About The Service
As the capital of Wales, Cardiff offers not only the experience of working in one of the fastest growing and most highly skilled cities in Britain but also offers easy access to the fabulous South Wales region’s coastline and countryside with worldwide standing.
Cardiff Council has a Lexcel accredited in house Legal Service with excellent opportunities for a hardworking, motivated and adaptable legal practitioner. Currently based at County Hall in the heart of Cardiff Bay with good transport links and parking facilities. We have specialist lawyers carrying out procurement, litigation, property, planning, governance, childcare and adult social services work, and aim to provide our clients with an excellent and comprehensive service.
The service now operates a hybrid working model which enables employees to work flexibly from home or from an office base, depending upon service requirements. We have a modern case management system, an online legal library, and a small business support team. We also have 4 trainee solicitor posts which we use to help grow our own workforce.
About the job
The post is in the Community Team dealing with child protection and adult services work. We are keen to recruit an individual who welcomes a challenge and has the drive and commitment to meet the demands of the role. The post holder will assist lawyers in the running of their cases, which involves a diverse workload, offering an individual the opportunity to obtain invaluable skills and experience.
What We Are Looking For From You
The successful applicant will need to have the relevant qualifications for the post together with being able to evidence the competencies as set out in the job specification. We expect the individual appointed to take personal responsibility for delivering excellence, to work with others to achieve the best possible outcomes, to embrace change and new opportunities, to make the most of the resources available and to think and act in the best interests of the Council.
When completing the online application form, it is essential that you complete the personal information demonstrating/evidencing how you meet the essential criteria contained with the person specification. Failure to do will result in your application not being shortlisted.
Additional information
We have a modern case management system, an online legal library, and a small business support team.
While the role is demanding our flexible working policies ensure a healthy work life balance. The Council’s Flexi Time policy applies to the post and flexible working patterns are available, subject to meeting the needs of our clients and having mutual regard to the working arrangements of existing team members. The successful applicant would need to be able to travel at short notice in line with the demands of this post.
This vacancy is suitable for post share subject to there being another suitably qualified and experienced employee/candidate who wishes to post share.
For an informal conversation, please contact the Community Operational. - Emma Morgan on 07970 406 406 or emma.morgan@cardiff.gov.uk or Joanne Wall the Supervisory Legal Officer on 02920 872 482 or joanne.wall2@cardiff.gov.uk.
Those applicants successful at application form stage will be invited for an interview/test and this interview will be face to face. If you have any concerns regarding this, please contact Emma or Joanne for a discussion.
We welcome applications in both English and Welsh. Applications received in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than English applications.
Due to the current interim working arrangements, we are unable to provide recruitment packs or accept application forms via the post.
Interviews are expected to take place week of 20th May 2024.
Please note the Council does not accept CV’s. When completing the supporting information section of your application, please ensure you refer to the below located on our website:
Important information you need read in order to complete your application:-
• Application Guidance
• Applying for jobs with us
• Behavioural Competency Framework
Additional Information:-
• Employee Charter
• Recruitment of Ex-Offenders
• Privacy Notice
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