Legal Officer: Safeguarding Children

at  North Lincolnshire Council

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our dynamic team dealing with children’s safeguarding legal work. We are looking for a solicitor/barrister or equivalent with experience of conducting their own Children Act legal proceedings including advocacy. Applications from those yet to qualify and who currently work in the field of child protection and safeguarding legal work are also encouraged as this is a career graded post leading to eventual qualification as a solicitor.

The successful candidate:-

• Will have a law degree or equivalent

• Will be a qualified solicitor, barrister or Filex or someone

  seeking to qualify as the same ideally with local

  government experience

• Will have a good working knowledge of the law and

  practice relating to the safeguarding of children

• Will have the ability to work independently with limited

  supervision and also within a team

• Will possess excellent communication skills

In return we can offer you:

• A competitive salary
• Up to 32 days of paid annual leave
• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Staff discount opportunities

For more information contact Georgia.leighton@northlincs.gov.uk
We are collectively organised around the people and place of North Lincolnshire. Together we ensure that our communities are safe, well, prosperous and connected. We are ambitious for North Lincolnshire, we want our area to be the #BestPlace for our residents by being the #BestCouncil we can be. We achieve this through living our values – equality of opportunity, excellence, integrity and self-responsibility – in all that we do

Please refer the Job description for details