About The RoleFor informal enquiries, please contact Janet Smith (Senior PA) at LegalDirectorPA@warwick.ac.uk.An exciting opportunity working within the in-house legal team at a world leading University. Within this position you will be providing support to both commercial contracts and data protection (including freedom of information requests) teams. You will also be required to provide general administrative support to the team that may include carrying out research and reviewing legal documents and forms under supervision.We will consider applications for employment on a part-time or other flexible working basis, even where a position is advertised as full-time, unless there are operational or other objective reasons why it is not possible to do so. About YouYou must be a highly motivated and hard-working individual with good communication skills. The ideal candidate will be keen to work and learn, with a desire to undertake legal training with a view to pursuing a career in the legal sector. Mandatory section.For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the attached job description.About The DepartmentFor further information about Legal & Compliance Services, please visit our website.About The UniversityBorn in the 60s with a mindset of boldness, imagination and collaboration, the University of Warwick is a world-leading research-intensive university with the highest academic and research standards. We re one of the world s top universities, ranked 67th in the world and 10th in the UK*, with 92% of our research assessed to be world leading or internationally excellent **.You'll be joining a diverse, innovative and globally connected community committed to igniting real world progress. Here at Warwick, we offer you opportunities to follow your ambitions as long as you bring the energy and determination to succeed.QS World University Rankings 2024 Research Excellence Framework 2021To find out more about us visit our website.How to ApplyCLOSING DATE: Sunday 27th October 2024 at 11.55pmTo apply, please click Apply below and submit an application form by the closing date. Please plan for any potential delays as you will not be able to submit an application past this deadline (even if you opened the form at, say, 11.30pm).Please attach a CV and cover letter.Your CV should include your most recent employment experience, any other relevant experience, and education history.Your cover letter must detail how you meet each of the essential criteria found in the Job Description document below (desirable criteria too, where possible).Please see here for guidance on writing a cover letter. We highly recommend using individual criteria as headers and giving examples below, though you are free to format the letter as you wish.To streamline our hiring processes, we can only accept applications via our official website, warwick-careers.tal.net.Interview Date: Week commencing 4th November 2024Start Date: TBCWhat we OfferWe will provide you with a great range of benefits, which include an attractive pension scheme, 26 days holiday plus Christmas closure, excellent learning and development opportunities, and savings on a wide range of products and services. We offer a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy, and onsite childcare facilities.We recognise the importance of a healthy work/life balance and offer you access to flexible working, for more information click here.We are proud to say that we are a Living Wage employer.Our Commitment to InclusionWarwick is committed to building an organisation of mutual respect and dignity, promoting a welcoming, diverse, and inclusive working and learning environment. We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to be recognised, respected, and valued. Where possible, we go beyond legislation to provide a place where everyone can thrive, supporting all staff to achieve their full potential. We aspire to remove economic, social, and cultural barriers that may otherwise prevent people from succeeding.We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all communities regardless of culture, background, age, disability, sex/gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion/belief, or sexual or romantic orientation. To find out more about our social inclusion work at Warwick visit our webpages here.The University currently holds a Race Equality Charter Bronze Award, Athena Swan Sliver Award and a Disability Smart Bronze Award. The University of Warwick is also one of the six founder institutions of the EUTOPIA European University Alliance.Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS)The University of Warwick complies with the DBS Code of Practice and undertakes not to discriminate unfairly against anyone who makes a Disclosure relating to a conviction or other information revealed. More information is available on the University s Vacancy pages and applicants may request a copy of the DBS Code of Practice.Job Description JD Junior Paralegal (109764).pdf 202KB Opens in a new window Right to Work in the UKWe wish to advise applicants that this role is not eligible for sponsorship for a Skilled Worker visa. If you do not yet have the right to work in the UK you will need to check the UK Government Website to see if you are eligible to obtain the right to work in the UK through one of the other UK immigration routes before you make your application.











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