Total 89 Legal / Public / Security job vacancies in St. Albans, Hertfordshire

Your new company
A modern thinking law firm based in Bury St Edmunds.

Your new role
This is a 2-week holiday support with a 1-day handover temporary legal secretary/audio typist job. You will be working in a collaborative environment supporting the family law team. Duties include but not limited to:

• Accurately prepare various legal documents from digital dictation, including letters, forms, briefs, and invoices.
• Handle routine matters, correspondence, and queries independently when appropriate.
• Liaise with clients, counsel, courts, and other third parties.
• Assist enquiries by phone and in person, arrange consultations/appointments/call-backs, and follow up on open enquiries.
• Provide clients with a high level of service, resolving any queries or concerns promptly and courteously.
• Enter key dates in the central diary, monitor diary notes and forthcoming events and deadlines.
• Manage files including opening and closing files, conducting conflict checks, maintaining files in good order.
• Assist with other duties such as photocopying, faxing, reception cover, etc.
• Record all relevant work on the firm's computerised time recording system.

What you'll need to succeed
The role requires a confident and professional legal secretary who is adept at audio typing and document preparation AND is available to start work on 19th July and cover for 2 weeks.

You will require:

* Proven experience as a Legal Secretary, particularly with audio typing and document preparation.
* Familiarity with legal terminology.
* Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
* Strong communication skills and the ability to liaise with various parties.
* Competence in handling confidential information.
* Proficiency in using legal software and computerised time recording systems.

What you'll get in return

• 100% office based - Monday to Friday
• Hours 9:00 -17:00
• Friendly working environment.

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

Hays EA is a trading division of Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited and acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

Civil Engineer (Graduate)

The Role:

The role will include providing technical support during the construction phase and during project close-out, to ensure that a number of tasks are carried out on-site with regard to Safety, Environment and Efficiency, and to assist the Site Agent and Foreman with the efficient and effective running of the site.

The Civil Engineer will also plan to enable activities to ensure timely work packages for the construction teams, which are safe and in line with the company procedures.

Key Responsibilities:

Engaging with site operatives

• Maintain a register of operatives and staff on-site detailing their training records
• Identify training needs of site personnel and inform them of upcoming training bookings

Site documentation and statistics

• Ensure all paperwork and posters are displayed on the site office wall and kept up to date
• Ensure all reported near misses are recorded following procedure and submitted to the Office Manager each week
• Ensure all Safety and Environmental Statistics are recorded and sent to management monthly
• Ensure current revisions of drawings are the ones being used on the site
• Upload relevant site information onto Envoy, ensuring it is up to date
• Deliver toolbox talks and present Cascade to site operatives, ensuring Cascade registers are completed and returned
• Maintain a site diary, site correspondence file and photographic record of the project
• Produce and display a roles and responsibilities chart, establishing the responsibility for each role on site

Monitor plant and equipment

• Produce a site register to record all items to be inspected under LOLER and PUWER Regulations, and ensure they are regularly checked
• Record the condition of the plant arriving on-site on a form with photographs
• Check the weekly plant sheet against the actual plant on-site and ensure any anomalies are resolved through communication with the Cost Manager

Technical Support

• Provide support with technical information/advice
• Propose and/or develop value engineered solutions (during optioneering and design phases)
• Produce ITPs and Task Briefings
• Work with the Site Agent to produce a 2-week look ahead report
• Assist with the production of Site Diaries and Allocation Sheets

Key Measures & Targets:

• Accurate and timely setting out of the works
• Timely handover of works and Quality records without outstanding defects
• Production of accurate records, drawing registers and weekly diaries

Key Relationships:

• Site team
• Customer technical representative

Person Specification:

The successful candidate is likely to meet all the following criteria:

Essential

• Sound knowledge of construction methods, health and safety, and legal regulations
• Awareness of the use of robotic total station or EDM instruments
• Degree/HNC qualified, or equivalent, in civil engineering
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to liaise effectively with both clients and staff

Desirable

• Experience in using AutoCAD and MS Office
• Temporary-works co-ordination
• CSCS card
• Cable avoidance training
• First aid training
• Confined space training

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Your new company
A prestigious and well established business based in Bury St Edmunds.

Your new role
This is a newly created role to join an industrious and fast-paced team. You will be required to provide efficient and proactive legal secretarial support for property and residential conveyancing fee earners. Duties include but not limited to:

• Secretarial and administrative support, including, preparing correspondence, copying, scanning and drafting, amending, formatting, and checking complex legal documents.
• Completion and submission of Land Registry applications as well as monitoring outstanding applications.
• Property searches via online portal.
• Audio and copy typing.
• Diarising and keeping track of key dates.
• Maintaining filing systems both paper and electronic.
• Answering incoming calls and liaising with clients.
• Dealing with telephone enquiries as and when they arise.
• Administrative duties including photocopying, scanning, producing and binding engrossment documents, arranging meetings and co-ordinating diaries, franking post and printing correspondence.

