Lawyer - Corporate Governance & Regulatory Team
| Posting date: | 13 June 2024 |
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| Salary: | £40.60 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | per hour PAYE depending on experience (tbc) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 July 2024 |
| Location: | SHEFFIELD, S1 4PL |
| Company: | Triumph Consultants Ltd |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | Sheffield 0008 F5F7 / 1 |
Summary
What's involved with this role:
Interim Lawyer - Corporate Governance & Regulatory Team
Reference no: Sheffield 0008 F5F7 / 1
Pay Rate: up to £40.60 per hour PAYE depending on experience (tbc)
37 Monday - Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 5-6 months
City: SHEFFIELD
WFH
Versatile Lawyers with a “can do” approach to provide legal advice and support on all aspects of special educational needs, to include but not limited to decision making, policy and procedure.
The successful candidates will need to have good technical knowledge and experience in special educational needs and be able to manage a varied caseload of SEND Tribunal appeals, including advocacy in case management hearings and final hearings in the First Tier SEND Tribunal, with minimum supervision.
Applicants must be organised and able to work under pressure with minimal supervision while still being a valuable team player. Applicants must also have excellent communication skills enabling them to build strong relationships with clients.
Key Responsibilities
Provide routine and complex advice on legal issues and cases. Research and understand relevant areas of the law to ensure Council policies and procedures are compliant. Keep up to date with changes in legislation and ensure Council policies and procedures are adapted as appropriate.
Draft pleadings and witness statements. Prepare bundles for court/tribunal hearings. Where necessary, obtain legal advice on behalf of the Council. Instruct and / or brief Counsel to appear on behalf of the Council including attending conferences with Counsel and negotiating Counsel's fees.
Attend court/tribunal and present cases at interlocutory and final hearings on behalf of the Council.
Undertake negotiations on behalf on the council and contracted public bodies to resolve routine and complex matters. Liaise with Counsel, solicitors, expert witnesses and representatives of other parties.
Draft, negotiate and settle legal agreements and contracts on behalf of the Council.
This role requires the ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence and fluency in English.
Provide specialist assistance and support to Senior Lawyers and Managers in the Legal department on complicated cases.
Establish and maintain good working relationships both with clients and other members of staff. Instruct junior counsel and supervise junior members of the team.
Respond swiftly to any requests for information from Members, the public other Council departments and partner organisations.
NB: Please feel free to apply to us direct via jobs@tclrec.com by quoting the job reference and job title exactly.
To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF
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:
Qualifications:
Law Society admitted and Solicitor Regulatory Authority registered solicitor, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives or Bar Standards Board registered barrister.
Knowledge:
A thorough knowledge of that area of law
Experience:
Considerable experience in case management
Demonstrable experience of working in a particular field.
Adequate experience of managing own workload.
Skills & Abilities:
Good advocacy skills
Excellent communication and presentational skills both verbal and written including influencing and persuasion.
Excellent ICT skills and a degree of administrative self-sufficiency although some secretarial support will be provided.
Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
Ability to travel.
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 the council. It is important to note the impact of incorrect advice and poor advocacy could be financially very significant.
Ability to assimilate detailed and complex information and make judgments on the way that certain procedures have been followed.
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Job Ref: Sheffield 0008 F5F7 / 1
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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