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A&H Student Secretaries

A&H Student Secretaries

A&H Student Secretaries

- To assist with representing King's Residences and answering accommodation queries by working at other on-campus and off-campus activities; this will include supporting open days and offer holder days and other events. - To commit to becoming an accommodation tour guide at a particular residence, however demonstrate willingness and flexibility to work on least one other residence. - To be a positive student role model, encouraging young people to consider King?s College London Residences as a viable and attractive option. - To offer support to young people, mature learners and fellow staff members involved in the activities, in a safe and friendly manner. - To welcome guests and help run a range of marketing activities such as Open Days, Offer Holder Days and ad-hoc events. - To promote the university internally using an array of online social media. - To take an active role in personal development through training opportunities. - To be available for ad-hoc tours for other members of the department. - To provide feedback to the King's Residences Marketing team. General; - All ambassadors are expected to adhere to King?s policies and procedures. - Interviews will take place on the week beginning 17 February 2025 Ambassadors will be requirement to attend a training session. - This role is flexible around your studies. The hours of work per week will vary depending on event requirements. There is no minimum hours required to work per week, however students are expected to work a minimum of 2 events /open days 

Requirements; - Students should have a good knowledge of living and applying to live in King?s College London Halls of Residences. Personal characteristics/ other requirements; - Current student at King?s College London - Currently live or lived in King?s College London residences - Excellent team player - Friendly and approachable face-to-face manner - Enthusiasm for Higher Education and King?s - Ability to multi-task and work to deadlines - Ability to work independently and take the initiative when necessary - Willingness to work out of normal hours and occasionally travel for work as necessary - Highly organised - Willing to offer training and support to others in best practice

Experience; - Experience of working with children and/or young people - Experience of delivering tours or presentations Skills; - Ability to prioritise workload -Good attention to detail - Excellent verbal and written communication skills - Confident speaker with the ability to engage audiences - An eagerness to attract students to study at King?s College London - Ability to absorb new information

About us

King?s Legal Clinic aims to improve access to justice and educate King?s students by providing free legal advice to members of the public through its Legal Advice Clinic and working with local and international organisations on research and justice projects. 

About the role

The Legal Clinic Coordinator will work under the Legal Clinic Manager to help with the day-to-day project management and administration of the Dickson Poon School of Law?s award-winning Legal Clinic, King?s Legal Clinic. 

The Legal Clinic Coordinator provides project management and high-level administrative support to Legal Clinic Manager, Director and Supervising Solicitors at King?s Legal Clinic (?the Clinic?). The role holder must have relevant professional legal experience, excellent organisational, IT, and communication skills and an ability to relate to and work with a diverse range of students, partner organisations and clients.  

A key function will be the day-to-day coordination and administration, a of King?s Legal Clinic. This will include: 

• Supporting the smooth running of the day-to-day operations of the Legal Clinic.
• Supporting the students with dealing with initial enquiries from members of the public, preparing case summaries, and support the supervising solicitors with triaging cases in a range of clinics
• Liaising with law firm partners to arrange suitability checks and clinic rotas 
• Booking client appointments, and managing and maintaining the digital case management system including data input 
• To oversee day and some evening clinics and provide support and IT assistance to Students, Partners, and Clinic staff
• Liaising with members of the public, the legal profession and voluntary organisations. The post holder will also be involved in the delivery of training to students on Clinic procedures. 
• To support in the collation of data for reports, including the annual report 
• Carry out the day-to-day financial administration and processing as necessary.

The position is likely to be of particular interest to a well-organised, proactive individual with experience of working in a busy legal environment, in particular a University Legal Clinic or Law centre, with good academic qualifications and interest an in access to justice.

This is a full-time post (35 Hours per week)

The role is based on the Strand campus

The Dickson Poon School of Law embraces equality, diversity and inclusion. We attract students and staff from across the world, from many different backgrounds, with a variety of ethnicities, religions, and sexual and gender identities. We promote flexible working as a key enabler of inclusion. We particularly encourage and welcome applications from women, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates, and from candidates who are LGBTQ+ and/or have a disability. 

Law Degree or Degree and demonstrable experience of the provision of legal services

About you

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1.      Law Degree or Degree and demonstrable experience of the provision of legal services

2.      Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of the English legal system, data protection requirements and professional standards applicable to legal service providers

3.      Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to draft correspondence and documents with a high level of accuracy for diverse audiences

4.      Excellent administrative support and IT skills including use of Microsoft Office, Microsoft Teams, Excel and knowledge of how to operate a legal case management system.

5.      Previous employment or experience in a law firm, legal advice or information service provider, charity, non-governmental organisation, government department, or Higher Education, or in a role that involves frequent contact with members of the public in relation to legal issues.

6.      Experience (including volunteer experience) of management or administration or other support of community projects at local, national or international level.

7.      Ability to work both independently and collaboratively as part of a team

8.      The ability to communicate and work with individuals at all levels, including the Clinic?s partner and service users, from a wide range of backgrounds, from vulnerable and diverse communities where English is a second language

Desirable criteria

1.      Experience of administration and coordinating in a University Legal Clinic.

2.      Knowledge of and skill in composing and managing web content and/or organisational social media account