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Senior Lawyer

Employer
Malvern Hills and Wychavon District Councils
Location
Council House, Avenue Road, Malvern
Salary
£30,984 - £38,553
Closing date
5 Jun 2022
Reference
HR0000000681

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Sector
Local Councils
Job Type
Legal
Contract Type
Permanent
Working Pattern
Standard
Hours
Full-Time

Job Details

Malvern Hills District Council is a great place to work, with high levels of resident satisfaction and motivated staff who enjoy working with us. Located in South Worcestershire the district boasts a beautiful natural environment, a rich heritage and plenty to do and see. Malvern Hills District is also ranked in the top 20 best rural places to live in the UK.

We pride ourselves on being a progressive organisation who spends our time and energy on what we know matters to our residents and communities – things like creating jobs, keeping the streets clean, helping people feel safe and preventing homelessness.

Our staff are at the heart of what we do, and as a result we are always looking to recruit, develop and retain the very best talent we can find.  That's why, as well as a rewarding career, we offer a range of attractive benefits, such as:

* Agile Working (40% minimum office based)

* Excellent pension scheme

* Generous annual leave entitlement

* Options to purchase additional annual leave

* Regular job-specific training

* Discounted Gym and swim membership

* Free Employee Assistance scheme including access to counselling services

* Free annual flu vaccinations

* Health and Wellbeing support

* Cycle to Work scheme

* Employee Discounts with a range of companies including EE and

* Kaarp discount scheme which provides a range of employee discounts for days out and holidays

Senior Lawyer

£30,984 - £38,553 depending on qualifications and experience

Full or part time position available, (minimum 22.2 hours)

Agile Working (40% minimum office requirement)

In conjunction with other members of the team you will assist the Principal Lawyer and Head of Legal Services in providing an efficient and effective shared legal service to both Malvern Hills District Council and Wychavon District Council (“the Councils”).  Your main areas of work will be planning, governance and general advice – see job description for full details.

You will need to demonstrate commitment to delivering the Council's values of great customer service, openness and accountability, innovation and improvement and fairness and respect.

 

You will also be responsible for championing and demonstrating the Council’s Leadership Behaviour Framework by inspiring, communicating, collaborating and empowering self and others and leading by example.

Key Requirements:

You will be educated to degree level with a 2:2 or above.  Being legal qualified and/or having relevant experience of planning or local government matters would also be an advantage.

Please see the attached Job description and key requirements for further details

 

Skills & Experience:

You should have demonstratable and suitable legal and/or planning experience as well as having an ability to carry out legal research and provide prompt and accurate advice to officers and councillors. Experience of drafting legal agreements is essential.            

A good working knowledge of Town and Country Planning legislation and experience of dealing with planning matters or other areas of local government is desirable but not essential.

We are looking for someone with excellent skills in:

  • communication – both written and verbal,
  • drafting and negotiating legal agreements,
  • working to deadlines and under pressure
  • organisational skills
  • accuracy and creativity
  • ICT
  • dealing with sensitive matters

The right candidate will be a team player but will also be able to work under their own initiative.  You should also be flexible, able to cover occasional evening committee meetings and be able to travel to meetings both inside and outside the district.

 

To discuss the post or for further information, please call Heather Peachey, Head of Legal Services on 01684 862348

 

Closing date: 5 June 22

 

Interview date: 16 June 22

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Working for us

Malvern Hills and Wychavon District Councils are rewarding places to work, with high levels of resident satisfaction and motivated staff who enjoy working for us. Located in south Worcestershire, both districts boast beautiful natural environments, a rich heritage and plenty to do and see. The districts are ranked the top two best rural places to live in the West Midlands and are amongst the top 30 in the country.

We pride ourselves on being progressive organisations spending time, energy and investment on what we know matters to our residents and communities – things like supporting our town centres and rural communities, creating jobs, keeping the streets clean, reducing our carbon footprint, helping people feel safe and preventing homelessness.
 

Working with you

Our staff are at the heart of what we do, and as a result we are always looking to recruit and develop the very best talent we can find.  That's why, as well as providing a satisfying job, we offer a range of attractive benefits, such as agile working for the majority of roles, generous holiday entitlements, a pension scheme, plenty of opportunities for personal development, and discounted gym membership.

We value skills and an ability to do a great job over identifying personal information and that’s why we anonymise all our recruitment until we reach interview stage. What you can offer us and how you will uphold our values and behaviours is really important to us and that’s what we look for during our recruitment process.

Our staff are our driving force, and it’s important our workforce reflects the communities we serve. More than 50% of our Senior Management Team is female, as is the majority of our Heads of Service.

We are a member of the Disability Confident Scheme and support the movement of change, to think differently about disability and apply this to how we recruit, retain and develop disabled people.

We value all our staff and are committed to eliminating unlawful discrimination, promoting equality of opportunity, and fostering good relations between people from a diverse range of backgrounds.

 

Want to know more?

The two councils have a shared Chief Executive and a joint senior management team.  Whilst they retain their own political structures and distinct identities, the joint management structure allows us to maximise the opportunity to deliver a wide range of good value services to our customers and communities, and operate and develop shared services, collaborative working  and partnership arrangements with each other,  with other councils and with key stakeholders

Whichever council you work for, you can be sure it will be an enjoyable place to work, you will feel valued and appreciated and have an opportunity to develop your career in line with your potential and expectations. Please click for more information on  or Malvern Hills District Council or Wychavon District Council

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Telephone
01386 565515
Location
Wychavon District Council
Civic Centre
Queen Elizabeth Drive
Pershore
Worcestershire
WR10 1PT
United Kingdom

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