Lawyer (Advanced)

Post title

Lawyer (Advanced)

Post No

1269

Salary

Starting from £52,741 to £56,195 per annum

Grade

Grade 9

Hours

37 hours per week

Place of work

Worthing Town Hall with Flexible working

Closing date

24th February at 23:55 pm

Interviews

To be confirmed

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Legal Services team, based on the South Coast in Worthing Town Centre, West Sussex, providing a joint legal service to Adur District Council and Worthing Borough Council.

We are looking for a qualified Solicitor, Barrister or Chartered Legal Executive with substantial post-qualification experience in Property Law and Practice, to act as an advanced Property Lawyer for the councils.

Reporting to the Senior Lawyer & Team Leader the successful candidate will:

• Have developed knowledge of property law and practice, knowledge of planning law is desirable.

• Participate in the continuous development and improvement of Legal Services through engagement with the service’s Management Team.

• Undertake both contentious and non-contentious legal business, managing and providing quality legal services to all levels of the Councils and assisting the Chief Governance & Legal Officer (MO) in the provision of corporate legal advice.

• Regularly advise Members and Senior Officers, and attend Council committee meetings which will involve some evening work.

• Have excellent communication and negotiating skills; the ability to apply the law to complex issues and provide clear, accurate legal advice; and be an excellent team player.

If this sounds like the role you have been looking for, we look forward to receiving your application form!

At Adur & Worthing, we are committed to supporting care leavers, in accordance with the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 and the Children and Social Work Act 2017. To that end, we operate a guaranteed interview scheme for anyone meeting the essential criteria of the role they are applying for. In order to be considered for this, you will need to be a care leaver under the age of 25 at the time of application. Please confirm that you are a care leaver in the "Showing how you meet the person specification and job description" section of the application form.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of applicants declaring a disability, that meet the essential criteria for this position, will be offered an interview.

Staff are our most important asset and we therefore have a benefit package which reflects our continuing commitment to our employees. This includes:

• Generous leave entitlement; a minimum of 26 days + Bank Holiday entitlement

• Local Government Pension

• Training & development

• Occupational Health

• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

• Employee resource groups/networks

• Buddy Support Programme

• Flexible working options

We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. Staff work in a supportive and safe environment, recognising their responsibility to value and respect each other’s contributions. Standards of conduct must be of the highest level to ensure that no-one is harassed, bullied or victimised. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, staff engagement forums and are keen to hear from applicants from a variety of different backgrounds.