About The Service
As the capital of Wales, Cardiff offers not only the experience of working in one of the fastest growing and most highly skilled cities in Britain but also offers easy access to the fabulous South Wales region’s coastline and countryside with worldwide standing.
Cardiff Council has a Lexcel accredited in house Legal Service with excellent opportunities for a hardworking, motivated and adaptable legal practitioner. Currently based at County Hall in the heart of Cardiff Bay with good transport links and parking facilities. We have specialist lawyers carrying out procurement, litigation, property, planning, governance, childcare and adult social services work, and aim to provide our clients with an excellent and comprehensive service.
The service now operates a hybrid working model which enables employees to work flexibly from home or from an office base, depending upon service requirements. We have a modern case management system, an online legal library, and a small business support team. We also have 3 trainee solicitor posts which we use to help grow our own workforce.
About the job
A great opportunity exists for an experienced Senior Legal Officer to join our team to undertake Highway and Road Traffic Law work.
The work includes advising on the making of road traffic regulation orders and Agreements under the Highways Act 1980 (including all related matters).
The position will also support the Procurement and Projects legal team, which advises on a wide range of non-contentious legal matters.
What We Are Looking For From You
We seek high calibre candidate with relevant experience who is able to deal with a varied and demanding workload and who is committed to delivering a successful in-house legal service. The successful candidate must be able to prioritise work and meet deadlines, often under pressure, whilst maintaining good relationships with others.
You must be a Qualified Member of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (or equivalent or higher qualifications)
Additional information
We have a modern case management system, an online legal library and a small business support team. While the role is demanding our flexible working policies ensure a healthy work life balance. The Council’s Flexi Time policy applies to the post, and flexible working patterns are available, subject to meeting the needs of our clients and having mutual regard to the working arrangements of existing team members. The successful applicant would need to be able to travel at short notice in line with the demands of this post.
This vacancy is a temporary position of 18.5 hours/ 2 ½ days for an initial period of 6 months which may be extended.
For an informal conversation, please contact the Operational Manager (Procurement and projects) Sian Humphries on Shumphries@cardiff.gov.uk .
Those applicants successful at application form stage will be invited for an interview/test and this interview will be face to face. If you have any concerns regarding this, please contact Sian Humphries for a discussion.
We welcome applications in both English and Welsh. Applications received in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than English applications.
Due to the current interim working arrangements, we are unable to provide recruitment packs or accept application forms via the post.
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- Application Guidance
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