Interim Legal Advisor Reference no: Devon & Cornwall BL TCL 363099 Pay Rate: £24.91 per hour PAYE Hours per week: 37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours This opening assignment is for 4-5 months City: EXETER Hybrid working, 2 days per week minimum in the office NPPV Level 3 NB: Police Vacancy - only for candidates with a minimum of 5 years continuous UK address history. Please note that this vacancy is subject to a strict security vetting procedure. A Legal Advisor is required to provide a comprehensive legal service to the Chief Constables of the Forces, their officers and staff and the Offices of the Police and Crime Commissioners (OPCC). To report to Senior Legal Advisors within the Legal Services Department and provide tactical and strategic advice on a wide and varied range of legal issues. Legal Advisors operate within the three teams that exist within the Legal Services Department; Litigation, Operations and Vulnerability. The skillset required within each area is commensurate with the level of work across the entire remit of the role. Each Legal Advisor will primarily work within one of the three teams but will be required to undertake work in the other areas when necessary, according to business need. Key responsibilities:
* Liaise with, advise and influence the decision making of staff at all levels of the organisations, including the Chief Constable, Police and Crime Commissioner, and other members of the Executive.
* Investigate, research and advise upon a range of contentious and non-contentious legal issues, including high profile and high-risk matters.
* Manage a large and varied caseload of files.
* Sit as a member of strategic boards to proactively identify and mitigate strategic legal risks.
* Prepare for and carry out advocacy representing the Chief Constable in a variety of legal proceedings including Civil Litigation, Employment Tribunals, Inquests, internal misconduct hearings, Family Court proceedings and obtaining Civil Preventative Orders. Provide tactical and real-time advice on police operations.
* Task and direct individuals within other business areas within the Force and external agencies to undertake tasks in order to provide a comprehensive legal service, including the development and delivery of problem-solving initiatives.
* Ensure that appropriate organisational learning is identified and progressed. Line manage Paralegals, including performance/PDR, welfare, and suitable training to ensure that they have the knowledge skills and experience to achieve the required standards of performance.
* Deputise for the Senior Legal Advisors and take on some responsibilities of the role in their absence. Prepare and deliver training on relevant legal issues within the Forces.
* Consider appropriate safeguarding referrals in respect of individuals which the role holder comes into contact with.
* Attendance at national Association of Police Lawyers sub-committee meetings dealing with a range of strategic and tactical issues, either as chair or a formal representative of both Forces.
* Represent the Forces at meetings with external agencies such as local authorities, Mental Health Services, Coroners Services, Employment Tribunal User Group, and Probation Services dealing with strategic issues, influencing decision making and providing support on behalf of the Police across multi-agencies.
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. #J-18808-Ljbffr