Location
Northampton, Northamptonshire
Salary
Umbrella
Job Type
Part Time
Job Discipline
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Opus People Solutions are hiring for a Senior Lawyer within a Local Authority based in Northamptonshire.
The role is 22.5 hours per week, and £55.00 Umbrella per hour umbrella inside IR35, with a contract length of 3 months+. Please see a high-level overview of what the position involves below:
- To provide legal advice and representation on a variety of matters within the designated legal team to Members and Officers of the Council and their service areas
- To provide legal advice and to contribute to the major project work of the Council within the remit of the designated legal team
- To conduct and manage a wide-ranging caseload of complex legal work and to prepare and draft complex legal documents as required in an efficient, effective and timely manner
- To prepare instructions and briefs to Counsel / external legal advisors
- To attend ad-hoc Council, Cabinet, Committee, Sub-committee, working groups and panel meetings to provide legal, procedural and constitutional advice as required
- To deputise for the Principal Lawyer and assist in the management and supervision of the designated legal team as required
- To identify and implement developments in areas of practice including cascading those developments to officers within the legal service
The ideal candidate will have:
- Highly developed written and oral communication skills
- Excellent research skills to effectively and confidently advise on a wide variety of legal issues
- Post qualification experience in providing legal advice, representation and undertaking legal work in complex areas of law
- Experience of working well under pressure to agreed objectives / targets
- Knowledge of the legislation governing the operation of Local Authorities
- Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales or Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives or a demonstrable level of relevant equivalent experience
- Previous experience within Local Government
If this role is of interest to you, please submit a copy of your CV and a mobile number.
