Halton Borough Council, United Kingdom (On-Site)
£49,764 - £52,805 (plus a market supplement of £7k until December 2027)
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Our Story:
Halton is a vibrant local authority with a rich history and heritage, featuring two iconic bridges that connect communities across the River Mersey. Located in Cheshire, Halton boasts excellent transport links between Liverpool and Manchester, as well as close proximity to both Liverpool John Lennon and Manchester Airports.
Our progressive community strategy aims to bring about meaningful, long-term improvements that enhance lives. It’s an exciting time to join us as we develop new policies and transform the way people access services.
We are immensely proud that when asked what’s great about working for Halton, the most popular response from our workforce has been ‘our colleagues’.
Our Team:
You will joining a newly developed adults social care legal team and working alongside our child care and education team. The Legal team at Halton Borough Council plays a vital role in supporting the Authority by delivering high-quality, timely, and business-focused legal and procedural advice. In this role, you will work closely with our Social Care and Education teams, providing expert legal services as directed by the appropriate Principal Lawyer. The team is committed to delivering advice in a cost-effective and efficient manner, ensuring best value for the Council while helping to meet the complex and evolving needs of the community.
Your Contributions:
You will have a recognised legal qualification as a Solicitor, Barrister, or Chartered Legal Executive.
You will be pivotal in supporting the team to provide a high standard of legal advice to our social care partners. You will be responsible for leading , managing and motivating the team and to build upon the culture of trust in the team and providing a comprehensive legal service to colleagues throughout the Council, and to the Council’s wholly owned subsidiary companies.
In collaboration with the Head of Legal, you will have an important role in the transformation of the legal services team to ensure that processes and systems are where they need to be and are effective. This is an exciting time to join the team as we are growing our service and we are looking for a number of talented lawyers and non-lawyers to join us on our journey. Ideally you would have experience of managing a legal team alongside experience and/or knowledge 1 or more of the following areas of work - child care, adult social care, education and SEND work. It would be beneficial if you have experience of undertaking advocacy For more information about the role, and our benefits, check out the attached job profile.
Interviews are to take place the w/c 9th June and will consist of an interview and a short presentation, the topic will be provided on notification of interview.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applications. If you’re interested, please complete your application as early as possible.
We look forward to receiving your application!
If you are interested in this role please give me a ring for a chat. Jayne Doran, Head of Legal Social Care, Education and Safeguarding , 0151 511 5189 ext 165189