Job Details
Job Purpose:
To provide a comprehensive legal support to a team within the legal department and the legal department as a whole. To assist the legal team to offer legal services to members and officers of the Council in terms of transactional work and advice, providing and preparing legal advice and legal documentation. To provide comprehensive legal service and advice to the council, with supervision and hold their own cases in relation to two or more areas. To provide transactional support and advice, including providing and preparing legal documentation and assisting officers of the Council.
Key Accountabilities:
• To assist lawyers within the relevant team as required in the preparation and case management of cases held within the team.
• To assist and advise various Council departments and to handle routine legal matters and take responsibility in respect of the council’s legal functions, that are undertaken by the relevant team, as directed.
• To correspond and liaise with client departments, external solicitors, barristers, experts and other agencies.
• To draft and assist in the preparation of legal documents.
• To manage a caseload of non-complex/routine legal work.
• To undertake advocacy in non-complex/routine matters.
• To analytically consider documents and evidence provided by the client department and other parties and assist in the drafting and collation of evidence.
• To assist the team in the development and maintenance of templates for legal documentation, liaising with client departments and provide updates on legal and policy and internal process developments as required.
• To prepare and maintain reports and statistics including from the case management system as required by the relevant team.
• Promote the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards throughout the work and service of the Council and to conduct professional work in accordance with the codes set by the Legal Department including full use of the Council’s case management system.
• Assist in research on legal questions arising from the work of the Council or its components or associated public bodies.
• To work autonomously to prioritise their workload ensuring deadlines and agreed time frames are met to avoid unnecessary delays and increased Council costs.
• Carry out other duties appropriate to the level of responsibility of the post as required from time to time.
• To ensure confidentiality in all aspects of work undertaken.
Umbrella Rate – £31.00
