Senior Lawyer

Senior Lawyer

Full time

    Duties:

• To oversee and manage a caseload in an area of law allocated.
• To respond to requests for advice, representation etc, from Devon County Council employees.
• To manage all aspects of court representation as required.
• To advise and/or present to courts, meetings, members at formal appeal hearings or as required by the County Solicitor
• To assume a lead role in advising clients on specialist aspects of law and practice as required, e.g. Procurement, Employment, Human Rights, Child Care, Adult Social Care, Property and to organise/participate in training events as appropriate and/or necessary.
• To determine appeals under the Internal Dispute Resolution Procedure of the Local Government Pension Scheme and various internal appeal procedures if required.

Requirements:

• Educated to degree level;
• Law Society admitted and Solicitor Regulatory Authority registered solicitor, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives or Bar Standards Board registered barrister;
• Specialist in an area of law as required. A thorough knowledge of that area of law, good advocacy skills and considerable experience in case management is essential along with demonstrable experience of working in a particular field;
• Adequate experience of managing own workload;
• 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 result for DCC. It is important to note the impact of incorrect advice and poor advocacy could be financially very significant;
• Ability to assimilate detailed and complex information and make judgments on the way that certain procedures have been followed;
• 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.

To find out more information please contact Lucie at Lucieh@4recruitmentservices.com

Recruitment is done in line with safe recruitment practices. We are an equal opportunity.