Solicitor – Litigation, General Law

Contract Type: Permanent

 

Salary: Grade I. SCP 35 - £43,421 to SCP 39 - £47,420 with a professional bar at SCP 37 £45,441**

 

Hours: 36 Hours per Week 

 

Base Location: Tameside One, Market Place, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 6BH

 

Closing Date: Tuesday 28th May 2024

 

Assessment Date: Interviews 5th and 6th June 2024

 

To provide legal advice and assistance and court representation for officers engaged in court and enforcement proceedings.

 

To attend at licensing and other committees where legal advice and support is required to keep the Council safe from making unlawful decisions.

 

To represent the Council in a wide range of prosecution, criminal/civil litigation and tribunal work, ensuring the Council is carrying out its regulatory duties in a timely and professional manner, supporting the Council in achieving its corporate plan objectives.

 

You could be about to qualify as a solicitor, or equivalent, or have experience and looking for a change.  Either way you will have the enthusiasm and energy to take up this exciting role, together with a passionate commitment to successfully represent the public sector.  A team player, you will want to learn yourself and develop others, and have the empathy and understanding required of a local government officer.

 

 

We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset.  Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do.  We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage.  Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do. 

 

Our employees’ skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.

 

** This post is classified as being in a professional job category.  As such the grade for the job has a professional grade development bar which employees can progress through subject to meeting the following criteria:

1. Relevant professional qualification for the job role at Level 6 or above, AND 

2. Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience in the role, AND 

3. Maintained membership of a regulated body where this is a requirement to practice in the role where applicable, AND 

4. Professional standards practised to the highest expected level. 

 

This is a politically restricted post.

 

We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer.  Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.

 

Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here

 

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We have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel. Please click here for more information on our guaranteed assessment scheme.

 

For further information about this role please contact the recruiting manager Aileen Johnson on 0161 342 4282 or Aileen.Johnson@tameside.gov.uk

 

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