Senior Lawyer x 2 - Litigation & Planning - Remote Working

What's involved with this role: Interim Senior Lawyer x 2 - Litigation & PlanningJob Ref: Devon Pay Rate: £43.12 per hour PAYE Hours per week: 37 Monday - Friday, 8.30am to 5pm Role Length: This opening assignment is for 3 months City: REMOTE WORKING - Exeter, DevonPlease state expected pay rate on your CVBasic DBS requiredThe Litigation & Planning team is seeking two experienced local government lawyers with experience of two or more of the following areas: civil litigation, criminal litigation, planning and highways.We are looking for an individual with excellent written and verbal skills with substantial experience in their area/s of expertise. Local government experience is essential. Candidates must be willing to learn new areas of law to be able to provide fast paced legal advice on a range of topics.Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee and manage a caseload in an area of law allocated.
• Respond to requests for advice, representation etc.
• Manage all aspects of court representation as required.
• Advise and/or present to courts, meetings, members at formal appeal hearings or as required by the County Solicitor.
• Any other duties appropriate to the grade as may be assigned by one of the Legal Service managers.

Qualifications:

1. Educated to degree level.
2. Law Society admitted and Solicitor Regulatory Authority registered solicitor, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives or Bar Standards Board registered barrister.

Skills & Experience:

1. Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role, or context and ideally within a public sector organisation.
2. A thorough knowledge of that area of law, good advocacy skills and considerable experience in case management is essential along with demonstrable experience of working in a particular field.
3. Adequate experience of managing own workload.
4. Ability to absorb and interpret legislation, case law and procedures.
5. Ability to assimilate detailed and complex information and make judgments on the way that certain procedures have been followed.
6. Excellent communication and presentational skills both verbal and written including influencing and persuasion.
7. 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.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.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