Senior Executive Solicitor - South Dublin County Council

South Dublin County Council; South Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

South Dublin County Council is seeking a Senior Executive Solicitor to join its Law Department in Dublin. The role involves exercising senior responsibility and supervision, handling local government law matters, including conveyancing, litigation, regulatory and EU law, with advocacy duties as required.

The successful candidate will deliver a comprehensive service to the Council, manage staff where needed, and contribute to strategic objectives within a 5-year corporate plan framework.

Responsibilities

• Residential conveyancing, including the supervision of rollout of various local government schemes, and implementation of procedures and process improvements.
• Commercial conveyancing, including advising, negotiating and drafting complex land and commercial agreements to deliver the Council’s strategic vision.
• Representing in judicial review, civil litigation and code enforcement cases, including advocacy.

Job description

Senior Executive Solicitor - South Dublin County Council

The closing date for this vacancy is 05/11/2026, 15:00

Job summary

The Senior Executive Solicitor is a senior position within the Law Department of South Dublin County Council and will be required to work under the supervision and direction of the Law Agent/ Senior Solicitor.

The Senior Executive Solicitor provides a comprehensive service to the County Council in the entire area of local government law including, but not limited to, conveyancing, litigation, commercial, regulatory law enforcement, public law and EU law.

The role also entails advocacy, managerial, analytical, research, compliance, administration and supervisory functions within the Law Department. They will be required at times to work independently under their own initiative as circumstances demand and/or manage and supervise other staff and will carry out such other duties as may be assigned from time to time.

A full Job Summary/Description is available in the Information Booklet.

Main Duties of the Job

Residential conveyancing, including the supervision of rollout of various local government schemes, and implementation of procedures and process improvements.

Commercial conveyancing, including advising, negotiating and drafting complex land and commercial agreements to deliver the Council’s strategic vision.

Representing in judicial review, civil litigation and code enforcement cases, including advocacy.

A full list of main duties is available in the Information Booklet.

Information about the organisation

South Dublin County Council is one of four local authorities in the Dublin region. The county covers an administrative area of 223 square kilometres, bordered by Dublin City to the northeast, the Dublin Mountains and County Wicklow to the south, the River Liffey to the north separating it from Fingal, and County Kildare to the west. The county is home to a diverse and growing population of 301,075 people, more than 6,500 businesses, and a wide range of significant economic, social and cultural infrastructure that supports the wider capital city region.

The Council’s Corporate Plan sets out its vision and strategic direction over a five-year period, with a clear ambition to make South Dublin a vibrant, inclusive and sustainable county for everyone who lives, works, studies, visits or does business here. As the local authority for South Dublin County, the organisation is committed to being a people ‑ first, proactive and forward ‑ looking public service that responds to the needs of communities today while planning responsibly for the future.

Salary Scale effective from 1st June 2026:

Hours of attendance will be fixed from time to time but will amount to not less than 35 hours gross per week.

The annual leave allowance for the position of Senior Executive Solicitor is 30 days.

Selection Process Details

A ranking and or shortlisting exercise may be carried out on the basis of information supplied in your application form. The criteria for ranking and or shortlisting are based on the requirements of the post as outlined in the eligibility criteria and skills, competencies and/or knowledge section of this job specification. Therefore it is very important that you think about your experience in light of those requirements.

Failure to include information regarding these requirements may result in you not being called forward to the next stage of the selection process.

Local authorities are committed equal opportunities employers.

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