Lawyer (Legal Officer) - Property & Planning - London, United Kingdom - Triumph Consultants Ltd

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What's involved with this role:


Interim Lawyer (Legal Officer) - Property & Planning

Reference no:
Haringey RQ854853

Pay rate:
£23.87 per hour PAYE

Role Length:

This opening assignment is for 2-3 months This role is to provide legal advice to and put into legal effect the instructions of the Council in such a way as to provide the Council with an excellent and continuously improving legal service.

To contribute to the work of Corporate Legal Services by providing legal advice and assistance as required.


Key responsibilities:

  • Manage a full and varied caseload of legal matters as required, including giving legal advice to colleagues within the Council on the law and practice to enable the Council to discharge its functions legally and effectively.
  • Provide advice and support to the Council's Partners and stakeholders.
  • Advise Elected Members where appropriate and attending the Executive, Committees and Sub-Committees and providing reports as required.
  • Contribute to the development of the Legal Service through identifying opportunities for improvement.
  • Make use of the updating materials provided by the Service, e.g. electronic products, journals etc. to ensure that they are conversant with the most current law in their area of work to enable them to give effective and efficient legal advice.
  • Conduct all work in accordance with practice management standards laid down by the Law Society (Lexcel) and all other departmental and corporate performance standards in order to maintain a standard of excellence.
  • Cover the workload of colleagues as required and contribute to the recruitment and training of new members of staff to ensure a seamless service provision to the Council.
  • Provide training in conjunction with other team members, to other members of the Service and the Council and its partners, to ensure that they are kept up to date and are acting in accordance with the law.
  • Report to the Head of Legal Services any evidence of illegality or procedural default within the Council to enable the matter to be investigated by the Monitoring Officer.
  • Assist the Legal Service to achieve the goals set out in its Business Plan including participating in projects to ensure the continuous improvement of the Service.
  • Assist in the supervision of staff as required.

"Role Requirements" - to give yourself the maximum chance of success please try and ensure your CV addresses the following essential criteria:


Qualifications:


  • A Solicitor, Barrister, (Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives) or equivalent.

Experience & Knowledge:


  • Experience of working in legal services, preferably within a public sector setting desirable.
  • Understanding of and ability to manage risk in the public sector.
  • Experience of advocacy in the Magistrates or County Court desirable.
  • Understanding of the political environment and its implications for the provision of Legal Services desirable.

Skills:


  • Ability to communicate orally and in writing, clearly and precisely.
  • Able to work on own initiative.
  • Ability to work objectively, calmly and efficiently under pressure.
  • Ability to contribute to the work of a team and to work well with both legal and support staff, clients and consultants.
  • Organisational ability in dealing with priorities and managing time.
  • Ability to develop and maintain effective professional relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.
  • Ability to supervise staff desirable.
  • Good research skills.
  • Willingness to work flexibly and to adapt to a changing environment.
  • An appreciation of the needs of the communities of a deprived inner city urban area.
  • Able to attend evening meetings on occasions.
  • Strong IT skills using Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).

_To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF._

_If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity._

Other "Essential Requirements" - Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:


  • Our clients are generally seeking applicants who are reasonably local, so on that basis we would ideally like you to supply us with your address (or at least your post code) and a telephone number so that we can reach you during working hours.
  • Your recent UK working experience going back at least 5 years, or full employment history if you have been working for fewer years than this.
  • Your availability to work eith
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