Legal Assistant

Turning Passion into Purpose. London South Bank University are excited to be recruiting for the post of Legal Assistant Development Manager to join their highly skilled Legal department. The Legal team provides a high-quality and professional legal service to the university and its group (LSBU group).  The Team carries out work across a wide range of legal areas, including Data Protection, Commercial Contracts, Intellectual Property, Academic Collaboration Agreements and Freedom of Information requests.
This position will provide the successful candidate with the opportunity to support the Legal Team on a wide variety of tasks, working both with the team and independently on research, policy, regulatory requests, contracts, and other matters.  The role provides an opportunity to engage with the diverse portfolio of an in-house Legal team, with great development opportunities for a law graduate looking to expand their legal experience.

About You:

We are looking to hear from candidates who have the following skills/experience:

• Excellent organisational skills, can meet competing work priorities effectively, with good attention to detail and pro-active approach.

• Able to work on a wide variety of different legal issues, communicating complex legal and commercial ideas clearly to legal professionals and lay-people.

• Great interpersonal skills, a natural team-player with a demonstrable record of forming flexible, collaborative professional relationships with stakeholders.

The ideal candidate will be degree educated, with a Law degree or conversion course at a minimum of a 2:1. 

Benefits and How to Apply:

As a leading Higher Education Institution LSBU offers staff a highly competitive benefits package including holiday entitlement starting at 26.5 days per annum, professional development opportunities and flexible working. Full details on the range of benefits we offer can be found here .

The person specification for this role alongside applicant guidance on what to submit within your application can be found within the candidate pack attached. Applications must be submitted via the "Apply Online" button below.

For an informal conversation ahead of applying please feel free to contact the hiring manager for this position, Alice Black, Group Data Protection and Information Compliance Officer, [email protected]

The closing date for applications is Friday 5th January 2024 at 11:59pm

Interview - week commencing 15th January 2024

We are happy to talk flexible working and reasonable adjustments and aim to make our recruitment and selection process accessible to all, please contact us to discuss any support you need. The diversity of LSBU’s staff and students is a source of our strength and the richness of ideas and perspectives that this diversity brings makes LSBU a unique place to work.

This is not eligible for sponsorship under the UKVI Skilled Worker route, more details on this can be found within the candidate pack.

If you have any questions related to your application, please email the recruitment team [email protected]

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early, should we receive sufficient applications.