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Interim Solicitor - Planning
Reference no: Nuneaton 5256511
Pay Rate: £20.85 per hour PAYE
37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 2-3 months
City: NUNEATON
Work within the Legal Services Team to ensure excellence in service to both internal and external customers. Provide a high quality and comprehensive legal service for the Council managing a wide ranging caseload.
Key Responsibilities:
Manage a broad caseload and provide advice and support on all areas primarily related to Contracts, Environmental Health, Licensing, Waste Management and Health and Safety.
The care and conduct of contentious legal business, including the instruction of Counsel where appropriate;
Undertake advocacy for the Council in the preparation care and conduct of:
Magistrates Court Proceedings;
Civil actions in the County Court and the High Court
Planning and other Inquiries;
Proceedings before any Tribunal;
Arbitration Proceedings.
Legal Advice and Services, including:
Advising other service units of the Council and drafting any relevant documents, notices or orders;
Dealing with enquiries from members of the public;
Advising Members on legal matters relevant to the Council.
Officer and/or Public Complaints.
Attendance at evening and other out of hours meetings as required, including committee meetings, pre-meets, including reviewing the draft reports and the oversight of work arising from such meetings.
Provide advice and support as and when required on other areas including: commercial property, planning, employment (including employment related hearings),Landlord and Tenant as well as activities outlined in item 7 below, for the Councils wholly owned subsidiary companies on the basis the complexity and level of work is within the commensurate and legal duties of the role (to be determined by the Solicitor to the Council).
Providing support in advising and ensuring Directors understand their legal obligations and supporting Directors by dealing with legal administrative requirements for board meetings; Provide advice and guidance on issues relating to Data Protection, Freedom of Information and Environmental Information Regulations.
Act as the RIPA coordinator or deputise for the RIPA coordinator as appropriate.
Where appropriate, negotiate contracts and agreements and advise on their interpretation and on problems arising out of their performance.
Qualifications:
Qualified barrister or solicitor or FILEX (able to obtain or has a current practising certificate)
Current driving licence with access to motorised transport and ability to travel as required.
Knowledge:
Knowledge and experience in Environmental Health, Licensing, Waste Management and Health and Safety Law
Working knowledge of the law and practice relating to property, conveyancing, licensing, waste and health and safety
Sound working knowledge of local government law and practice.
Experience:
Experience in practice as a qualified solicitor or barrister
Experience of dealing with the public.
Skills & Abilities:
Excellent computer skills, to include Microsoft office packages
Good communication skills, both oral and written to include presentation of complex and contentious issues to a wide and varied audience
Ability to research and analyse complex information
Adaptable to changing priorities with the ability to manage a varied workload.
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.
***Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the role to help support your application (and help us to help you!) – please give full details within your CV document.
Clients are generally looking for candidates who are local to, or who can commute easily to the place of work. It will help your application if your CV states, in broad terms, where you reside – there is no need for a full address.
Please feel free to apply to us directly via jobs@tclrec.com by quoting the job reference and exact job title.
To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would ask that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, not 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 at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than 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, unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles.
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Job Ref: Nuneaton 5256510
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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