Senior Lawyer (People)

Cheshire East is an amazing place to live and work. As one of the largest employers in the borough, we are able to offer you a wide range of challenging and rewarding career opportunities.

At Cheshire East Council we are working for a brighter future – together and our commitment to you is that our workplace culture will provide a shared purpose, a well-led organisation with valued people succeeding together as one team and one council to deliver the best service for our customers and communities.

If you want to be part of our award-winning council and contribute to our ongoing success, have the flexibility and drive to enable us to innovate, are committed to working as part of a team and striving to deliver exceptional service wherever you can, we would especially like to hear from you.

As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and want our workforce to reflect the diversity of our local communities so that we can all work for a brighter future - together.

Brighter Future

Employee benefits (cheshireeast.gov.uk)

We are seeking Senior Lawyers to join our People legal team.

These roles will provide legal and procedural advice and support to our client department, in the most effective and efficient way to meet the requirements of the Council has a whole and specific Services and Departments.

These roles provide support to the Principal Lawyers, including but not limited to, conducting School & education appeals, Mental Capacity & Deprivation of Liberty matters, Judicial Review, Tribunals, and Inquests on behalf of the Council. You will provide advice and support to our client departments and conduct advocacy.

We are a close-knit supportive team, working hard towards positive outcomes for our client departments and the people of Cheshire East. Caseloads are monitored & supported, and there is a varied range & nature of work available. You will also be encouraged to build on your career goals, in a forward thinking, inclusive Authority.

ABOUT YOU

You will.

• Be an admitted solicitor, barrister or legal executive with a current practising certificate or equivalent.
• Have a wide range of post qualification experience within Adults social care & Education
• Provide timely, high quality, legal, tactical & strategic advice.
• Have excellent communication skills, be able to work under pressure and to prioritise your workload to meet tight deadlines.
• Be able to represent the Council, including advocacy skills & a willingness to undertake advocacy.
• Have excellent oral and written communication skills as well as demonstrable skills in negotiation, drafting, and persuading.
• Be able to work confidently & effectively either alone or as part of a team.
• Support and assist the rest of the team as well as build & maintain excellent client relationships.
• Be required to provide training to clients and stakeholders as required.

Find out more about our essential criteria for the role please view the ‘In This Job You Will Need’ section within the attached JDPS document.

ABOUT US

Cheshire East also offer a number of employee benefits, including Enhanced annual leave (34 days annual leave, inclusive of bank holidays, increasing up to 39 days after only 5 years’ service; Enhanced public pension, Flexible working patterns, purchase of annual leave, employee assistance programme, paid volunteer leave, as well as discounted virgin media O2 & gym memberships.

HOW TO APPLY

To apply for the role please click apply for this job at the bottom of the page, or, for or an informal chat about the role please contact: Jennie Summers – Legal Team Manager (People) via email jennie.summers@cheshireeast.gov.uk

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