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Form of workBe part of a growing legal team, delivering a social impact
About us
Oxfordshire 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 Solicitors are a crucial part of our in-house legal team and will provide high quality legal advice, supporting council directorates and corporate services with proactive legal advice and collaborative working to meet our customer and community needs. With our new structure, our Solicitor roles consist of 2 levels, and are career graded which will allow you to develop and progress your career with Oxfordshire County Council.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated commercial contracts lawyer to join our Contracts & Conveyancing Team. You will provide legal advice and guidance on a wide range of commercial contracts (including construction contracts) and procurement related matters.
Working Arrangements
This role will be based at our County Hall Offices one day per week, and any additional days as required for meetings etc. but we don’t expect this to be prescriptive.
About you
- Solicitor/CILEX lawyer/barrister with significant experience in subject area and matching core competencies Solicitor 2 (Legal Services Core Competency Framework).
- Have excellent knowledge and understanding of relevant areas of law and practice; ability to research quickly in unknown areas of law, learn new areas of law and make a professional judgement and provide accurate and definitive advice.
- Have experience working within a legal practice/in house legal department
- 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
Interview date: W/c13 May 2024
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