What's involved with this role:
Interim Lawyer - Governance (Legal Services)
Ref no: Sheffield 0009 8ADB / 1
Pay Rate: up to £47.56 per hour PAYE DOE
Hours per week: 37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
Role Length: This opening assignment is for 3-4 months
City: SHEFFIELD
Hybrid working
We are looking for a lawyer with experience of local authority governance to provide short term corporate governance support. Need to be capable of reading and understanding large amounts of documents quickly.
Key responsibilities:
Advising on the legal requirements and limitations of a committee system of governance (including area committees)
Advising on the legal requirements of the Council’s constitution and contributing to a review of the constitution
Contributing to/advising on/reviewing/drafting policy documents and protocols connected with the operation of the constitution and the committee system
Advising on the scheme of delegations within the constitution and the requirements for reports to decision-makers
Advising on local government constitutional and administrative law
Attending meetings as required
Key requirements:
Law Society admitted and Solicitor Regulatory Authority registered solicitor, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives or Bar Standards Board registered barrister.
A thorough knowledge of that area of law, good advocacy skills and considerable experience in case management
Familiarity with the modern committee system would be a definite advantage
Ideally previous experience of advising on/drafting local authority constitutions.
Experience of putting complex legal concepts into plain language
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 absorb and interpret legislation, case law and procedures.
Ability to assimilate facts and present these in a coherent fashion in order to facilitate desired results for the council.
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.
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: Sheffield 0009 8ADB / 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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