15 jobs found in Kettering

Paralegal/Legal Assistant Leicester, LE3 £14.83 - £25.00 Per Hour We are looking a Paralegal or Legal Assistant, who is qualifies or training towards a legal qualification. Based in Leicester, LE3, the role assist in the provision of legal services to Child care, Children & Young People’s Services and Schools. DUTIES: Supporting in preparing documents for court cases Liaising with healthcare professionals, police, probation and court Responding to legal requests for legal advice in relation to Child care law and practice Providing assistance and support to solicitors, including tang statements in relation to court, tribunal, disciplinary or other proceedings. Drafting letters, court applications and responses and statements Undertaking research in Child care Law as required Issuing invoices and following up where necessary Liaise with courts as to hearings and attendance Attending Child Protection case conferences Attending council meetings Filing and general...

Our client has a full-time vacancy for a Legal Accounts Assistant, working Monday to Friday, 9.00 am to 5.30 pm (37.5 hours per week). This role is offered as a 6 month fixed term contract. It is hybrid working, between 3 -5 days per week in the office as agreed by your manager. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: • Monitor client and office bank accounts for incoming payments. • Send payments upon request from legal advisors. • Prepare bills to send to external clients. • Input purchase ledger invoices on to the accounting software. • Approve and pay staff expenses. • Respond to ad hoc queries via emails from colleagues and suppliers. • Ability to draft simple correspondence unsupervised. • Attention to detail and accuracy with numerical data. • Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to develop a good rapport with all internal and external clients. • Team player able to fit into a friendly but busy unit. • Excellent organisational ability with a friendly but professional...

West Northamptonshire Council are looking for a Senior Childcare Lawyer. £60 per hour. Inside IR35. 37 hours per week - hybrid working. Responsibilities: 1. To provide legal advice and representation on a variety of matters within the designated legal team to Members and Officers of the Council and their service areas. 2. To provide legal advice and to contribute to the major project work of the Council within the remit of the designated legal team. 3. To conduct and manage a wide-ranging caseload of complex legal work and to prepare and draft complex legal documents as required in an efficient, effective and timely manner. 4. To prepare instructions and briefs to Counsel / external legal advisors. 5. To attend ad-hoc Council, Cabinet, Committee, Sub-committee, working groups and panel meetings to provide legal, procedural and constitutional advice as required. 6. To deputise for the Principal Lawyer and assist in the management and supervision of the designated legal team...

Our client, a Unitary Council based in Northamptonshire, is currently recruiting for a Senior SEN Lawyer on a 3-month rolling basis. They are looking for someone to step in and autonomously deal with their own varied Local Government caseload. This role will involve acting as the lead in the team, providing guidance and support when necessary. You will be advising upon and conducting SEND Tribunal proceedings, as well as on specifics of the law, policy, strategy and procedure. You will also be looking at Judicial Reviews. Our client is looking to interview and hire ASAP, and the successful candidate will be expected to attend the office on their first day for equipment pick up and induction. Attendance to the office then will be ad-hoc. Experience required: * Experience required in Local Government desirable * Must have considerable experience of dealing with complex SEN matters Working hours: * 37 hours per week * Monday – Friday, 9am-5pm Please note that you...

Service Care Solutions is working in partnership with an employee focused local authority, based in Northamptonshire, which needs a Childcare Lawyer to join their legal team. The role is available on a full-time or part-time basis, offering a strong work-life balance while handling meaningful public law childcare matters.   Role: Childcare Lawyer Umbrella Rate: £55 - £60ph PAYE Inc. Rate: £48.44 - £52.79ph Location: Northamptonshire Contract Length: 3 months ongoing (29.6 to 37 hours per week)   Key Responsibilities Manage your own caseload of public law childcare matters from start to finish, advising social services and representing the Local Authority in court. Drafting legal documentation including applications, statements, and care plans. Conducting your own advocacy at hearings (minimum two court attendances per week).Requirements Qualified Solicitor, Barrister or Legal Executive (with advocacy rights) and 3+ years of PQE in Childcare law. Proven experience handling public...

Our client, West Northamptonshire Council is looking for a Senior Childcare Lawyer to join their team. Full time - 37 hours per week. Must be able to do own advocacy Benefits of working with Remedy A personal one-one service from your highly experienced dedicated consultant. Top tier supplier across London giving us first access to jobs Referral bonus - up to £250* per person placed. Double payrolls each week. *Terms & Conditions apply You will be required to fully register with Remedy for all locum positions. Remedy Social Care is a APSCo Standard agency and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the vulnerable. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS. Our objective is to be an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone with suitable skills and ability regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or...

We are seeking an MRICS-qualified Senior Estates Surveyor to oversee a property portfolio. This interim role will lead on compliance, asset performance, and financial management across the estate. Key Responsibilities * Manage all council-owned properties to ensure safe, compliant, and efficient use * Lead on acquisitions, disposals, leases, valuations, and annual portfolio reviews * Ensure legal, health & safety, and policy compliance across the estate * Maintain property system Minerva and ensure financial accuracy in Unit4 * Manage budgets, fixed asset valuations, and property insurance * Provide expert property advice to internal and external stakeholders The Ideal Candidate * MRICS – essential * Strong asset management, compliance, and financial skills * Experience using property/finance systems (Minerva, Unit4, or similar) * Able to work on-site 3 days per week and start quickly

Our client has an immediate start for a talented, friendly and enthusiastic individual to join them – initially on a 3 month fixed term contract. You will be working as a Team Assistant within a Litigation team based in Bedford. If you have previous experience working as a Legal Secretary or a Secretary or Team Assistant this role could be exactly what you’re looking for! What will your responsibilities be? • Dealing with the administrative aspects of the matter from file opening to file closing to include all compliance, file organisation and record keeping, billing, key dates, write offs, credit control matters, payment requests, archiving. • Transcribing dictation. • Scanning and allocating post. Notifying lawyers of all incoming communications. • Management of outgoing paper-based post. • Management of electronic documents sent from and to external parties, ensuring documents are downloaded. • Management of document release requests. • Keeping lawyers up to date on the...

