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Legal Assistant

Service Care Solutions - Legal
Posted 14 hours ago, valid for 12 days
Location

Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh EH105BP, Scotland

Salary

£163.66 - £165.34 per day

Contract type

Full Time

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  • Service Care Solutions is seeking multiple Legal Assistants to support the Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry, focusing on Scotland's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • The role requires excellent attention to detail, strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to work independently under pressure.
  • Candidates should have experience in a legal context, ideally with knowledge of Scots Law or paralegal experience, and an LLB or be in their final year of a Law degree.
  • The contract is set to last until March 31, 2025, with a LTD day rate starting at £163.66, increasing to £165.34 in January.
  • Applications are open until November 21, 2025, and interested candidates should submit their CV to Beth Kirby.

Service Care Solutions are working with the Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry looking for a number of Legal Assistant to support throughout. This is a unique opportunity to support a large scale and, high-profile statutory Public Inquiry investigating Scotland's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This role requires excellent attention to detail, due to the high volumes of documents which require rigorous legal analysis; strong interpersonal skills as you will be working closely with all members of the Inquiry; and flexibility and adaptability, working as part of a small project team, you will be expected to embrace and adapt to change as the project develops.

Contract to last until 31st March 2025. With a LTD day rate of £163.66 increasing to £165.34 from January.

Key Responsibilities

  • Working with a team of solicitors and Counsel to engage in a project to consider and analyse voluminous and complex evidence for use by the legal and Counsel team in their investigations.
  • Carrying out other tasks required by the inquiry, including providing cover for the wider team of paralegals.
  • Attending and participating in regular project planning meetings to discuss the project, as required.

Essential Criteria

  • Ability to carry out tasks independently with minimum oversight, remaining calm under pressure.
  • Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information appropriately and in line with legal requirements and the ability to prioritise, organise, manage, store and retrieve information effectively
  • Strong written and oral communication skills.
  • Excellent analytical and research skills and experience of using these in a legal context.

Desirable Skills

  • Good knowledge of Scots Law, the role would suit those with an LLB or in their final year of a Law degree. Alternatively the role may suit those with paralegal experience.

Advert closing 21st November 2025.

If you are a Scottish qualified would like to apply for the Legal Assistant vacacny, please submit your CV to Beth Kirby via email, .uk, or via phone at . we also offer a referral bonus of up to £250 if you know someone looking for work.. Please pass on this information!

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.