Legal Administrator Full Time NEW

Location: London / Hybrid (minimum 2 days per week in the office)

Salary: £28,536 – £33,572 (pro rata)

Hours: Full-time

Contract: Fixed-term contract for 6 months

If you are an experienced Administrator with a passion for providing a high-quality support service, this is an opportunity to play a key role supporting the legal team at the General Dental Council.

As a Legal Administrator, you will provide comprehensive administrative support to the wider in-house team of lawyers and paralegals. Your work will help deliver an efficient and high-quality legal service that ensures public safety.

About the role:

– Providing an efficient and effective administrative support service to the team through the maintenance of files and records.
– Acting as a ‘first point of contact’ for incoming queries and referrals to the team.
– Ensuring that the team’s database and management spreadsheets are properly managed and updated.
– Collating and assisting in the delivery of performance-related data.
– Supporting meetings, including making arrangements, preparing agendas, collating and checking the accuracy of the paperwork and minute-taking.

Person specification:

You will need:

– Experience of maintaining files, databases and other records.
– The ability to communicate effectively and confidently with internal and external stakeholders, both verbally and in writing.
– The ability to plan and organise workload and manage own time effectively.
– Strong team-working skills and the ability to support others.
– Good customer service skills.
– Analytical and problem-solving skills.
– Strong ICT skills, including MS Office products.

About us:

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

Our work matters, and so do our people. We are committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion by recruiting and strengthening our teams with team members from different backgrounds, life experiences and viewpoints. Equality and diversity are not just words; they are what make our teams strong and able to deliver. We want to be champions of diversity and to have a sense of belonging in the workplace, where everybody has the chance to contribute and to share what is important to them.

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 pro-rata (plus statutory) – rising to 30 days after 2 years’ service (pro rata).
– Flexi-time 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 eye care contributions and discounted gym membership.

How to apply:

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

As part of your supporting statement, we would like you to expand on your experience in the areas listed in the person specification above.

Closing date: 23:59 on 26 April 2026.

Please note that 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.

The GDC is committed to equality and diversity. 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.