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PT Employment Lawyer - Legal Services

Posted 14 hours 14 minutes ago by Triumph Consultants Limited

£27.03 Hourly
Permanent
Not Specified
Other
Lancashire, Oldham, United Kingdom, OL1 1
Job Description
What's involved with this role: Interim Employment Lawyer - Legal Services Oldham / 1 Standard DBS disclosure required for this role Hybrid working Key Requirements:
  • Qualified solicitor or barrister or a Chartered Legal Executive.
  • Member of Governing Body/Law Society.
  • Experience of providing legal advice and services in relation to employment law and practice
  • Experience of using ICT to support service delivery and to complete tasks and duties effectively and efficiently
  • Experience of delivering presentation and training sessions, including to those who may not have a prior background in this technical area.
  • Able to draft and write reports, presentations and training materials appropriate in style and content to the intended audience
  • Experience of advising senior officers and elected members, including advising at meetings.
  • Detailed knowledge of the law relating to employment law.
The purpose of the role is to provide the professional services of a solicitor to the Council and in relation to all aspects of Employment Law and the Tribunal procedure and to provide legal advice and case management around the SEND process.Key Responsibilities:
  • Providing legal advice to internal clients and stakeholders in relation to all aspects of employment law.
  • Taking instructions and responding to employment claims.
  • Drafting legal responses.
  • Conducting case management/ preliminary hearings.
  • Instructing and liaising with counsel in relation to any tribunal proceedings where external legal counsel may be required.
  • Drafting settlement agreements.
  • Advising panel members in relation to disciplinary hearings as well as drafting outcome decisions
  • Case management and advice of any legal challenges around the SEND process.
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 by quoting the job reference and exact job title.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.Please note that clients invariably ask us to strip out contact details from CVs before we submit them for consideration. This is always quicker and easier to do if you send your CV to us in Word format, rather than as a PDF please
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