What you'll need to succeed
To succeed in this job you must have previous (Conveyancing) LEGAL admin or secretarial experience together with the ability to manage your own workloads and work at pace. You will need to have strong IT, coordination and administrative skills.

What you'll get in return

In return, you will be offered:

• Salary up to £25,000
• Extensive benefits
• Monday to Friday 8.30 - 17.00
• Option of hybrid working after probation
• Onsite parking
• Working as part of a collaborative and fast-paced team.

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

Hays EA is a trading division of Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited and acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

Your new company
An impressive professional services company based in Bury St Edmunds is recruiting a Legal Secretary.

Your new role
You will be supporting fee earners with all aspects of legal secretarial support. You will be joining an existing and experienced team of secretaries. Duties will include but not limited to:

➡️ Preparation, checking and proofreading correspondence.
➡️ Typing and completing legal forms and setting up legal forms from a precedent.
➡️ Taking accurate telephone messages for your fee earner.
➡️ Diary management for fee earners booking appointments on Outlook.
➡️ Maintaining client files.
➡️ General office admin, including photocopying and filing.

What you'll need to succeed
To succeed in this job you will need extensive secretarial experience, ideally legal or professional services secretarial experience, together with great communication skills and the ability to manage your own workload. You will need to be proficient in the Microsoft packages.

What you'll get in return
In return, you will be offered a competitive salary and a holiday, with value-added benefits.

• Monday to Friday 9:00 - 17:30 (office based)

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

Hays EA is a trading division of Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited and acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

Guidant Global is partnering with a trusted Ministry of Defence client in the UK to find an experienced Security Vetting Support Officer. The officer will operate within a dynamic and enthusiastic environment, supporting the management of security-vetted personnel to work within the organisation. This role is critical to the business, ensuring the safe and secure handling of sensitive information.

The role of a Security Vetting Support Officer involves being the primary layer of security responsible for identifying and managing personnel risks. It is also essential to support the Personnel Security Manager in implementing the Vetting Strategy successfully. This job is an excellent opportunity to sharpen your skills in an innovative environment.

What we're looking for:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Customer service experience and excellent work ethic, motivated and enthusiastic
• Ability to work as part of a team and within the wider security department and able to work under pressure and prioritise work as required
• IT competent and willing to learn new systems
• Able to act in the strictest of confidence with personal sensitive data - integrity is paramount
• Must be able to obtain national security vetting and BPSS
• Ability to challenge, negotiate and problem solve when required
• Willingness to learn new standards and processes to apply best practice security

Desirable:

• Experience in HMG BPSS and UKSV vetting processes
• Experience and knowledge of MOD and defence industry
• Relevant vetting qualification
• Awareness and knowledge of recruitment and onboarding processes for the defence industry
• Personnel Security awareness for the ongoing aftercare of security cleared staff
• Presentational experience for the delivery of training

What you'll get to do as a Security Vetting Support - Support Officer:

The candidate will be part of a security team and will be responsible for conducting (right to work) and identity checks for potential candidates. They will input data into a third-party portal accurately and promptly to ensure clearances are completed quickly. Additionally, they will support HR, Procurement, and Recruitment in obtaining BPSS security clearances for new employees and act as a point of contact for vetting issues. The candidate will liaise with external agencies when necessary and monitor IT platforms to update security clearances.

"Please Note: Our client requires all employees to achieve the appropriate clearance relevant to the role"

More about the role:

Our client's relationship with the UK military spans back over 70 years. They have delivered countless landmarks in defence engineering, supplying vital defence capability to meet the needs of the armed forces over land, sea, and air.

This role is based at their headquarters in Stevenage which plays a key part in missiles operations. The site also offers excellent transportation links and boasts an onsite gym and coffee shop. Training and development are offered to all employees.

Guidant Global is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

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Job Description:

• Ensure safety and maintain order in the truck lot
• Limit cars and trucks into the lot
• Communicate with receiving and shipping personnel by radio
• Keep unauthorized people out of the lot
• Stage trucks delivering to JBLC and cars (will call orders) on the street and in the lot until space is available at a dock for them.
• Report all suspicious activity to the Security Sergeant or the Security Lead
• Reports to the Security Sergeant

Job Requirements:

• Must be able to pass an FBI Background check and drug test
• Preferred Bachelor’s degree or Associates degree in law enforcement
• Have experience in the Security or Law Enforcement field instead of a degree

Computer and Application Skills:

• MS Office Suite

Johnson Brothers is committed to providing equal employment opportunity and equal treatment in employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, gender/gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, military status or any other basis in protected by applicable federal, state and local law.  Johnson Brothers makes employment decisions based solely on the basis of qualifications for the job.

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