On-Site Recruiter Location: Office-based with on-site check-ins at shift start times Contract: Temporary (March – September) Shift: 1500 – 2230 (Monday – Friday) 2100 – 2200 (Saturday) Rate: £14.00ph We are seeking a proactive and highly organised Recruiters to support a large-volume recruitment campaign. This is a fast-paced, delivery-focused role where you will manage the full recruitment and onboarding process for temporary workers. The role is primarily office-based, with required on-site check-ins at the start of shifts to ensure smooth worker attendance, engagement and operational handover. Key Responsibilities Managing high-volume recruitment activity Advertising roles and screening applications Conducting open days and registration events Processing applications and issuing temporary contracts Completing right-to-work and compliance checks Obtaining and verifying references Coordinating and delivering candidate inductions Conducting on-site worker check-ins at the...

Service Care Solutions is working with a growing Local Authority, based in Leicestershire, which is looking to appoint an experienced Childcare Paralegal to support their busy legal team. This role would suit someone who is confident, highly organised, and able to hit the ground running with minimal supervision. Our client is ideally seeking a very experienced paralegal who is familiar with local authority childcare work and court processes.   Role: Childcare Paralegal Location: Local Authority – Leicestershire - Remote Umbrella Rate: £20 - £25ph PAYE Inc. Rate: £18.01 - £22.36ph   Key responsibilities will include: General paralegal and administrative support to a qualified solicitor. Preparing and managing court bundles. Diarising court orders and actioning deadlines. Drafting briefs to counsel. Preparing and issuing court applications and proceedings. Assisting with public law childcare matters, including pre-proceedings work. Some involvement in private law matters.The ideal...

Join a forward-thinking local authority in a key Contract Administrator role, supporting the rollout of a newly developed contract management system. This Contract Administrator position is offered on a 6-month contract, predominantly remote, with occasional on-site attendance (negotiable), providing flexibility while contributing to meaningful public sector work. The Contract Administrator role focuses on the accurate management, capture, and maintenance of contract data, ensuring compliance with contract management policies and supporting best practice across the organisation. This is an excellent opportunity for a Contract Administrator who is detail-oriented, analytically minded, and confident working with contract and procurement information. You’ll be working closely with internal stakeholders, supporting transparency, governance, and effective contract oversight within a regulated public sector environment. As a Contract Administrator, you will be: Capturing, inputting,...

We are recruiting a Contracts Manager to join a social housing group based in Nottingham on a 6-month temporary contract. This role will support the organisation with contract data, compliance, and governance during the implementation of a contract management system. The position is mainly remote, with occasional on-site attendance with a competetive day rate of £(Apply online only) a day dependent on experience! Contracts Manager key responsibilities include: Capturing, maintaining, and updating contract data within the contract management system Ensuring compliance with internal contract management policies and procedures Supporting contract management best practice across the organisation Recording and reconciling contract award notices published on Contract Finder and Find a Tender Service Assisting with the publication of procurement notices Producing reports and maintaining trackers using advanced ExcelThis Contracts Manager role requires a strong eye for detail, the...

Senior Childcare Lawyer Rate: £50-£60 per hour - Negotiable DOE Contract Length: 3-6-month initial contract Midlands Local Authority Hybrid Working Spencer Clarke Group are looking for an experience Childcare Lawyer to join a local authority in the midlands. You will play a key role in delivering high-quality legal advice and representation across complex childcare matters within the Council. Key responsibilities: Providing legal advice and representation to Members and Officers across the Council. Managing a wide-ranging caseload of complex legal work and drafting detailed legal documentation. Preparing instructions and briefs to Counsel and external advisors. About You You will have: Qualification as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales, Fellow of CILEX, or demonstrable equivalent experience. Post-qualification experience providing legal advice and representation in complex areas of law. If you're interested in this role, click the apply button or...

We're Hiring: Housing Regulatory Assurance Officer Oxford | Hybrid Working £29.29 per hour Join our client's new Housing Strategy and Performance Team This is a fantastic opportunity to take a leading role in strengthening housing regulation, compliance, and service improvement. You will help ensure the Housing Directorate delivers safe, modern, compliant and high‑quality services that make a real difference to residents. Key responsibilities include: * Leading housing regulatory compliance and service improvement activity * Producing clear, high‑quality reports, strategies, policies and presentations * Working closely with colleagues, partners and data specialists to raise standards * Supporting service reviews, improvement plans and programme delivery * Acting as a subject‑matter expert in housing law, regulation and best practice * Monitoring risks, ensuring compliance and driving operational improvement We're looking for: * Expert knowledge of social housing...

Sharper Consulting Services is working with our Hertfordshire client in seeking an experienced General Licensing Officer to provide short-term interim cover within a small but busy Licensing team. * Full time hours - Hybrid working (typically 2–3 days on site) * Contract: Initial 3 months (rolling) * £35 - £45 Per Hour (DOE) The successful candidate will be a confident, hands-on officer able to manage a broad general licensing caseload with minimal supervision, supporting service continuity during a period of pressure and transition. This role requires someone who is comfortable stepping into a lean team structure and contributing immediately. Key Responsibilities The postholder will be responsible for delivering a comprehensive licensing service, including (but not limited to): * Processing and determining applications under: * Alcohol and entertainment licensing (Licensing Act 2003) * Taxi and private hire licensing * Street trading *...