Solicitor - Litigation OCC616033

Job details

Salary range: £43,421 - £54,702 per annum (Grade 12-14 Career Graded) 

Work location: Agile working from home and office based. We can be flexible to meet personal needs, but a minimum of once a week attendance at the office is expected. Hot desking locations are available countywide.

Hours per week: 37 - part-time hours will also be considered 

Contract type: Permanent 

Vetting requirements: This role is subject to a Criminal Records Check  

Closing date: Wednesday 22nd May 2024

Interview date: Friday 7th June 2024

About us

Legal Services at Oxfordshire County Council provides key legal and corporate governance advice to all service areas of the council. We have recently re-designed and created a new legal team structure to ensure our legal services can deliver for the future, now. Our new structure has multiple entry routes, clear career progression and career graded pay so you can make the most of your career and development, whilst working for the common good of our communities.

 
We work collaboratively to meet the service needs in this busy and dynamic area of law.  We work flexibly - in accordance with the agile working policy - from home and from our Oxford office as suits our team members and service needs.
 

About the role

The role sits within a friendly and supportive team who deliver high quality legal work for the Adult Social Care and Litigation Team of Oxfordshire County Council.  
 

Key responsibilities include:

•    To act as a senior and specialist legal advisor 
 

About you

To be successful in the role, you will need:

•    Great communication skills both written and oral 

•    The ability to work effectively, individually and with others, as part of a team supporting child protection work to meet the service’s needs

•    To have good organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines

•    Strong IT literacy to work with our software systems and support paperless and hybrid working

•    To be a Solicitor/CILEX lawyer/barrister with significant experience in subject area and match core competencies Solicitor 2 (Legal Services Core Competency Framework)

•    Experience of working within a local government legal team/public sector legal team/regulatory team 
 

Rewards and benefits

• Culture of flexible working
• Technology to support agile working where role permits
• Up to 33 days holiday p.a. plus bank holidays
• Option to ‘buy’ additional holiday
• Employee Assistance Programme including access to health and wellbeing support
• Membership of the Local Government contributory pension scheme, with an employer’s contribution of up to 19.9%
• Enhanced family friendly policies
• Local and national discounts for shopping and travel
• Great learning and development opportunities to support your ongoing development

Why Oxfordshire? 

Oxfordshire has a wonderful balance between beautiful Cotswold countryside and quaint villages and towns against the urban dynamic of the world-renowned university City of Oxford and surrounding market towns. It is a thriving county with one of the fastest growing economies in the country with a rapidly growing science sector in and around the county and is the base for many national and internationally recognised companies and organisations. Oxford has good transport links to London and the rest of the country.

Would you like to know more?

Please click here to view the Job Description & Selection Criteria. 

For more information or to arrange an informal discussion please contact Paul Grant, Head of Legal Services on paul.grant@oxfordshire.gov.uk 
 

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