Cheshire West and Chester Council
Location
Ellesmere Port, Cheshire | United Kingdom
Job description
To provide legal and procedural advice and services in the most effective and efficient way to meet the requirements of the Council as a whole and specific Services and Departments.
Cheshire West and Chester Council is a place where everyone can Thrive – through our core values of Teamwork, Honesty, Respect, Innovation, Value for Money and Empowerment.
It is an exciting time to join Cheshire West and Chester Council’s Legal team, where you will have an opportunity to learn and develop your skills in a local authority setting. Cheshire West and Chester Council offers the opportunity to be involved in good quality legal work and high-profile projects.
We are recruiting a Solicitor/Legal Executive/Barrister on a permanent full-time basis to undertake work across all areas of property law.
As a guide, the successful candidate, for this role, will be a solicitor, barrister or fellow legal executive with a minimum of 2 -year PQE and may include those returning to work following a career break or those looking to move into local government from another legal sector. The candidate will be able to provide accurate, practical and timely legal advice with minimum supervision. We are very happy to consider applications from all candidates who can demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfil the role. The role is flexible on location; although you will be primarily working from home, you will need to be able to get to council offices in person should the need arise. Many of our legal teams arrange to meet weekly in one of our offices (including at our bright airy modern new offices at HQ Building in Chester or the Portal in Ellesmere Port) to work together, for supervision purposes or to discuss matters. You will be required to work flexibly across multiple sites in the borough as well as from home, as part of a positive, multi skilled team supporting colleagues across all our services.
The current salary is £45,291 up to £51,987 plus benefits at Grade 11 which include:
You will benefit from being part of an organisation that is genuinely committed to its people. Within our friendly legal team, you will have access to a range of learning and development opportunities and colleague collaboration designed to support your ongoing professional development
If you have relevant experience and are a skilful, organised and enthusiastic lawyer, who thrives in working in a busy environment and being part of a team, this role may be ideal for you. Candidates from both local authority and private practice who have solid understanding of property law are encouraged to apply.
For informal discussion about this role please contact Carol Higgins ( [email protected] ) or Lee Hubbard ( [email protected] )
To find out more information about what it is like to work for Cheshire West and Chester Council including our rewards and benefits please see
No candidate will meet every single requirement - if your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!
Cheshire West and Chester Council are committed to equality and diversity in employment. Please see the Equality Policy for more information.
Cheshire West and Chester Council have adopted a Local Living Wage for our employees which means that all employees will receive a minimum of £10.90 per hour for all contracted hours.
For any technical enquiries please email [email protected] and quote job reference number in all correspondence.
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£45.29k - £51.99k per annum
