Paralegal - Commercial Contracts
Stockport Council
Stockport
Full Time
£26,403 - £28,142
Temporary
Expires 31/10/2025
About the Role
Paralegal - Commercial Contracts
Scale 4 (£26,403 - £28,142)
37 Hours, Full Time
Temporary (22 months)
Hybrid: Stockport Town Hall and homeworking
Application Deadline: 11.59pm on 31 October 2025
Please be aware that we may close this vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Shortlisting Date: 7 November 2025
Interview Date: 12 November 2025
Interview Type: Face to Face
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Your Role
Stockport Council has a rare and exciting paralegal opportunity within the Commercial Contracts Legal Team.
You’ll work within a friendly and supportive team of two colleagues, in a supportive environment where your professional development will be nurtured and appreciated. You will be an integral part of our award winning Legal Team which is made up of up 50 colleagues across five different legal sub-teams, each delivering their own area of expertise.
The successful candidate will be a key and valued member of the Commercial Contracts team adding value and support to them on a day to day basis. You will be asked to primarily review, amend and draft commercial contracts, facilitate the sealing of contracts, undertake relevant research as necessary, work with STAR Procurement, and liaise with and advise client officers across the Council, its subsidiary companies and elected members.
About You
We are looking for a highly motivated individual with a desire to learn and develop at pace. This role will be very hands on and will allow you to gain invaluable and varied experience within a large organisation whilst being autonomous with your own matters.
We pride ourselves on our supportive, friendly and flexible culture putting your wellbeing at the centre of your personal development. If appointed to this role, you will receive training and support from colleagues. The team is small and friendly and very appreciative of its paralegal support. Although the team offers hybrid working, enabling colleagues to work from home or away from the civic complex for a certain proportion of their working week, we do expect our paralegals to be in the office at least four days per week whilst they undertake their probation period, which may be relaxed at the Council’s discretion.
About Us
At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We’re keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.
We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.
If you would like to find out more about the role, please contact David Hopkins at [email protected] to arrange an informal discussion about the role.
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Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme you will therefore be guaranteed to be shortlisted for Assessment if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria.
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Stockport Council is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce culture - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities to join our workforce.
We want our employees to have a good work life balance and in many job roles we can offer a range of flexible/hybrid working arrangements. We also have inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support our diverse workforce. We will listen to, learn from, and develop our workforce.
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Location
Edward Street, Stockport, SK1 3XE, United Kingdom
Employee Benefits
Annual Leave
A generous annual leave allowance, up to 30 days annual leave dependent on grade and length of service, plus bank holidays with the option to purchase additional annual leave
Work Life Balance
Work and personal life balance. Many jobs include part time working, flexi-time and homeworking
Employee engagement
Employee engagement networks to support colleagues and create opportunities to feed into both workforce and borough strategies
Volunteering
Support for volunteering by allowing up to 4 hours per month (pro rata) to carry out any duties associated with this
Learning and Development
A suite of learning and development opportunities, from important data protection training to all level apprenticeships
Discounts
A huge range of discounts via an easy to use portal, including: Gym memberships, restaurants, events, travel, cycle to work scheme, home electronics and more.
Wellbeing
Access to an employee support hotline, available 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year.
Pension Scheme
Option to join the Local Government Pension Scheme and give your pension a boost by enrolling into a salary sacrifice scheme.
Our Recruitment Journey
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Application stage
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Shortlisting
In keeping with our commitment to inclusion, recruiting managers take an anonymised approach to recruiting when shortlisting your application form. They will use the supporting information section of your application and your work history to assess your suitability for the job. You'll be notified of the outcome of your application form via email and if successful you'll be invited to book an interview slot.
Interviews
When preparing for the interview, you should familiarise yourself with the job profile. The About You section of the job profile contains the criteria that will be assessed at interview stage. You can prepare for interview by ensuring that you have clear examples relating to how you have met these criteria. If you require any reasonable adjustments because of a disability under the Equality Act, to assist you during the selection process we would be pleased to discuss them with you on [email protected]
Offer stage and pre-employment checks
Offer stage and pre-employment checks If you're offered the job after interviewing, you'll be sent a conditional offer detailing your new role. Along with the conditional contract and offer letter, our team will be in touch regarding your pre-employment checks.
The pre-employment checks that you will need to undertake will depend on the role that you've applied for. These checks may include:
• right to work in the UK
• Disclosure and Barring Service checks.
The information provided will be dealt with in accordance with the DBS Code of Practice
• gaps in employment
• reference checks. We will request references prior to issuing your conditional contract
• pre-employment health declaration
• qualification checks
Job Reference: 001605