About the role

We are looking to recruit a Lawyer – Contentious to join our Legal & Governance Services service.

About the role

To assist the Council’s Legal Services in providing a comprehensive and effective Legal Service to Chief Officers, Members and client service areas of the Council in relation to its functions and to undertake work focused on litigation and contentious matters as detailed below.

About the candidate

A qualified Solicitor or Legal Executive with a current practicing certificate or equivalent.

Practical experience in contentious matters, including (but not limited to):

• Civil/Criminal Litigation
• Environmental health
• Trading standards
• Licensing
• Animal health
• Building control
• Planning including Enforcement
• Debt

Due to the requirements of the role the successful candidate must have a level of Welsh fluency on appointment. Please see the person specification for the further details.

Our offer to you

We are committed to developing our people and will not only provide support to enable you to quickly and confidently take ownership of this role’s key areas of responsibility but in addition, we are committed to supporting your development in order that you can progress your career with us.

In exchange for your skills and commitment we will offer you a range of employee benefits including flexible working, competitive annual leave allowance, enhanced family benefits, lifestyle savings and employee health and wellbeing packages.

We believe work-life balance is very important. To support you in achieving this, you will have access to the following discretionary benefits:

• Hybrid Working: Subject to certain conditions being met, you may choose to work from home or in an office location.
• Flexi-time: Hours may be worked within a defined bandwidth, Monday to Friday, subject to service needs.

More information about our wide-ranging employee benefits can be found on our careers website.

Interviews

Interviews will be held on 26/09/2024. To reduce disruption to candidates, interviews will be held remotely.

Additional Information

Job Description and Person Specification

Get in touch

For further information and an informal discussion regarding this post please contact Patricia Armstrong on 01545 572091 or email patricia.armstrong@ceredigion.gov.uk

Note: We reserve the right to extend the application closing date.