Legal Assistant - Safeguarding

Are you the Legal Assistant we’re looking for? 

We are looking for a Legal Assistant (permanent) in the Safeguarding team. 

We pride ourselves in offering the best of London in one borough. The list is long but includes Brick Lane, Victoria Park, Canary Wharf, Columbia Road market, Tower of London, V&A Museum of Childhood and Whitechapel Art Gallery. 

We have one of the youngest, most multi-cultural and fastest growing populations in the country - set to rise to 341,000 by 2023. Our residents are our greatest asset, and our part of the East End has been enriched by many generations of migrants who have made their home here. 

This is an exciting time to join the council as we bring the old Royal London Hospital in the heart of Whitechapel back to life as our new town hall. Our well-resourced and Lexcel accredited legal team has a crucial role providing the full range and variety of expert services across all areas of the council’s work. 

We have also recently restructured our legal service which is now in the best position to meet the needs and aspirations that we share with our residents, and the wider community. 

If you’re an experienced and highly motivated legal professional looking for a fantastic opportunity to join our team, then we’d love to hear from you. 

Key Responsibilities 

Safeguarding 

You will be one of a small team of Legal Assistants supporting our passionate Safeguarding Team, reporting to the Head of Safeguarding. You will deal with some routine matters as well as assisting with fast paced ad-hoc queries and support. Your support work will include preparation of bundles and drafting applications, consent orders and other documents within care proceedings. 

• Experience of the processing of fee notes and dealing with chambers will be an advantage. 

• You will be able to work flexibly and at pace. 

• You will have passed the Legal Practice Course.

Tower Hamlets vision for our borough is that: people are aspirational, independent and have equal access to opportunities; we are a borough that our residents are proud of and love to live in; and we are a dynamic, outcomes-based council using digital innovation and partnership working to respond to the changing needs of our borough. We want people who aspire to our TOWER values: Together; Open; Willing; Excellent; Respect.

Tower Hamlets has a zero-tolerance approach to, and works to eradicate, all forms of discrimination on the basis of race, sex, disability, age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital status, status as a civil partner, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy and maternity and looks to employ a diverse workforce representative of those groups. We recognise that people can also be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class.

We welcome applicants interested in flexible working arrangements and also applicants who live in the borough.