We are looking for driven and passionate people to work with us to deliver real benefits for our residents and businesses and become part of the Knowsley Journey.
Solicitor (Childrens Social Care) (People team)
* Salary: £51,802 to £52,805 per annum
* Location: Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council, Municipal Buildings, Huyton, L36 9UX, Hybrid Working
* Contract: Permanent
* Working Pattern: Full Time
* Hours: 36 hours per week.
* DBS Check: Yes
* Closing Date: 08/04/2025 at 23:59
* Reference: CVP 0315
Knowsley Council is an award winning Local Authority. Come join us and be part of our success.
Do you have the skills and experience to contribute to supporting the delivery of an important and valued legal support offer to Children’s Services? Are you a dynamic practitioner who can meet the challenges that this varied and important work brings? Have you outstanding interpersonal skills? If so, you may be the perfect candidate for this role.
This is an amazing opportunity to play a key role in the development and offer within legal services and a real opportunity to improve Knowsley as a place. The People’s Team in Legal Services is a well established team with the enthusiasm and drive to provide an outstanding legal support.
As well as competitive salaries, generous annual leave entitlements, access to the Local Government Pension Fund, working at the Council also offers hybrid working in a number of roles, flexible working, free parking, access to an employee benefit scheme, opportunities to join a number of employee networks and much more.
At Knowsley Council we will consider requests for flexible working. For most roles, the following types of flexibility are usually possible: flexible hours, working from home, compressed hours, part-time.
We promote applications from all sections of the community, regardless of background, belief, or identity, recognising the value that diversity brings to our organisation. We particularly welcome applications from individuals from Black and Minority Ethnic backgrounds and candidates with disabilities as we acknowledge their underrepresentation in our workforce.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applicants.
At Knowsley we value our applicants and want them to feel well-informed and welcomed. If you have any questions about this specific job role or what it is like to work at Knowsley, please contact Trevor Steele on 07815721153, for an informal discussion or at trevor.steele@knowsley.gov.uk.
If you are interested in this vacancy, please upload your CV along with a supporting statement as one document in PDF or Word format. Your CV and supporting statement should be tailored to reflect the competencies within the person specification.
Please note if a CV and supporting statement does not reflect the person specification it is unlikely to be shortlisted.
How to apply
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