Legal Executive

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Hours: 37 hours per week 

Worker Type: Hybrid Worker

Salary: Starting Salary is £29,542 (Level one) rising to £32,046 (Level four) per annum (pro rata for part-time)

Location: Loxley House, Station Street, Nottingham, NG2 3NG

We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best. 

In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham.  So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.

About the Role

The Legal Services Conveyancing Team is recruiting for a Legal Assistant to join its busy team. The role will conducting routine conveyancing and property related transactions including advising upon preparing and completing all necessary documentation. The work will include disposals, lettings and a variety of property related legal advice.     

The successful candidate will be dealing with a range of routine in-house conveyancing and property related transactions and legal advice to various departments within the Council. You will be dealing with a range of property transactions on behalf of various Council departments which include Right to Buy disposals, auctions sales and other disposals, purchases, granting of leases, lease management transactions, licences, easements, supporting the Council’s asset rationalisation, regeneration projects and other property related advice.

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

· Some experience of handling routine property legal work

· Experience of dealing with the preparation and completion of conveyancing and other property related documentation

· Experience of planning and organising own workload and be able to work flexibly in a pressured environment

· Ability to work largely independently on a large volume of routine conveyancing matters

· Ability to communicate clearly both orally and in writing and to demonstrate the ability to work as part of a team

You can find the job description for this post here.

This role is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Therefore, applicants must have an existing right to work in the UK and not require sponsorship from Nottingham City Council, either now or in the future.

At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it.  We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.

For informal enquiries please contact Mick Suggett, Solicitor and Team Leader of the Conveyancing Team, by telephone on 0115 8763198 or by email at Mick.Suggett@nottinghamcity.gov.uk 

If you are interested in this role, please provide an expression of interest demonstrating your suitability for the role and understanding of the skills and experiences required. This should be no more than two sides of A4 size 12 font. Please read through the attached job description / person specification and submit your CV and Expression of Interest (with reference to the person specification) to the recruiting manager.

Closing Date: Midnight on 18th October 2026

Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Interviews will be held: Dates to be confirmed

If you have any technical issues when completing your application, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.org.uk/support

By applying to this job, you agree to our Terms & Conditions.

Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits. 

In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:

• 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years’ service)  + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
• Smart Working – to support your work life balance
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!

Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair, inclusive and Disability Confident Employer, welcoming applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.

If you are a disabled candidate and wish to be considered under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please indicate this within your application. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and employment journey.

We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and welcome applications from serving personnel, veterans, reservists and military families.

We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the LGBTQ+ community, or are disabled. These groups are currently underrepresented in our workforce, and we are committed to better reflecting the communities we serve.

We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and encourage candidates to discuss this with us during the recruitment process.