Solicitor

The Council are looking to recruit a Solicitor to join its already experienced team within Legal Services and in return you can expect a rewarding career with an organisation that offers a range of attractive benefits and a friendly, flexible, and supportive work environment.

We are looking for someone who will be fundamental in meeting the Legal Team’s vision which is to support the Council in acting lawfully and with high standards of governance to achieve its corporate objectives for the local community. We are looking for someone with enthusiasm and is a team player who can contribute to the wider delivery of the Council’s corporate plan. This is a fantastic opportunity to join an amazing legal team which will give you the opportunity to develop your legal career and expertise.

In this role you will be expected to provide specialist legal advice, representation and assistance across a range of Housing, Litigation and regulatory law to provide a quality and comprehensive legal service to officers, elected Members and other partners. We are excited about this role and would very much like to welcome you to Broxtowe Borough Council.

We’re looking for an individual who has experience in:

• The ideal candidate will have previous experience within Regulatory law (Environmental Health prosecutions, planning enforcement prosecution and across other regulatory functions within a local authority setting).
• Advocacy experience in both Magistrates Court and County Court.
• Housing and Tenancy law experience including, possession and housing disrepair.
• Local government experience is desirable, but we welcome applications from people from all parts of the legal sector.
• The successful candidate will need to be a qualified Solicitor/Barrister/FILEX with a current Practising Certificate.

The ideal candidate would be:

• Self-motivated with an ability to handle a large and varied complex caseload.
• Have the ability to innovate, create and act both in a strategic and practical. way.
• Have resilience, enthusiasm, personal diplomacy and self-motivation.
• Someone who represents our GREAT values and behaviours

We offer:

• A generous annual leave entitlement of 31 days plus 8 days’ bank holidays, increasing to 34 days after 5 years’ continuous local government experience, and 36 days after 10 years’ Broxtowe service.
• Flexible working arrangements including agile working arrangements.
• Access to a benefits package offering discounts on supermarkets, cinema tickets, high street and online retailers
• Access to family-friendly policies
  Access to a lease car scheme
• Gym membership discount at Liberty Leisure, Leisure Centres
• Paid business mileage
• Annual payment of Practising Certificate
• Employee assistance programme, providing free and confidential advice on a range of issues.

What you need to know:

Working hours are 37 per week, with normal office hours being Monday to Friday, 8.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. (4.30 p.m. on Fridays).
Hybrid working will be available, however there will be an expectation to be able to attend the office when required. During the initial six-month probation period, there will be an expectation to attend the office more often for training and development purposes
Successfully shortlisted candidates will be asked to attend a formal interview which will include a test/scenario/exercise in order to determine suitability for the role.

For an informal chat, please feel free to contact Sunny.Patel@broxtowe.gov.uk

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