Legal Assistant/ Paralegal (Hybrid)

Company: Essential Employment
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Location: Bristol
Job Description:

Legal Assistant/ Paralegal (Hybrid) needed in Yate, Bristol, £27.28ph PAYE – Reference: 367194

DUTIES:

  • Working across the departments and with its partners and stakeholders, offering expert advise around information governance, data protection governance and privacy, promoting best practice and compliance requirements.
  • Updating and maintaining the suite of standards and policies (internal and external) required to ensure its on-going compliance with all aspects of data protection and information governance.
  • Liaising with departmental representatives, information asset owners, ICT security and assistants across, you will support with the systems in operation to ensure a consistent and effective approach to data governance.
  • You will ideally have:

  • The candidate will have a law degree or CILEx level 6 Diploma in Law and Practice or relevant post-graduate qualification.
  • Substantial work experience of data protection, information governance and security and related professional issues.
  • Working knowledge of legislation affecting data protection and freedom of information, such as the common law duty of confidentiality, re-use of public sector information regulations, the Crime and Disorder Act, Human Rights Act and the European Commission directive on data protection.
  • Able to work as part of a team under pressure within tight timescales and have the ability to build and maintain positive working arrangements with colleagues, clients and all other relevant parties.
  • This is a full time role on a temporary contract basis.

    Posted: April 22nd, 2026