We are working closely alongside a Local Authority in Newham to assist with the appointment of an Employment Lawyer, on a 3-month contract, highly likely to be extended at clients discretion. Please apply with your CV for immediate consideration.

Rate of Pay: £23.03 - £29.12 per Hour

Responsibilities:

• To have personal responsibility for a caseload of legal work, and act as subject expert, with appropriate support and supervisions from a Senior Lawyer or Principal Lawyer
• To notify all high risk matters to the Senior Lawyer To pick up casework arising in their respective teams during peak times or where additional resources are required to meet demand, and if requested to do so by the Principal Lawyer provide support to other teams
• To support strategic projects across multi-functional teams, assisting to ensure that an innovative and commercial solutions focus is adopted across projects.
• To have responsibility for support staff.
• To carry out advocacy when necessary on own caseload, and not to instruct external support except in accordance with agreed procedures

Qualifications:

• A solicitor, barrister or chartered legal executive holding a practicing certificate
• An understanding of the workings of local government and the challenges being set by the new local government agenda along with the financial, legal and political context of local government.
• Knowledge of local government powers and duties and at least one of the following areas of law, civil litigation, procurement & contract, planning, development.

Please note:

• You should be available to work immediately or at a short notice.
• You should have right to work in U.K

Disclaimer: Brackenberry Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. We are committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Unless otherwise stated all of our roles are temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.

Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary. Incase the role requires an enhanced DBS, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.

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