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Cardiff CouncilSee more

addressAddressCardiff, Wales
type Form of workPermanent Full-Time
CategoryLegal

Job description

£43,516 - £46,549 per annum
About the Service
As the capital of Wales, Cardiff offers not only the experience of working in one of the fastest growing and most highly skilled cities in Britain but also offers easy access to the fabulous South Wales region’s coastline and countryside with worldwide standing.  
 
Cardiff Council has a Lexcel accredited in house Legal Service with excellent opportunities for a hardworking, motivated and adaptable legal practitioner.  Currently based at County Hall in the heart of Cardiff Bay with good transport links and parking facilities.  We have specialist lawyers carrying out procurement, litigation, property, planning, governance, childcare and adult social services work, and aim to provide our clients with an excellent and comprehensive service.
 
The service now operates a hybrid working model which enables employees to work flexibly from home or from an office base, depending upon service requirements.  We have a modern case management system, an online legal library, and a small business support team.  We also have 4 trainee solicitor posts which we use to help grow our own workforce.
About the Job
We are keen to recruit a high calibre, experienced and qualified Solicitor or Barrister with relevant experience who is able to deal with a varied and demanding workload to undertake a wide range of Children Services legal work. The post will include giving advice and preparation of applications for Court and will include advocacy for in-person hearings and hybrid hearings..
About You
The successful applicant will need to have the relevant qualification of degree status, be admitted as a Solicitor or called to the bar and must be able to work as part of a team.  
We expect the individual appointed to take personal responsibility for delivering excellence, to work with others to achieve the best possible outcomes, to embrace change and new opportunities, to make the most of the resources available and to think and act in the best interests of the Council.
When completing the online application form, you must complete the personal information demonstrating/evidencing how you meet the essential criteria contained in the person specification. Failure to do so will result in your application not being shortlisted.  
Additional Information
We have a modern case management system, an online legal library, and a small business support team.    
While the role is demanding our flexible working policies ensure a healthy work life balance. The Council’s Flexi Time policy applies to the post and flexible working patterns are available, subject to meeting the needs of our clients and having mutual regard to the working arrangements of existing team members. The successful applicant would need to be able to travel at short notice in line with the demands of this post.   
 
This vacancy is suitable for post share subject to there being another suitably qualified and experienced employee/candidate who wishes to post share.
 
For an informal conversation, please contact the Community Operational Manager Leanne Weston on 07583102886 or leanne.weston@cardiff.gov.uk or Emma Morgan on 07970406406 or emma.morgan@cardiff.gov.uk.
 
Those applicants successful at application form stage will be invited for an interview/test and this interview will be face to face. If you have any concerns regarding this, please contact Leanne Weston for a discussion.
We welcome applications in both English and Welsh. Applications received in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than English applications.
Due to the current interim working arrangements, we are unable to provide recruitment packs or accept application forms via the post.
Please note the Council does not accept CV’s. When completing the supporting information section of your application, please ensure you refer to the below located on our website:
 
Important information you need read in order to complete your application:-
  • Application Guidance
  • Applying for jobs with us
  • Behavioural Competency Framework
Additional Information:-
  • Employee Charter
  • Recruitment of Ex-Offenders
  • Privacy Notice
Closing date: 17 March 2024

Ynglŷn â'r Gwasanaeth 
Mae Caerdydd, fel prifddinas Cymru, yn cynnig nid yn unig y profiad o weithio yn un o’r dinasoedd mwyaf medrus ac sy’n tyfu gyflymaf yng ngwledydd Prydain ond hefyd yn cynnig mynediad rhwydd i arfordir a chefn gwlad gwych de Cymru, a gydnabyddir yn fyd-eang.
 
Mae gan Gyngor Caerdydd Wasanaeth Cyfreithiol mewnol sydd ag achrediad Lexcel gyda chyfleoedd gwych i ymarferydd cyfreithiol diwyd, brwdfrydig a hyblyg.   Rydym ar hyn o bryd yn gweithio yn Neuadd y Sir yng nghanol Bae Caerdydd gyda chysylltiadau trafnidiaeth da a chyfleusterau parcio.   Mae gennym gyfreithwyr arbenigol sy’n ymgymryd â gwaith caffael, ymgyfreitha, eiddo, cynllunio, llywodraethiant, gwaith gofal plant a gwasanaethau cymdeithasol oedolion, a’n nod yw darparu gwasanaeth rhagorol a chynhwysol i’n cleientiaid.
 
