Senior Lawyer

Opus People Solutions are hiring for a Senior Lawyer within a Local Authority based in Northamptonshire. The role is 22.5 hours per week, £55.00 Umbrella per hour inside IR35, with a contract length of 3 months or more.

• Provide legal advice and representation on a variety of matters within the designated legal team to Members and Officers of the Council and their service areas.
• Provide legal advice and contribute to the major project work of the Council within the remit of the designated legal team.
• Conduct and manage a wide-ranging caseload of complex legal work and prepare and draft complex legal documents in an efficient, effective and timely manner.
• Prepare instructions and briefs to Counsel / external legal advisors.
• Attend ad-hoc Council, Cabinet, Committee, Sub-committee, working groups and panel meetings to provide legal, procedural and constitutional advice as required.
• Deputise for the Principal Lawyer and assist in the management and supervision of the designated legal team as required.
• Identify and implement developments in areas of practice including cascading those developments to officers within the legal service.

• Highly developed written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent research skills to effectively and confidently advise on a wide variety of legal issues.
• Post qualification experience in providing legal advice, representation and undertaking legal work in complex areas of law.
• Experience of working well under pressure to agreed objectives / targets.
• Knowledge of the legislation governing the operation of Local Authorities.
• Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales or Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives or a demonstrable level of relevant equivalent experience.
• Previous experience within Local Government.