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Legal
Support Officer
Salary:
£35,570 – £40,444 per annum
Grade: E14 | Directorate: Legal & Governance
Reports to: Legal Practice Manager
About the
role
The East
Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) is building a new organisation with
an ambitious vision for the East Midlands — making our region more prosperous,
sustainable and fairer.
We are looking
for an organised, proactive and digitally confident Legal Support Officer to
join our Legal & Governance team.
This is a
varied role providing essential administrative, operational and digital support
to the Legal Practice Manager and General Counsel. You'll help ensure our Legal
Services function operates efficiently, with effective systems, processes and
workflows in place.
You'll also
play a key role as a super user for Legal Services systems, helping colleagues
use technology effectively and identifying opportunities to improve processes
and ways of working.
What you'll
do
You'll:
- Support the effective day-to-day
delivery of Legal Services.
- Manage and improve administrative
systems, processes and workflows.
- Act as a super user for the Legal
Case Management system, supporting users, access, permissions,
troubleshooting and system improvements.
- Coordinate the Legal Inbox and
instructions process, including triage, allocation and workflow
monitoring.
- Manage contracts, agreements,
signing and sealing processes.
- Support recruitment, induction,
training, starters and leavers.
- Maintain accurate records,
spreadsheets and tracking systems to support performance and legal spend
monitoring.
- Support financial and
administrative processes across the service.
- Identify opportunities to improve
systems, processes and data quality.
- Handle sensitive information with
discretion and ensure issues and risks are appropriately escalated.
About you
We're looking
for someone who is highly organised, customer-focused and able to manage
competing priorities effectively.
You'll have:
- Experience managing administrative
systems, processes and workflows.
- Excellent communication,
coordination and organisational skills.
- Strong IT skills, including
Microsoft Office, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and Excel.
- Good analytical and problem-solving
skills.
- An understanding of governance,
data protection, FOI and IT security.
- The ability to manage your own
time, prioritise workload and work independently.
- A professional and discreet
approach when handling sensitive information.
Experience of
working in a legal environment or using a legal case management system would be
desirable, as would experience of local government, contracts, finance or
onboarding processes.
You will have
GCSE Maths and English at Grade 5 or above and an NVQ Level 4 or equivalent
Business Administration qualification and/or relevant experience.
Why join
EMCCA?
This is an
exciting opportunity to join a new organisation and help build a modern Legal
Services function from the ground up.
You'll have the
opportunity to develop your skills, work with senior colleagues and make a real
difference to the systems and processes that support the delivery of legal
services across the Authority.
Our values are
at the heart of everything we do:
Lifting our
region | Working together | Making an impact | Being human
If you're
organised, proactive and enjoy making systems work, solving problems and
helping people, we'd love to hear from you.
Closing
Date: 26/10/2026
Proposed Interview Date: 16/11/2026