PT Employment Lawyer – Legal Services
What's involved with this role:
Interim Employment Lawyer – Legal Services
Oldham 0009 9921 / 1
Standard DBS disclosure required for this role
Hybrid working
Key Requirements:
Qualified solicitor or barrister or a Chartered Legal Executive.Member of Governing Body/Law Society.
Experience of providing legal advice and services in relation to employment law and practice
Experience of using ICT to support service delivery and to complete tasks and duties effectively and efficiently
Experience of delivering presentation and training sessions, including to those who may not have a prior background in this technical area.Able to draft and write reports, presentations and training materials appropriate in style and content to the intended audience
Experience of advising senior officers and elected members, including advising at meetings.
Detailed knowledge of the law relating to employment law.
The purpose of the role is to provide the professional services of a solicitor to the Council and in relation to all aspects of Employment Law and the Tribunal procedure and to provide legal advice and case management around the SEND process.
Key Responsibilities:
Providing legal advice to internal clients and stakeholders in relation to all aspects of employment law.Taking instructions and responding to employment claims.
Drafting legal responses.
Conducting case management/ preliminary hearings.
Instructing and liaising with counsel in relation to any tribunal proceedings where external legal counsel may be required.
Drafting settlement agreements.
Advising panel members in relation to disciplinary hearings as well as drafting outcome decisionsCase management and advice of any legal challenges around the SEND process.
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.
Clients are generally looking for candidates who are local to, or who can commute easily to the place of work. It will help your application if your CV states, in broad terms, where you reside – there is no need for a full address.
Please feel free to apply to us direct via jobs@tclrec.com by quoting the job reference and exact job title.
If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pay terms.We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days, please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles.
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Job Ref: Oldham 0009 9921 / 1
Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
Please do try to resist contacting us with requests for progress updates.
We really do read every CV sent to us. All applications will be acknowledged by a human, not a robot, provided the job remains live and provided your CV meets the “Essential Requirements” listed.
Please note that we do our level best to take down ads as soon as roles have been filled. We are not in the business of harvesting CVs.
Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary.