SOLICITOR

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 trainee solicitor posts which we use to help grow our own workforce.

About the job

We are keen to recruit a high calibre, experienced and qualified Solicitor or Barrister with relevant experience who is able to deal with a varied and demanding workload to undertake a wide range of Children Services legal work. The post will include giving advice and preparation of applications for Court and will include advocacy for in-person hearings and hybrid hearings.

What We Are Looking For From You

The successful applicant will need to have the relevant qualification of degree status, be admitted as a Solicitor or called to the bar and must be able to work as part of a team.
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.