Principal Lawyer

Leicester City Council; Leicester; Hybride; GBP 65 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Flexi-time scheme

Hybrid working arrangements

Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)

Generous holiday entitlement

Résumé du poste

Leicester City Council is seeking two experienced lawyers to join its legal management team as Principal Lawyers for the Child Protection unit. You will lead and develop a growing team of specialist lawyers, providing supervision, advice and professional leadership to ensure high-quality legal support for vulnerable children and the council.

The role involves advocacy on behalf of the council, participation in senior leadership meetings, training, policy development, and shaping the future

Qualifications

• Significant post-qualification experience in undertaking complex child-protection cases.
• Experience supervising and mentoring team members.
• Strong advocacy, negotiation and advisory skills.
• Good awareness of risk management.
• Excellent written and oral communication with a client-focused approach.

Responsabilités

• Lead and develop the Child Protection legal team.
• Provide supervision, advice and professional leadership to the team.
• Undertake advocacy on behalf of the council.
• Attend senior leadership meetings and contribute to policy development.
• Deliver training and support staff development.

Connaissances

Child protection law

Supervision/mentoring

Advocacy

Policy development

Team leadership

Formation

Qualified solicitor or barrister

Description du poste

An exciting opportunity has arisen for two experienced lawyers to join the legal management team of the Council as Principal Lawyers for the Child Protection legal team. Working within a friendly and supportive environment, you will lead a team that has benefited from continued investment and growth in recent years, helping to shape its future development whilst building upon the existing close partnership with the Children's Services to secure positive outcomes for vulnerable children across Leicester.

You will manage, motivate and develop our growing team of specialist lawyers providing supervision, support and professional leadership whilst fostering a positive and collaborative team culture. As Principal Lawyer, you will manage the teams more complex cases, providing quality legal advice and support including undertaking advocacy on behalf of the council. Your role will be diverse and rewarding and will include regular attendance and advice at senior leadership meetings, the provision of training where required, responsibility for the development of policies and procedures and you will play a key role in shaping the future direction of the service.

What you will need

We are seeking a lawyer with significant post qualification experience of undertaking complex child protection cases alongside experience of providing supervision, mentoring and guidance to other team members. You will have strong advocacy, negotiating and advisory skills together with a good appreciation of risk management. You will be highly motivated with strong organisational skills and a pro-active approach which will ensure that you are able to successfully prioritise work. Your excellent communication skills, both written and oral, will ensure that you are able to work with a wide range of people and represent the service in a professional and client focused manner.

We would consider candidates with relevant transferable skills and willingness to undertake advocacy.

We are responsible for the provision of all local government services within the city boundaries, including social services, education and libraries.

Our vision and values help define what we do. These principles link our staff and departments to help ensure that we all work towards the same goals. We will work with creativity and drive for the benefit of the people that live and work in our city.

Leicester City Council is an exciting and innovative place to work. We offer a competitive salary and an excellent benefits package. This includes a flexi-time scheme, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and a generous holiday entitlement. For an illustrative value of your benefits package, take a look at our benefits calculator. We work hard to ensure that our people are well supported, both at a senior level and by your peers. We will also give you the chance to both use your professional skills and expertise and develop new ones with a variety of training and development opportunities. Hybrid working arrangements are available, mixing both home and office working, though time spent at the office with colleagues is encouraged.