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Form of workOxfordshire County Council’s legal service is on an exciting journey of transformation and re-shaping. We have re-designed and created a brand-new legal team structure to ensure our legal services can deliver for the future, now. Our new structure has multiple entry routes, clear career progression and career graded pay so you can make the most of your career and development, whilst working for the common good of our communities. Our Residents are at the heart of everything we do and our approach to supporting them must be as diverse as they are.
Legal Services at Oxfordshire County Council provides key legal and corporate governance advice to all service areas of the council. There are four main legal teams: (1) Environment (2) Adult Social Care and Litigation (3) Children and Families and (4) Contracts and Conveyancing.
About the role
Our Head ofLaw and Legal Business Partner will build and lead a new, small team of specialist solicitors and managers across our Adult Social Care and Litigation team providing high quality legal advice and supporting council directorates and corporate services with proactive legal advice and collaborative working to meet our customer and community needs. You’ll support Council departments in delivering legal outcomes, understanding their key priorities and challenges and lead a legal team to provide proactive and collaborative solutions.
Other areas of work include:
- supporting the Director of Law and Governance and the Head of Legal Services in developing strong partnerships (internally and externally) to enhance the delivery of complex and pioneering legal and project work.
- supporting the continuing development of a ‘one legal’ culture within the Service and a ‘one Council’ culture within the Council, which is customer focused, performance driven and committed to continuous improvement.
- supporting the delivery of the department Service Plan and Improvement Plan. Support better ways of working and make recommendations for implementing wider improvements to policies, systems, practises and procedures.
- Qualified Solicitor/CILEX Lawyer/Barrister
- Significant ‘Subject’ experience working in a legal environment advising local government on complex specialist legal matters
- Highly competent management competencies
- Culture of flexible working
- Technology to support agile working where role permits
- Up to 33 day’s holiday p.a. plus bank holidays
- Option to ‘buy’ additional holiday
- Employee Assistance Programme including access to health and wellbeing support
- Membership of the Local Government contributory pension scheme, with an employer’s contribution of up to 19.9%
- Enhanced family friendly policies
- Local and national discounts for shopping and travel
- Great learning and development opportunities to support your ongoing development
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