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, and £55.00 Umbrella per hour umbrella inside IR35, with a contract length of 3 months+. Please see a high-level overview of what the position involves below:

• To 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


• To provide legal advice and to contribute to the major project work of the Council within the remit of the designated legal team


• To conduct and manage a wide-ranging caseload of complex legal work and to prepare and draft complex legal documents as required in an efficient, effective and timely manner


• To prepare instructions and briefs to Counsel / external legal advisors


• To attend ad-hoc Council, Cabinet, Committee, Sub-committee, working groups and panel meetings to provide legal, procedural and constitutional advice as required


• To deputise for the Principal Lawyer and assist in the management and supervision of the designated legal team as required


• To 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

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