Prosecutions & Community Safety Lawyer

Job introduction

Are you looking for an exciting and challenging new opportunity in Legal Services?

Do you have strong advocacy skills, negotiation skills and client relation skills?

Would you like to deliver a variety of litigation and prosecution work in a professional and friendly legal team?

If so, we would like to hear from you.

Our dynamic and innovative Local Authority legal team are seeking a talented barrister, solicitor or legal executive (qualified in England and Wales) with advocacy experience.

For an informal discussion, please contact simon.court@brighton-hove.gov.uk or carol.haynes@brighton-hove.gov.uk

Interview dates: Thursday 11 and Friday 12 September 2025

Permanent Role: Full Time 37 hours per week

About the role

Brighton & Hove is an established Unitary Authority and is a major economic, social, and cultural force in the southeast region, with a vibrant, dynamic and diverse community which makes the city of Brighton & Hove truly unique.

We have a progressive legal team delivering an exceptional legal service on behalf of Brighton and Hove City Council. This legal team values imagination, creativity, a strong work ethic as well as championing and working collaboratively with its diverse communities. This has led the Legal Services team to have achieved many awards and successes, including winning the 2024 LLG Legal Team of the year and being recognised by Lexcel as an excellent, well-led service. We are a professional, friendly, and rewarding team.

• You will advise, prepare and present civil protective orders in the Magistrates’ and County Courts including Community Safety Protection Orders, Anti-Social Behaviour injunctions and closure orders
• have strong advocacy skills and client relationship management skills
• have effective communication skills and be able to explain complex legal issues
• attend court regularly and be required to undertake prosecutions related to blue badge misuse; and school absence/ poor attendance as well as supporting other areas of general litigation and prosecutions work undertaken within the team.
• Deliver professional legal services inclusively to our residents, businesses, visitors and staff

Additional Information

We can offer you a comprehensive benefits package including

• flexible working arrangements
• a local government pension
• annual leave plus bank holidays
• and employee discount benefits
• access to staff networks

Brighton & Hove City Council takes diversity and inclusion seriously and are looking to build a service which reflects the community which we represent. We are committed to attracting, retaining and developing our employees. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds who are suitably qualified.

Please read our Apply for a job at the council pages carefully. They give you all the guidance you need to complete your application as well as information on what will happen after you’ve submitted your application and at interview.

As part of your application, you will need to complete your education and work history and provide answers to some shortlisting questions. Your answers to the shortlisting questions are the most important part of your application as they will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview. Before you start your application, please read our guidance here (Application form guidance) and Shortlisting questions guidance as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process.

Additional information

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.

Please note this post is subject to DBS and SRA checks.

We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration. These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining.

Company information

Encouraging a diverse workforce

Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans.

Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our fair and inclusive actions, our anti-racism strategy and the work we are doing to encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-hove.gov.uk).