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Senior Lawyer (Children & Families) (Hybrid)
Essential Employment
Manchester
Hybrid
GBP 125,000 - 150,000
Full time
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Job summary
An established industry player is seeking a Senior Lawyer specializing in Children & Families to join their team in Manchester. This hybrid role allows for a blend of remote and in-person advocacy, requiring attendance at the office once or twice a month. The ideal candidate will possess exceptional analytical, communication, and legal drafting skills, with a focus on delivering high-quality legal advice and achieving the best outcomes for clients. If you are solution-oriented and passionate about making a difference in the lives of families, this temporary full-time position offers a fantastic opportunity to showcase your expertise in a supportive environment.
Qualifications
- Must be a qualified lawyer with advanced analytical and communication skills.
- Experience in advocacy and legal drafting is essential.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain excellent client relations while providing high-quality legal advice.
- Demonstrate exceptional advocacy and negotiation skills for client outcomes.
Skills
Education
Job description
Senior Lawyer (Children & Families) (Hybrid) needed in Manchester, £55ph PAYE - Reference: 0009 EDAC / 1
Undertaking remote and in person advocacy. Must attend the office one/two times per month.
- 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.
- 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.
- Demonstrate exceptional advocacy skills achieving the best possible outcomes for the client.
- Exhibit exceptional negotiating and influencing skills to achieve the best possible outcomes for clients.
- Be solution-focused, always looking positively for ways in which the client's desired outcomes can be achieved.
- Research law and procedure to a high professional standard and keep ahead of legal developments.
- Demonstrate highly competent legal drafting skills.
- Deputise effectively when required in dealings with clients, legal management, and legal matters.
This is a Full time role on a temporary contract basis.
If you are interested in the role please apply on our website with your CV, alternatively you can email your CV to katie@essentialemploy.co.uk quoting the reference number.
Essential Employment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
All our roles may be subject to pre-employment checks including references so please be prepared.
Due to high volumes of CVs received we are not able to respond to all unsuccessful applications. You will always however hear from us by phone if we are able to take your CV forward to the next stage.
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