About The Service
Cardiff is one of the fastest growing and most highly skilled cities in Britain with a Lexcel accredited in house Legal Service. We have a great opportunity for a hardworking, motivated and adaptable legal practitioner to join Cardiff Council’s Legal Service, based in 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.
About the job
Some of these roles are available with immediate effect. In order to be in a position to apply, successful completion of the Legal Practice Course or equivalent is essential.
As Trainee Solicitor, you will receive training with a view to admission as a Solicitor. In that connection undertake work of a legal or quasi-legal nature; to deal with matters relating to legal proceedings in Courts and Tribunals; to deal with procurement, contracts, conveyancing, property transactions and planning maters; to prepare and issue orders, Notices and documents; and to undertake legal research.
What We Are Looking For From You
We seek high calibre candidates with relevant experience who are able to deal with a varied and demanding workload and who are committed to delivering a successful in house legal service.
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.
Additional information
For an informal discussion, after reading the job description and person specification, please email your contact details to Leanne.Weston@cardiff.gov.uk.
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 not suitable for post share.
This post is temporary until 1st April 2025.
Due to the current interim working arrangements, we are unable to provide recruitment packs or accept application forms via the post
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 Leanne Weston for a discussion.
We welcome applications in both English and Welsh. Applications received in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than English applications.
When completing the online application form, it is essential that you complete the personal information demonstrating how you meet all the essential criteria contained with the person specification. Failure to do will result in your application not being shortlisted.
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:
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