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Lawyer – Legal Services

Posting date:	31 May 2024
Salary:	£32.97 per hour
Additional salary information:	per hour PAYE
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	29 June 2024
Location:	Morpeth, NE61 2EF
Company:	Triumph Consultants Ltd
Job type:	Temporary
Job reference:	Northumberland Legal Services - Lawyer

Summary

What's involved with this role:

Interim Lawyer – Legal Services

Job Ref: Northumberland Legal Services – Lawyer

Pay Rate: £32.97 per hour PAYE

Hours per week: 37 Monday to Friday, normal working hours

Role Length: This opening assignment is for 5 months

City: Morpeth

To provide a high quality efficient and effective legal service to the Council and its officers within identified subject areas and to assist and support the County Council’s Monitoring Officer and Legal Management Team in discharging their duties and responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities:

Ensuring that the Council receives legal advice and assistance which is, timely and accurate, responsive to the Council’s needs.
Advising senior officers and Members.
An understanding of the provision of legal advice in a politically sensitive environment.
Providing support to the Legal Management Team, including assisting in the investigation of code of conduct complaints.
Assist in ensuring that Legal Services is appropriately resourced and managed and demonstrates compliance with Corporate policies and standards adopted by the Council from time to time.
Attend and advise at Executive, Council, Cabinet and Committees (including Local Area Councils or equivalent) as directed by the Legal Management Team.
Participate fully in any personal and professional development requirements and opportunities and to assist in the arrangement and facilitation and conduct of team training events.
Assist in the identification and exploration of ways in which Legal Services can be provided to external organisations including the Northumberland National Park Authority and Social Housing Providers f or appropriate remuneration.
Maximise all means and opportunities of raising external revenue within the remit of the post.
Represent, where necessary, the Council and/or the Legal Services Management Team at meetings of relevant internal Boards and groups (both statutory and non- statutory) and outside bodies, such as the Regional Management Board of the Fire Service and multidisciplinary meetings with partner agencies such as the Northumberland Safeguarding Children Board and Safeguarding Adults Board.
Provide advice, where necessary, to a range of Panels and any other similar bodies, within the Council. Such advice to include dealing with Ombudsman complaints and / or clerking of statutory appeals processes where appropriate.
Support the training and development of junior members of staff and other colleagues as appropriate.
Assist in the development of strong and effective links with client officers and external stakeholders.



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If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.

Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, we cannot, unfortunately, respond to all applications. If, therefore, you have not heard from us within 3 days please make a working assumption that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles.

Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.


Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:

Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.



Qualifications:

Qualified Solicitor or Barrister or Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives holding a current practicing certificate.



Skills & Experience:

Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role or context and ideally within a public sector organisation.
Experience of giving advice on a range of legal topics.
Experience in using office and on-line applications on a personal computer, including legal reference texts.
Experience of advocacy personally and through Counsel, at a range of Courts and tribunals.
Experience of drafting legal documents, contracts and preparing casefiles for litigation.
Ability to analyse issues and provide clear advice to ensure that the County Council complies with its legal obligations whilst enabling solutions to problems to be found.
Knowledge of current legislation and common law as they affect local government.
Excellent interpersonal, communication, persuasive and negotiating skills.
Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).



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Job Ref: Northumberland Legal Services - Lawyer


Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.

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