Paralegal

Job Description

Based at Angus House, Orchardbank Business Park, Forfar.

This job is workstyle 5 – Hybrid+

You will have the opportunity to benefit from our flexible and agile working practices. This means you will work from home for part of your week and spend some time in council buildings to best suit your work, meetings and collaboration.

Duties will include:

Providing advice and guidance to client departments on debt recovery
Liaising with debtors in making repayment arrangements
Preparing and lodging court paperwork for debt recovery actions and other litigation matters
Providing advice and guidance on ordinary residence and local authority liability for the cost of service
Providing advice and guidance on all licensing matters including legal procedures and timescales - including Civic and Alcohol licensing
Preparing for and attending Civic Licensing Committee/Licensing Board including the preparation of report

This job is temporary for up to 12 months from date of appointment.

Please note interviews will be held Wednesday, 13 May 2026.

Requirements

Please refer to job outline and person specification for further details and requirements for this job.

About Angus Council

Please refer to the "applicant guidance" document when completing your application form and to the "welcome to Angus" document and our website https://www.angus.gov.uk/jobs_and_training/working_for_angus_council for more information about working for Angus Council.

The Individual

We are happy to discuss flexible working during the recruitment process for this position. This means we are open to a conversation about working patterns and the flexibility that is available for this role whilst managing the workload.

We offer a guaranteed job interview to the following people who meet the essential criteria on application for a job:

Those with disabilities, recognised caring responsibilities, care experienced young people and ex-armed forces personnel. This also applies to our own employees with caring responsibilities, young people on apprenticeships and placements who meet the essential criteria for the job.