Total 718 Legal / Public / Security job vacancies in Chichester, West Sussex, PO20 9FJ

Overall Purpose of Post

To carry out Parking Enforcement in an efficient and courteous manner.

Within this role you will be patrolling public streets and car parks, advising the public of where they can park safely and securely, issuing tickets to incorrectly parked vehicles, reporting suspected abandoned vehicles, and dealing with enquiries from the members of the public.

Core Duties and Responsibilities

• To liaise with members of the public and give advice on parking issues and enforcement procedures in a courteous manner, ensuring that our customer care policy is adhered to at all times.
• To enforce TMA 2004 legislation and the Council's policies in respect of parking controls by issuing of Penalty Charge Notices to vehicles in contravention of the regulations.
• To use and be responsible for the care and general maintenance of any company equipment allocated in order for daily tasks to be carried out.
• To report all occurrences of equipment breakdown and irregularities within the enforcement areas.
• To undertake the duties of the post in accordance with the Quality Assurance systems and procedures within the service.
• To deliver all contractual requirements to the satisfaction of NSL and the Client
• To act as relief and cover for other enforcement staff during periods of absence
• To perform first line maintenance of pay and display machines

Person Specification

• Excellent Communication Skills
• Self-Motivated
• Customer Focused
• A love of working outdoors
• Ability to work shifts different Ability to work on own initiative
• Full clean driving licence is preferable

Knowledge and Skills: Essential

• Ability to operate a handheld computer terminal
• Ability to communicate with customers, often in difficult and demanding circumstances
• Ability to write simple reports and complete pocketbook notes
• Customer service skills

Data Protection and Information Security

• To ensure that you and your team members adhere to the requirements of the Data Protection Act in respect of confidentiality, security and disclosure of personal data.
• To ensure that you and your team members comply with Marston Information Security Management (ISMS) policies and procedures.
• To uphold Group Information Security Management (ISMS) policies and report any suspected incidents or any observed weaknesses with the companies Information Security Management System to your Line Manager or the Information Security Manager immediately.
• To ensure that you and your team members understand your/their responsibilities to reduce the risk of theft, fraud or misuse of facilities.
• To ensure that you and your team members are aware of information security threats, your/their responsibilities and are equipped to support ISMS in the course of their normal work to reduce the risk of human error.
• To be responsible for evaluating and reviewing the work carried out in your areas of responsibility including all related security responsibilities.

Company Policy

• To be aware of and always adhere to all company policies and procedures at all times
• To be aware of and always adhere to the general responsibilities as set out the in the Health and Safety Policy

General

• The post holder is expected to carry out, any other duties reasonably expected with the general level of the post
• The post holder will be subject to clearance through the Disclosure and Barring Service check. In addition, the post holder is expected to keep the Company updated if their personal circumstances change.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

• Job Title: Litigation Fee Earner
• Location: Uckfield
• Salary: £28,000 - £30,000
• Work type: Permanent (3 month probation)
• Working hours: Monday to Friday - 9:00am - 5:30pm

An overview

HRGO Recruitment are seeking a Litigation Fee Earner for our client in their landlord and tenant department.

The department prepares and advises on landlord and tenant litigation matters. Typically, this is standard and accelerated possession matters, but can extend to defended proceedings, together with advice on relevant landlord and tenant legislation.

Clients range from private landlords with a single property to large managing agents and insurance companies.

Your role- Key responsibilities

Working in their very busy landlord and tenant department together with 3 litigation fee earners (overseen by a solicitor) and 4 case handlers, you will be responsible for assisting with the day to day running of the department's caseload including contentious and defended matters. This will include the following tasks (this is not an exhaustive list):

• To undertake fee-earning work with supervision and provide contribution and support to the work of the landlord and tenant department
• To gain enough technical experience to deal with defended and complex cases, particularly, matters that have been allocated to the fast track and/or multi-track
• Deal with appropriate drafting and comply with court directions and orders
• Must work towards quickly being capable of working independently on smaller matters and providing effective support on larger matters.
• Correspond with clients and other parties (Defendant/court/other solicitors/managing agents) as directed
• Liaise with clients regarding the current status of cases
• Issue possession claims on possession claims online system
• Complete paper applications for the court including manual possession applications, accelerated applications and warrant applications
• Produce instructions to advocates and counsel
• Produce notices seeking possessions
• Update case management information spreadsheets

Your skills

Due to their increasing workload and client base, it is important that the candidate has paralegal/fee earning experience ideally within civil litigation (preferably in dispute resolution or landlord and tenant matters).

Our client are looking for a motivated individual who is enthusiastic about a career within the law and will fully benefit from this opportunity. As the candidate will be joining a busy team, they will need to be enthusiastic, work well under pressure and be a good team player. In general, the following skills are required.

• Good knowledge of landlord and tenant law. However, their in-house training can effectively train Landlord and Tenant knowledge for any candidate without specific knowledge of L&T
• Good knowledge of the Civil Procedure Rules and litigation procedures
• Good IT skills
• Organised and able to work on their own initiative
• Confident in a small team environment
• Confident to speak with clients and third parties over the phone
• Ability to work under pressure, and prioritise where necessary
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy
• The ability to maintain confidentiality at all levels
• Willingness to be creative and adapt as this is a new enterprise