of debt recovery matters.
- Work with a wide range of client departments within the council.
- Instigate county court proceedings against debtors.
- Consider and investigate matters referred to the legal team and allocated to the caseworker.
- Request and obtain further information and documentation from client departments.
- Acknowledge referrals and advise on the merit of the case.
- Take prompt action in the debt recovery process.
- Engage in dispute resolution and explore alternative settlement methods like mediation.
- Instruct Counsel and costs draftsman when necessary.
- Manage a caseload of service charge, Adult social care, council tax arrears, housing benefit overpayment, and general, sundry debt recovery matters on the Council’s legal electronic case management system.
Requirements
- Good knowledge of civil procedure rules is ideal.
- Some knowledge of recovery of service charge and ASC debt is advantageous but not essential.
- Organised and flexible individual.
- Demonstrate aptitude and ability to quickly pick up a wide range of debt recovery cases.
- Must provide a supporting statement clearly showing how criteria on the Person Specification are met.
- Will accept a CV in support of the application, but a supporting statement is still required.
Skills
- Debt recovery
- Civil procedure rules
- Dispute resolution
- Mediation
- Legal case management system
Location
- Remote
- Office attendance required (3 days a week)
- Other locations from time to time
Work Type
- 12 month fixed term contract
- 36 hours per week
Experience Level
- Entry level
Salary/Compensations
- £37,692 p.a. incl. London weighting
Benefits
- Training in specific debt recovery areas will be provided.
- Positive approach to flexible working.
About the Company
- Brent is a vibrant London borough with a diverse community.
- The council is pursuing a transformation agenda to better meet community needs.
- Brent Council values diversity and aims for a workforce that reflects this.
- Committed to safer recruitment, safeguarding, and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
- Disability confident employer welcoming applications from people with all disabilities.
Equal Opportunity
- Encourage applications from all sections of the community.
- Positively encourage all applicants to self-identify their characteristics in the diversity survey.
- Posts working with children, young people and vulnerable adults are subject to an Enhanced DBS check and other employment clearances.
- Will interview any disabled applicant who meets the essential criteria.
- Reasonable adjustments can be made to the recruitment process for disabled applicants.