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Senior Solicitor (Licensing)
Waverley Court
Salary: £60,506 - £72,266
Hours: 36 per week
To act as a Senior Solicitor in providing legal advice to support the Council (and associated bodies) with particular focus on complex legal advice in a specialist field, but also to provide complex legal advice within other specialist areas across Legal &; Assurance.
To provide performance, efficiency and development within a team of Solicitors and Senior Solicitors and within other specialist areas across the Senior Solicitor peer group including:
• Developing and delivering tailored advice and strategies to provide optimal legal solutions for service areas taking into account commercial, political and reputational implications such that clients can rely on the decision-making of the Senior Solicitor;
• Identifying risks and advising clients on the risk profile of matters;
• Working closely with service areas to ensure that the relevant specialist team are delivering excellent client service.
• To provide direct advice to the Principal Solicitors, Head of Legal Services, Head of Employment Law & Investigations Team and Service Director (Legal & Assurance) in the management of the Legal & Assurance team as required.
• To develop, support and promote initiatives which have a Council wide impact to continuously improve the performance of the Legal & Assurance team and to represent the Council in a positive manner both internally and externally.
• To take a role in the development of the specialist legal team and solicitors within the Legal & Assurance team, delivery of excellent client service and development of initiatives and processes to foster continuous improvement.
Major Tasks/Job activities
• To provide general and specialist legal advice to service areas, Senior Officers and Elected Members.
• Ensure delivery of complex legal advice to set client budgets and within timescales. • To be the lead legal advisor (in respect of your chosen specialism) in respect of complex major projects, for the duration of the project to conclusion liaising with relevant Principal Solicitors (or Head of Employment Law & Investigations Team) on issues of heightened risk.
• Ensure that specialist legal advice fully complies with professional standards and Council policies, aims and objectives.
• Responsible for the preparation and content of legal reports, contracts, other documents, briefings, presentations, training for services areas, Senior Officers, Elected Members, external agencies, the Council Leadership Team and relevant committees as well as business and stakeholder groups (where appropriate).
• Although Senior Solicitors within the Legal & Assurance teamwork in discrete teams with specialist skill sets, they will be expected to assist in other areas of legal work as requested by Principal Solicitors, Head of Employment Law & Investigations Team, Head of Legal Services or Service Director (Legal & Assurance).
The post holder will require an LLB degree in Scots Law, a postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice, and a current legal Practising Certificate issued by The Law Society of Scotland. The post holder will develop and implement proposals relating to the continuous improvement of a major service area covering a range of legal services for the entire Council.
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