Qualified Lawyer Hybrid working - Home and Leicester City Offices

Job details

Job reference REQ7172 Date posted 19/03/2026 Application closing date 01/06/2026 Location Hybrid working - Home and Leicester City Offices Salary £42,839 - £54,495 per year Package Total benefit value (includes pension contribution and full holiday entitlement) £72,896 Contractual hours 37 Basis Full time Job category/type

Role responsibilities

You will hold responsibility for a diverse and rewarding caseload of adult social care and related matters, providing quality legal advice and support including undertaking advocacy for the Council. This is a career graded post (LG Band 9-LG Band 11). Appointment to a level will depend on the outcome of the selection process and experience of the successful candidate. Progression will be by satisfactory performance, agreed at annual appraisals and through on going supervision.

What you will need

You will have post qualification experience of adult social care cases including mental health, community care and judicial review. You will have demonstrable advocacy, negotiating and advisory skills together with a good appreciation of risk management. You will be highly motivated with strong organisational skills and a pro active approach which will ensure that you are able to successfully prioritise work. Your excellent communication skills, both written and oral, will ensure that you are able to work with a wide of people and represent the service in a professional, client focused manner.

What we can offer you

Leicester City Council is an exciting and innovative place to work. We offer a competitive salary and an excellent benefits package. This includes a flexi time scheme, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and a generous holiday entitlement. For an illustrative value of your benefits package, take a look at our benefits calculator. We work hard to ensure that our people are well supported, both at a senior level and by your peers. We will also give you the chance to both use your professional skills and expertise and develop new ones with a variety of training and development opportunities.

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We are committed to recruiting a diverse and highly talented workforce as we continue to build a council that is fitting and representative of our great city.

If you are an Adult Social Care solicitor looking for your next role and this sounds like your kind of place, then please get in touch.