Legal Assistant

Legal Assistant

Salary: £30,880 - £35,535 pa (basic salary + location allowance of £4,500)

Location: London – Hybrid, 2 days minimum in the office – 3 days working from home.

Hours: Full-Time

Contract: 1 x Permanent – 1 x Fixed-term Contract – 12 months

We have an exciting opportunity for two Legal Assistants to join our team. If you can offer experience of maintaining legal files and databases, and possess good customer service skills, this is an opportunity to play a key role providing comprehensive support to our In-House Advisory Service at the General Dental Council.

Person Specification:

- Experience of maintaining legal files, databases and other records in a legal environment demonstrating commitment to ensuring quality and accuracy of work, with excellent attention to detail.
- Experience of dealing with evidence and preparing trial bundles.
- Ability to plan and organise workload, managing own time effectively and suggesting new and more efficient ways of working.
- Strong team-working skills and ability to support others.
- Good customer service skills with a positive, “can do” attitude to all tasks and challenges set.
- Ability to ensure compliance with GDC’s policies and statutory obligations with regard to data protection, equality and diversity, health and safety, and employment.

About us:

Our primary purpose is to protect patient safety and maintain public confidence in dental services. To achieve this, we register qualified dental professionals, set standards for the dental team, investigate complaints about dental professionals' fitness to practise, and work to ensure the quality of dental education.

Benefits:

The GDC is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace that provides an environment that reflects our values and culture and allows employees to flourish.

To support this, we offer a range of family-friendly, inclusive employment policies, including flexible working arrangements from day one and employee networks that aid growth and development.

Some of our benefits include:

- 27 days' holiday (plus 8 bank holidays) - rising to 30 days (plus 8 bank holidays) after 2 years’ service
- Flexitime scheme
- Employer pension contributions up to 10%
- Buy/Sell annual leave
- Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption leave from 1 year’s service
- Life assurance, income protection plan and enhanced sick leave policy
- Staff discounts including retail discounts, eye care contributions and discounted gym membership

We encourage and support the recruitment, retention, and career development of people from as wide a range as possible of ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds.

How to apply:

For further details about the role and to apply, please click the apply button.

Closing date: 23:59 on 22 September 2026

Shortlisting: 22 September – 2 October 2026

Interviews: w/c 12 October 2026

As part of your supporting statement, please expand on your work experience that aligns with the role and person specification above, using the STAR format.

We reserve the right to bring this recruitment campaign to an end without notice, and we encourage all interested candidates to apply as soon as possible.

Please no agencies unless instructed otherwise.