What's involved with this role:
Interim Senior Childcare Lawyer x 2 – Legal Services
Job Ref: Devon 5260566
There are 2 vacant positions. One role with a start date of 27 January 2025 and the other in mid-February 2025.
Basic DBS disclosure is listed as a requirement for this role
Please state expected pay rate on your CV
Key Requirements:
Law Society admitted and Solicitor Regulatory Authority registered solicitor, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives or Bar Standards Board registered barrister.
Specialist in an area of law as required. A thorough knowledge of that area of law, good advocacy skills and considerable experience in case management is essential along with demonstrable experience of working in a particular field.
Adequate experience of managing own workload.
Ability to absorb and interpret legislation, case law and procedures.
Ability to assimilate detailed and complex information and make judgments on the way that certain procedures have been followed.
Strong IT skills using Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).
The purpose of the role is to assume a lead role in advising clients on specialist aspects of law and practice as required.
Key Responsibilities:
Oversee and manage a caseload in an area of law allocated.
Respond to requests for advice, representation etc, from Devon County Council employees.
Manage all aspects of court representation as required.
Advise and/or present to courts, meetings, members at formal appeal hearings or as required by the County Solicitor.
To determine appeals under the Internal Dispute Resolution Procedure of the Local.
Government Pension Scheme and various internal appeal procedures if required.
Take part in the Legal Services’ Out of Hours service to provide assistance to the Emergency Duty Team on matters of Childcare and Adult Social Care.
Any other duties appropriate to the grade as may be assigned by one of the Legal Service managers.
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.
Clients are generally looking for candidates who are local to, or who can commute easily to the place of work. It will help your application if your CV states, in broad terms, where you reside – there is no need for a full address.
Please feel free to apply to us direct via jobs@tclrec.com by quoting the job reference and exact job title.
If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pay terms. We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days, please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles.
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Job Ref: Devon 5260566
Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
Please do try to resist contacting us with requests for progress updates.
We really do read every CV sent to us. All applications will be acknowledged by a human, not a robot, provided the job remains live and provided your CV meets the “Essential Requirements” listed.
Please note that we do our level best to take down ads as soon as roles have been filled. We are not in the business of harvesting CVs.
Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary.
