Job Details
DUTIES
1. To carry a caseload of primarily complex legal work within the lawyer’s specialism which will often involve new or complex processes and to be responsible for completing all aspects of the task in accordance with good legal practice and client service specification.
2. To deal with complex legal enquiries and to advise upon new legislation within the lawyer’s specialism to senior officers where this impacts upon the Council’s service delivery. This may include presentation of training to officers and members in the lawyer’s specific area of law.
3. As part of a team of lawyers to provide legal advice and to provide such advice in a number of contexts and, when needed, in emergencies. The lawyer may be asked to work cross-departmentally to provide legal advice whose scope is beyond the lawyer’s ordinary specialism across other authorities and supervise where necessary.
4. To instruct Counsel when appropriate for complex legal matters and to assist Counsel in the presentation of cases to the Court when necessary.
5. Negotiate agreed settlements up to 50K.
6. To undertake a range of specific tasks as directed by the Senior Lawyer under appropriate supervision suitable to the experience and expertise of the lawyer which may include development of a specialism in related areas of law.
7. To work within the client team’s to provide immediate advice and assistance and to work with the Senior Lawyer to develop a programme of training for client officers and to deliver the training through presentations to senior officers and members.
8. To assist the Assistant Director in the governance of the Council by providing legal advice for reports, attending Committees, acting as the legal advisor to panels of members dealing with quasi-judicial matters and other such tasks as the Assistant Director may direct where it is within the lawyer’s specialism.
PAY – £25-25
