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Hours: Working hours will be 37 per week. Based at the Council Offices, Grantham the post will be required to work outside of normal office hours to meet the needs of the service. The post holder will also be required to travel to meetings and events on their own, or to accompany Members inside and outside of the Council’s district, and inside and outside of normal working hours

Salary: SK21A (£64,590 per annum plus Honorarium)

Contract: Permanent

To provide a high level of proactive legal advice within your area of specialism, personally handling a caseload of complex matters in an autonomous manner. To be the main point of contact for the Council’s external legal advisors, providing in-house legal advice whilst also working closely with the Council’s shared service arrangement, Legal Services Lincolnshire Partnership. The postholder will work within the wider Legal and Governance team, reporting directly to the Director of Law and Governance (Monitoring Officer) as well as working closely with the Democratic Services Manager on constitutional and governance matters. The postholder is also required to serve as the Council’s Deputy Monitoring Officer.

This role is politically restricted.