Mae'r gwasanaeth erbyn hyn yn dilyn model gweithio hybrid sy'n galluogi gweithwyr i weithio’n hyblyg o’u cartrefi neu mewn swyddfa, yn dibynnu ar ofynion y gwasanaeth.   Mae gennym system fodern i reoli achosion, llyfrgell gyfreithiol ar-lein a thîm cymorth busnes bach.   Mae gennym hefyd 4 swydd cyfreithiwr dan hyfforddiant yr ydym yn eu defnyddio er mwyn helpu i dyfu ein gweithlu ein hunain.  
Ynglŷn â'r Swydd 
Rydym yn awyddus i recriwtio Cyfreithiwr neu Fargyfreithiwr profiadol a chymwys o ansawdd uchel gyda phrofiad perthnasol sy'n gallu delio â llwyth gwaith amrywiol a heriol i ymgymryd ag ystod eang o waith cyfreithiol Gwasanaethau Plant. Bydd y swydd yn cynnwys rhoi cyngor a pharatoi ceisiadau i’r Llys a bydd yn cynnwys eiriolaeth ar gyfer gwrandawiadau personol a hybrid.
 
Amdanoch Chi 
Bydd angen i’r ymgeisydd llwyddiannus feddu ar gymhwyster gradd, bod wedi ei dderbyn fel Cyfreithiwr neu wedi ei alw i’r bar, a bydd yn gallu gweithio fel rhan o dîm. 
Disgwyliwn i’r unigolyn a benodir gymryd cyfrifoldeb personol am sicrhau rhagoriaeth, gweithio gydag eraill i gyflawni’r canlyniadau gorau posib, ymateb yn gadarnhaol i newid a chyfleoedd newydd er mwyn manteisio i'r eithaf ar yr adnoddau sydd ar gael a meddwl a gweithredu gyda golwg ar hyrwyddo buddiannau’r Cyngor. 
 
Wrth lenwi'r ffurflen gais ar-lein, mae'n hanfodol eich bod yn cwblhau'r wybodaeth bersonol gan ddangos / tystiolaethu sut rydych yn bodloni'r holl feini prawf hanfodol sydd wedi'u cynnwys gyda’r fanyleb person. Bydd methu â gwneud hyn yn golygu na fydd eich cais yn cael ei roi ar y rhestr fer. 
 
Gwybodaeth Ychwanegol 
Mae gennym system fodern i reoli achosion, llyfrgell gyfreithiol ar-lein a thîm cymorth busnes bach.     
 
Er bod y rôl yn heriol, mae ein polisïau gwaith hyblyg yn sicrhau cydbwysedd iach rhwng bywyd a gwaith. Mae polisi Amser Hyblyg y Cyngor yn berthnasol i'r swydd ac mae patrymau gweithio hyblyg ar gael, yn amodol ar ddiwallu anghenion ein cleientiaid ac ystyried trefniadau gwaith aelodau'r tîm presennol. Byddai angen i'r ymgeisydd llwyddiannus allu teithio ar fyr rybudd yn unol â gofynion y swydd hon. 
Mae'r swydd hon yn addas i'w rhannu ar yr amod bod gweithiwr / ymgeisydd cymwys arall sydd â phrofiad addas yn dymuno ei rhannu.
  
Am sgwrs anffurfiol, cysylltwch â'r Rheolwr Gweithredol Cymunedol Leanne Weston ar 07583102886 neu leanne.weston@caerdydd.gov.uk.  - neu Emma Morgan ar 07970406406 neu  emma.morgan@caerdydd.gov.uk
 
Bydd yr ymgeiswyr hynny sy'n llwyddiannus ar y cam ffurflen gais yn cael eu gwahodd i gyfweliad / prawf a bydd y cyfweliad hwn yn cael ei gynnal wyneb-yn-wyneb. Os oes gennych chi unrhyw bryderon ynglŷn â hyn, cysylltwch â Leanne Weston am sgwrs. 
 
Croesewir ceisiadau yn Gymraeg ac yn Saesneg. Ni chaiff ceisiadau Cymraeg eu trin yn llai ffafriol na cheisiadau Saesneg.
 
Oherwydd y trefniadau gwaith dros dro presennol, ni allwn ddarparu pecynnau recriwtio na derbyn ffurflenni cais drwy'r post.  
Dyddiad cau: 17 Mawrth 2024
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