Litigation solicitor (Hybrid)

Litigation solicitor (Hybrid) needed in Swindon, £43.53ph

PAYE - Reference: OR100000

Min 1 day a week office attendance on a Wednesday plus other dates depending on business needs.

• Provide comprehensive legal service, legal advice and legal documentation, and assistance to members and officers at all levels and other clients of the Legal Department on complex and high profile matters involving Civil and Commercial Litigation, Regulatory Enforcement, Licensing and Employment.
• Manage a wide ranging, varied caseload and complex legal work.
• Provide professional support and mentoring for less experienced colleagues and oversee effective completion as required.
• Give high quality legal advice generally and in all cases, including the most complex, regarding whether cases should be brought or defended before any Courts and Tribunals and settling the manner of their conduct.
• Act as advocate and represent the Client at the Magistrates Court, County Court and Employment Tribunal.
• Work autonomously by prioritising caseload ensuring deadlines and agreed time frames are met to avoid unnecessary delays and increased cost.
• Draft, negotiate and complete complex legal documentation.
• Give legal advice and resolve legal matters for Officers (at all levels) and/or Members as and when required, including making decisions on complex and high profile transactions of significant financial value with far-reaching implications to the client's reputation.
• Give advice on any matters including legal and policy related issues and appear as required at the Courts or other Tribunals, making important decisions as to the conduct of the matters dealt with by the post holder.
• Attend and give advice to Cabinet or other Committees, Sub-Committees or Working Parties or other groups of the Client at public meetings or in closed sessions as and when required and establish good working relationships with other departments and outside agencies.
• Keep updated and implement new legislation, case law, codes of practice and policy relating to relevant areas of work, undertake the minimum number of hours of training required by the post holder's professional qualification annually, and inform clients of significant developments by providing guidance and training to client departments and junior members of staff.
• Develop new templates for legal documentation, liaise with client departments and provide updates on work and the latest legal and policy developments.
• Contribute towards the development of the team.
• Carry out other duties appropriate to the level of responsibility of the post as required from time to time by the Principal Solicitor or Chief Legal Officer.
• Promote the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards throughout the work and service of the Client and conduct professional work in accordance with the codes set by the Legal Services Team.

This is a full time role on a temporary contract basis.

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