Senior Lawyer

Senior Lawyer - 37 hours Torbay Council
• Torquay, Devon, GB

Job Description & Person Specification >

The salary includes an amount for a market supplement of £8256 per year. This market supplement is reviewed annually.

Torbay is breathtaking, captivating, and welcoming, occupying a prime position on the south coast of Devon. Currently unprecedented levels of investment and the council’s own ambitious transformation programme have given Torbay the opportunity to capitalise on the area’s profile and many assets.

As a unitary authority, you’ll discover Torbay is a place where you can make things happen quickly. We have real momentum building, fuelled by a shared sense of purpose and ambition – which is clearly evident by our success in being awarded the ‘Most Improved Council’ at a recent LGC Awards.

We want Torbay and its residents to thrive and are committed to making a difference in our community, delivering high quality services to local people.

We require an enthusiastic solicitor, barrister or legal executive to join our adult legal team. This is an excellent opportunity to support our clients by advising adult social care and community health teams within Torbay Council and Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, providing legal advice across a wide area of adult services / social care law, including Community Care, Mental Health, Mental Capacity and all adult social care matters.

As a more senior practitioner in the team you will deal with more complex matters within your caseload and advise and provide assistance on higher level strategic / policy issues.

With the opportunity of significant and flexible remote working (hybrid model) you will be an adaptable team player with excellent communication and IT skills, and be able to work to deadlines supporting the team with a varied and busy caseload.

We would welcome applications from suitably experienced / qualified candidates.

This post meets the requirements of the Public Services Network (PSN) and therefore will require a Basic Criminal Record Check. This will show any unspent convictions and conditional cautions.

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For an informal chat please contact Naomi Listwon on or Janine Bond on / Philip Taylor  Interviews are expected to be conducted during the week commencing 09th February 2025. This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Our adverts do sometimes close early - even where there's a published deadline - so if you're keen, please apply as soon as possible.

• Highly effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to give clear and accurate legal advice.
• Analytical and problem solving skills.

As this post meets the requirements of the Immigration Act 2016 (part
7), the ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.

• A high level of knowledge of the law and procedure within the specialist discipline.
• A knowledge of the law application to local government.
• A general awareness of the policies, aims and objective of the council.

• Admitted and practising solicitor, barrister or Fellow of CILEX with at least 3 years post qualification experience.
• Suitable training and experience as a legal advisor / advocate.
• Experience of handling complex / competing matters.

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