Location: The role is primarily based within North Yorkshire Police Headquarters, Northallerton, with the opportunity for agile working. You will be required to work across the various hubs of North Yorkshire, Cleveland, and Durham

Salary: Scale 4-5 £12,460 - £14,937 per annum. (Equivalent to £24,921 - £29,874 per annum for full time hours at 37 hours per week)

This role includes a Career Progression Plan

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Part time, 18.5 hours per week.  Working days and hours to be discussed and confirmed upon appointment.

Key documents:

Job description

We have a unique opportunity for a part time Paralegal to join Evolve Legal Services, where you will undertake file casework, research, investigations, and provide support for court cases.

You will operate as a junior legal professional supporting the legal team with contested or non-contentious case and where necessary and appropriate, take day to day responsibility for a modest caseload of the most routine files. Whilst you will primarily be based within the Operational Team you may be required to provide support to all thematic teams across the service including the corporate, civil litigation and employment teams when required.

About Evolve Legal Services

Evolve provides in-house legal services to both the Chief Constable and the Police and Crime Commissioner and their staff across North Yorkshire, Cleveland and Durham policing areas.

Key services include legal advice on corporate, public law and employment matters, advice and representation on police operational law, handling and management of all litigation brought against either the Chief Constable or the Commissioner Management of legal risk and of the insurance and self-insurance programme and comprehensive civil disclosure law services.

Key responsibilities:

You will report to the Police Lawyer (Operational) and other lawyers across all thematic teams as appropriate.

• With appropriate supervision, you will provide support to members of the Legal team by:
• Ensuring the case management system is up to date, namely opening any new files and managing them going forward, including updating files following any hearings/timetabling.
• Assisting the Operational and Corporate Lawyers across Evolve Legal Services in preparing, organising, and planning files and any related research in relation to any operational and corporate matters including civil orders, licencing, and general advice to ensure cases are dealt with swiftly, efficiently and within the required timescales.
• Undertaking any casework, research, or investigations under the supervision of the Operational and Corporate Lawyers, as instructed by the Head of the Operational Team.
• Undertaking general duties for lawyers across all thematic areas as requested, for example providing support, updating diaries, making appointments, booking Counsel, and arranging meetings. 
• Managing any statistics and figures in relation to operational and corporate matters to assist the Heads of the Operational and Corporate Team
• Attending Court as directed as a representative of Evolve Legal Services in relation to matters such as DVPOs.

Requirements:

To be successful you will:

• Have relevant/related experience in a legal, criminal justice or other similar regulatory environment (a relevant qualification may be acceptable in lieu of experience).
• Possess excellent IT skills, in particular MS Office applications.
• Be able to communicate on a professional basis with colleagues at all levels both within the organisation and with external bodies.
• Takes personal responsibility in making effective decisions within specified parameters and act on own initiative.
• Be able to work as an effective team member.
• Work with a high level of attention to detail.
• Have excellent planning and organising skills and the ability to multi-task and work to tight deadlines.

Working for us - what we can offer you

Working for the emergency services is truly rewarding, and we want to inspire all colleagues to achieve their full potential. Everything we do has a direct impact to the service our organisation delivers, and each of us contributes to ensuring our communities continue to feel safe.

You’ll be welcomed into an organisation that is committed to ensuring everyone is treated fairly and supported equally. We value different perspectives, skills and experiences and we care about the well-being of our staff, and actively support people so they can perform to their best. 

In addition, we offer a range of benefits including:

• Staff support networks
• Training and development
• Excellent government pension scheme
• Access to onsite Health and Wellbeing services
• 24 days holiday entitlement, increasing to 30 days with length of service (plus bank holidays)
• Access to discounts at major retailers
• Unison – recognised trade union
• Inclusion and Diversity support networks

Positive Action

We, at North Yorkshire Police value difference. We have a positive action team who are dedicated to supporting you through your application and beyond. If you feel you need any reasonable adjustments to help reach your potential, please contact our Positive Action Team, positiveaction@northyorkshire.police.uk.

How to apply

If this sounds like an exciting opportunity, we want to hear from you. Please submit your application. For further information on this opportunity, please contact Lucy Holland, Deputy Force Solicitor, lucy.holland@northyorkshire.police.uk.

Key dates:

Vacancy closing: 09:00am on Monday 8^th July.

Interviews date: TBC