Economies & Environment Legal Officer
Posted 5 days ago by Triumph Consultants
£25 Per hour
Outside
Onsite
Bury
- Pay Rate:
Up to 25.00 per hour PAYE depending on experience
- Hours per Week:
37 Monday Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 2-3 months
- Bury,
BL9 0SW
Interim Economies & Environment Legal Officer
Job Ref: Bury 0009 77C1 / 1
Pay Rate: Up to 25.00 per hour PAYE depending on experience
Hours per week: 37 Monday Friday, normal working hours
Role Length: This opening assignment is for 2-3 months
City: Bury
Basic DBS disclosure required for this
Hybrid working as may be required to be in the office from time to time
The Legal Team provides strategic legal and commercial services and advice across the organisation to enable the Council s legal activity to be delivered in sustainable and cost-effective ways. The team operate in accordance with statutory requirements across all aspects of local government.
Key Responsibilities:
- Contribute to the Council s corporate strategic priorities and assist in ensuring that Legal Services supports those priorities.
- Work with the other team members in improving services and making the most of resources.
- Work as part of a team to help deliver the best outcomes.
- Actively contribute to the professional development of the service and have a proactive and positive manner.
- Support Legal Services by helping to build and maintain excellent client relations acting as a role model to achieve service and Council wide objectives.
- Assist with the other work within the team as required, such as writing first document drafts.
- Undertake the efficient execution of a variety of work of a legal such as organising case files and compiling litigation bundles.
- Undertake a range of legal, technical tasks as directed.
- Communicate both verbally and in writing in a way that can be clearly understood by clients/instructing officers.
- Demonstrate legal drafting skills commensurate with the role.
- Under guidance, negotiate legal documents.
- Research law and procedure.
Qualifications:
- Law degree or Non-Law Degree with a Graduate Diploma in Law or Level 3 CIlex Diploma in Law & Practice or equivalent.
Skills & Experience:
- Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role, or context and ideally within a public sector organisation.
- Ability to work independently and as a member of a team.
- Experience of giving legal advice verbally and in writing.
- Ability to work with some supervision and to display initiative.
- Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.
Clients are generally looking for candidates who are local to, or who can commute easily to the place of work. It will help your application if your CV states, in broad terms, where you reside there is no need for a full address.
Please feel free to apply to us direct via jobs@tclrec.com by quoting the job reference and exact job title.
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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 at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than 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.
Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days, please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles.
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