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Ashton Recruitment require a Library & Legal Research Assistant for our client, The Bar of Northern Ireland.

Position: Library & Legal Research Assistant

Location: Belfast City Centre

Duration: Permanent

Pay Rate: Salary on Request

Hours of Work: 37.5 hours per week, 7.5 hours per day Monday - Friday, not including a 1 hour lunchbreak

The Bar of Northern Ireland is the professional body for barristers in Northern Ireland, representing those who are qualified to practice as advocates in the courts. Barristers play a crucial role in the justice system, providing specialist legal advice, advocacy, ensuring the rule of law and access to justice are upheld. The Bar of Northern Ireland represents the barrister profession, regulates the profession, and provides continuing professional development as well as a range of professional services to Bar Library members.

Duties will include (but not limited to):

1. Receive and process legal research enquiries inaccordancewiththeLIS procedures ensuring that the enquiries are handled efficiently and accurately from receipt to end billing. This will include but not limited to:
   1. Drill down into the detail of the enquiry, and extracting more information from the member if required.
   2. Correctly identify the appropriate materials and information (hard and soft copy) that need to be searched/consulted
   3. Interrogate legal information databases in order to extract the appropriate information
   4. Identify authoritative data and weed the non-authoritative data
   5. Present and collate the data in a comprehensible and organised form allowing the member full insight as to how their information was retrieved, filtered, refined etc
2. Receive and process Bar Library Authority Gathering (BLAG) requests and Optimised Brief & Bundle Service (OBBS)inaccordancewithLIS procedures and current Practice DirectionsensuringthattheBLAGsandOBBS requests are handled efficiently and accurately from receipt to end billing. This will include but not limited to:
   1. Drill down into the detail of the bundle request, and extracting more information from the service user if required.
   2. Correctly identify the appropriate materials and information (hard and soft copy) that need to be searched/consulted
   3. Interrogate legal information databases in order to extract the appropriate information
   4. Using Adobe at an advanced level, collating and indexing the information into hard copy and soft copy bundles suitable for further dissemination beyond the Membership

1. Responding to change requests, often complex, as they arrive and action those without compromising the integrity of the bundles.

3. Support the activities anddutiesoftheLIS office in order to maintain an up-to-date legal information service and deliver effective and relevant Member services. These activities and duties will include but not limited to:
   1. Ordering and processing titles as part of the Bar Library Bookshop
   2. Administering the Members' Subscription Service
   3. Assisting, when requested, to deliver the Bar Library Current Awareness Service
   4. Data entry into Bar Library databases and online catalogues
   5. Indexing of legal materials
4. Keep abreast of current topical legal information and legal/justice developments both in Northern Ireland and nationally in order that an informed response can be delivered to the members when they enquire about such information.
5. Actively promote all aspects of the LIS to the membership ensuring that members are kept informed of the range of services available to them and how their use may benefit their practice.
6. Retrieve and re-shelve Library materials and tidy Library shelves to ensure a well-organised physical Library environment.
7. Obtain materials from external sources as required in accordance with LIS procedures and complying with copyright restrictions in order that the membership have access to a broad range of extra information not held within the Bar Library collection.
8. Undertake looseleaf updates accurately and in a timely fashion ensuring that the membership have access to the most up to date information available.
9. Repair Library books and organise binding/rebinding of the Library Collection as and when required ensuring the Members have access to a high quality of physical material.
10. Provide a reception service to solicitors/clients and other visitors to the Old Bar Library ensuring a friendly and helpful welcome is offered.
11. Undertake training courses deemed necessary by the Bar Council to effectively discharge the role.
12. Engages meaningfully with the Bar Council's Performance Management System.
13. Adheres to the Information Security Management systems employed by the Executive Council

Essential Criteria:

• Law degree (or a related discipline e.g. criminology) or equivalent professional experience of not less than 5 years.
• Thorough working knowledge, gained within the immediate past 3 years of technology including:
  • Online databases, including Lexis+ and Westlaw UK.
  • Internet research.
  • MS Office applications for Word and Excel.
• A demonstrable and thorough understanding of legal process and legal materials.
• Aminimumof1years' experience, gained within the immediate past 3 years of working with knowledge, information and research in:
  • a law library; or
  • as a paralegal in e.g. law firm/ solicitors' office or chambers.
• Demonstrable excellence in written and verbal communication.
• Demonstrable excellence in customer service.
• Demonstrably strong IT proficiency and focused on continual learning and development in IT applications.
• Ability to extract the key information needed to progress legal research enquiries.
• Demonstrate an orderly and disciplined approach to the presentation of information.
• Be highly motivated and an energetic self-starter.
• Possess an exacting attention to detail.
• Demonstrable analytical skills.
• Strong personal management skills; ability to prioritise own time to meet deadlines.
• A proven team and cross team collaborator.
• A problem solver/ solution finder.
• Be tactful and diplomatic.
• Be flexible and capable of adapting to pressurised and demanding periods at a Service Desk.

Desirable Criteria:

• Good working knowledge of Adobe Acrobat especially in creating and manipulating electronic pdf documentation.
• Experience of Northern Ireland specific law making processes and materials.

Ashton Recruitment is acting as an Employment Agency

Are you a reliable, hardworking individual looking for flexible work that fits around your schedule? We are currently recruiting a pool of Port Operatives to support a number of busy clients in the Duncrue area of Belfast.

If you enjoy hands-on work, thrive in a fast-paced environment, and are happy to take on a variety of tasks, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

As a Port Operative, you'll play a key role in keeping operations running smoothly, assisting with the movement of goods, container unloading, site housekeeping, and general labouring duties.

Position Details

Role: Port Operative - Adhoc Work

Location: Duncrue, Belfast

Rate: £12.96 per hour

Overtime Rate: £15.96 per hour after 6pm and on weekends

Hours: 8am to 5pm

Duration: Temporary Ongoing (Shifts will be confirmed on a Weekly/ Daily Basis)

Benefits

• Free on-site parking
• Flexible working pattern

Key Responsibilities

• Assisting with the loading and unloading of containers
• Moving goods safely around site
• Carrying out heavy lifting and manual handling duties
• General housekeeping and cleaning duties
• Sweeping and maintaining work areas
• Working efficiently to meet operational deadlines
• Following all health and safety procedures
• Undertaking additional labouring duties as required

Essential Criteria

• Previous experience in a warehouse, manufacturing, industrial, or labouring environment
• Ability to undertake heavy lifting and physical work
• Flexible approach to work and duties
• Excellent attendance and timekeeping record
• Positive attitude and strong work ethic
• Willingness to undertake a variety of tasks as required

Desirable Criteria

• CSR Card
• Manual Handling Certificate

Important Information

Unannounced Drug & Alcohol testing may be carried out in line with site health and safety policies.

If you are dependable, flexible, and ready to take on a varied hands-on role with excellent earning potential, apply today to join our pool of Port Operatives working across the Duncrue area.

Ashton Recruitment is acting as a Recruitment Business.