PT Senior Lawyer – Legal Services

at  TCLRec

Qualifications:

• Law Society admitted and Solicitor Regulatory Authority registered solicitor, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives or Bar Standards Board registered barrister

Skills & Experience:

• Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role, or context and ideally within a public sector organisation.
• Specialist in an area of law as required.
• A thorough knowledge of that area of law, good advocacy skills and considerable experience in case management is essential along with demonstrable experience of working in a particular field.
• Adequate experience of managing own workload.
• Ability to absorb and interpret legislation, case law and procedures;
• Ability to assimilate facts and present these in a coherent fashion in order to facilitate desired result for DCC.
• Ability to assimilate detailed and complex information and make judgments on the way that certain procedures have been followed.
• Excellent communication and presentational skills both verbal and written including influencing and persuasion.
• Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite)

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Oversee and manage a caseload in an area of law allocated.
• Respond to requests for advice, representation etc, from Devon County Council employees.
• Manage all aspects of court representation as required.
• Advise and/or present to courts, meetings, members at formal appeal hearings or as required by the County Solicitor.
• Assume a lead role in advising clients on specialist aspects of law and practice as required, e.g. Procurement, Employment, Human Rights, Child Care, Adult Social Care, Property and to organise/participate in training events as appropriate and/or necessary.
• Determine appeals under the Internal Dispute Resolution Procedure of the Local Government Pension Scheme and various internal appeal procedures if required.
• Take part in the Legal Services’ Out of Hours service to provide assistance to the Emergency Duty Team on matters of Childcare and Adult Social Care.

Qualifications:

• Law Society admitted and Solicitor Regulatory Authority registered solicitor, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives or Bar Standards Board registered barrister.

Skills & Experience:

• Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role, or context and ideally within a public sector organisation.
• Specialist in an area of law as required.
• A thorough knowledge of that area of law, good advocacy skills and considerable experience in case management is essential along with demonstrable experience of working in a particular field.
• Adequate experience of managing own workload.
• Ability to absorb and interpret legislation, case law and procedures;
• Ability to assimilate facts and present these in a coherent fashion in order to facilitate desired result for DCC.
• Ability to assimilate detailed and complex information and make judgments on the way that certain procedures have been followed.
• Excellent communication and presentational skills both verbal and written including influencing and persuasion.
• Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).