Business Apprentice - Legal Operations

Working as an apprentice at Halton Borough Council, offers a great opportunity to make a real difference to the community of Halton, whilst gaining valuable, hands-on experience.  With a dedicated Apprenticeship Officer to support you throughout your journey here at Halton, you will be given every opportunity to succeed. Additionally, apprentices are offered opportunities to network with other apprentices and professionals across the council, helping to build connections and develop their careers.

Our Legal Services Directorate ensures that Halton Borough Council and its interests are protected by providing legal, corporate, and constitutional advice, and support at all levels.

Legal Services provides a full range of services to HBC, advising on both contentious business, such as Children’s and Adults Social Care, Anti-Social Behaviour, prosecutions, licensing, contractual disputes, debt recovery, and non-contentious business, including planning, asset management work, and acquisitions. 

We believe our apprenticeship programmes are the best alternative to the traditional study route for ambitious and hard-working students.

Our Business Apprentice – Legal Operations will gain a qualification whilst earning a salary, as well as understanding how our work impacts everyday life across Halton and its surrounding boroughs.  You could be at the heart of our community understanding how Legal Services operate and support our communities.

More specific responsibilities include:

Providing clerical and administrative support to the teams within Legal Services including photocopying, scanning, stationary and the general day to day running of the office. Assisting in the management of travel arrangements, room/venue booking, courses and equipment booking. Processing invoices and obtaining purchase order numbers for external suppliers. Assisting in the safe and correct destruction of legal documents and keeping a record of such documents. Requesting archived documents to be scanned in or delivered from Records Management Unit. Undertaking the preparation of documents such as minutes, agenda and reports as required. Assisting in the opening and closing of files on the Legal Services bespoke case management IT system. To offer basic IT support, such as reformatting documents.
Liaising with Lawyers regarding up and coming hearings providing any necessary support. Assisting in the preparation and creation of Court bundles when required and where necessary creating and printing bundles, arranging the delivery to Court and any Parties. Collecting, storing or destroying bundles where necessary. Diarising Court Orders in the Court Diary and tasks within Legal Services bespoke case management IT system notifying client departments of the same. Diarising, requesting and chasing disclosures set out in the Disclosure Order. Undertaking any other duties and responsibilities as may be assigned from time to time which are commensurate with the grade of the job.

Training:

Apprenticeship training will take place at Riverside College, Kingsway, Widnes, WA8 7QQ. 

You will physically attend college on a fortnightly basis. 

Training Outcome:

As you approach the end of your apprenticeship, you will receive guidance and support from our dedicated Apprenticeship Officer in applying for opportunities within Halton Borough Council. We are eager to ensure that any apprentice that joins us as an apprentice, is given every chance to secure permanent, long-term employment with us.

Employer Description:
Halton Borough Council is the local authority responsible for the borough of Halton, a unitary authority in Cheshire, England. All our colleagues at Halton have made a positive commitment to delivering great outcomes for our communities. Whoever joins us will share that passion for outstanding service, and strongly align with the values which define our workplace culture; Working Together – building fantastic relationships with colleagues and customers. Continuous Improvement – Keeping great service delivery at the heart of everything we do. Personal Growth – Learning, growing and developing ourselves. Accountability – doing what we say we are going to do. Inspiring Leadership – positive roles models and leading by example.

Working Hours :
Monday - Thursday, 9.00am - 5:30pm. Friday, 9.00am - 4:40pm.

Skills:
Communication skills,IT skills,Attention to detail,Organisation skills,Problem solving skills,Number skills,Logical,Team working,Creative,Initiative,Flexible approach to work,Willing to self-learn,Research skills,Collaboration with others