Lawyer – Contentious
at Ceredigion County Council
Aberaeron, Wales, United Kingdom -
Start Date | Expiry Date | Salary | Posted On | Experience | Skills | Telecommute | Sponsor Visa |
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Immediate | 09 Oct, 2024 | GBP 42403 Annual | 22 Aug, 2024 | N/A | Licensing,Environmental Health,Animal Health | No | No |
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Description:
LAWYER – CONTENTIOUS
Closing date: 10/09/2024
Reference: REQ105582
22.2 hours / Permanent
40,221 - 42,403 *
Penmorfa, Aberaeron
*All salary values are pro-rata.
About the role
We are looking to recruit a Lawyer – Contentious to join our Legal & Governance Services service.
About the role
To assist the Council’s Legal Services in providing a comprehensive and effective Legal Service to Chief Officers, Members and client service areas of the Council in relation to its functions and to undertake work focused on litigation and contentious matters as detailed below.
About the candidate
A qualified Solicitor or Legal Executive with a current practicing certificate or equivalent.
Practical experience in contentious matters, including (but not limited to):
- Civil/Criminal Litigation
- Environmental health
- Trading standards
- Licensing
- Animal health
- Building control
- Planning including Enforcement
- Debt
Due to the requirements of the role the successful candidate must have a level of Welsh fluency on appointment. Please see the person specification for the further details.
Our offer to you
We are committed to developing our people and will not only provide support to enable you to quickly and confidently take ownership of this role’s key areas of responsibility but in addition, we are committed to supporting your development in order that you can progress your career with us.
In exchange for your skills and commitment we will offer you a range of employee benefits including flexible working, competitive annual leave allowance, enhanced family benefits, lifestyle savings and employee health and wellbeing packages.
We believe work-life balance is very important. To support you in achieving this, you will have access to the following discretionary benefits:
- Hybrid Working: Subject to certain conditions being met, you may choose to work from home or in an office location.
- Flexi-time: Hours may be worked within a defined bandwidth, Monday to Friday, subject to service needs.
More information about our wide-ranging employee benefits can be found on our careers website.
Interviews
Interviews will be held on 26/09/2024. To reduce disruption to candidates, interviews will be held remotely.
Additional Information
Job Description and Person Specification
Get in touch
For further information and an informal discussion regarding this post please contact Patricia Armstrong on 01545 572091 or email patricia.armstrong@ceredigion.gov.uk
Note: We reserve the right to extend the application closing date.
What we offer
Work-life balance
Lifestyle savings scheme
Generous employer pension scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Learning and development
Where you’ll work
Responsibilities:
Please refer the Job description for details
REQUIREMENT SUMMARY
Min:N/AMax:5.0 year(s)
Legal Services
Legal
Legal Services
Graduate
Proficient
1
Aberaeron, United Kingdom