Locum Childcare Solicitor

Sellick Partnership; Manchester; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Part time

Job summary

A legal recruitment agency is seeking a locum Childcare Lawyer to join a busy team in Manchester. The role involves building client relations and providing high-quality legal advice. Ideal candidates will have experience in a local authority setting and strong advocacy skills. This is an opportunity to work within a supportive environment that values inclusivity. Apply now to contribute to meaningful legal service delivery, delivering clear and effective communication with various stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Previous experience working within a local authority.
• Strong advocacy skills.
• Exceptional analytical and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain excellent client relations.
• Provide high quality and accurate legal advice.
• Interpret complex information to identify legal issues.

Job description

Are you a Childcare Lawyer seeking a locum role within a busy and friendly team?

We are working closely with Manchester City Council to recruit a locum Childcare Lawyer to join their skilled and long-established team.

The successful candidate will ideally have previous experience working within a local authority.

Key Role Accountabilities

• Build and maintain excellent client relations acting as a role model to achieve service and council wide objectives
• Providing timely, high quality and accurate legal, tactical and strategic advice.
• Use advanced analytical skills to interpret complex information to identify legal issues, risk and other implications for clients
• To communicate both verbally and in writing to a consistently high standard with the ability to translate and present complex legal advice in a way that can be clearly understood by a variety of audiences
• Where appropriate, to demonstrate exceptional advocacy skills achieving the best possible outcomes for the client

Should you require further information or wish to discuss your suitability before applying please contact Emily Hawksworth in our Manchester office for a confidential discussion.

Sellick Partnership is proud to be an inclusive and accessible recruitment business and we support applications from candidates of all backgrounds and circumstances. Please note, our advertisements use years' experience, hourly rates, and salary levels purely as a guide and we assess applications based on the experience and skills evidenced on the CV. For information on how your personal details may be used by Sellick Partnership, please review our data processing notice on our website.