Job Title: Solicitor

Contract type: Permanent - Full Time - 37 hours per week

Salary:£44,428 to £47,420

Portfolio: Governance

Location: County Hall, Mold

Job Reference/ID Number: 80000014564

Job Purpose:
To provide legal services to the Council in the relevant legal field including advice, advocacy and
drafting.

Principal Accountabilities:

1. To provide Council officers of all levels and councillors with accurate, up to date and
correct advice on relevant areas of the law including case law, ombudsman’s/regulator’s
decisions, codes of practice etc.

2. To provide advocacy at courts and tribunals and inquiries as required or to instruct
counsel where appropriate.

3. Drafting and preparation of complex legal documents, contracts, agreements etc.

4. To be the specialist advisor in respect of at least one area of law (e.g. prosecutions/civil
litigation, public protection and environmental law, planning, contracts, housing, landlord
and tenant, information law, commercial property transactions, public rights of way and
highways, employment) and to provide general advice/services in respect of at least one
other field of law.

5. To provide client departments with information and training, including arranging and
attending legal surgeries to meet their needs, on relevant developments within their
specialist field of law.

6. To advise committees, sub-committees and panels of the Council as required.

7. To deal with enquiries from client departments, the public, other public services such as
the courts or HM Land Registry, solicitors acting for other parties, councillors, town and
community councils.

8. Responsibility for ensuring that proper procedures and processes are followed to ensure
that the Council’s actions are lawful and follow the principles of good administration,
seeking advice and assistance where necessary to address non-compliance.

Benefits of Working at Flintshire County Council: 

We pride ourselves on continuously improving our services. As an employer, we recognise
our most valuable assets are our people. We strive to be an employer of choice by providing
a range of benefits that help us secure the engagement of employees and motivating them
to deliver to the citizens of Flintshire County.

The improved performance and development of our employees is managed through a
performance management process, focusing on developing skills, knowledge, qualifications,
and competencies centred on Flintshire’s behavioural Competency Framework that support
the Council’s key objectives. Ultimately we recognise that developed, well-equipped and
satisfied employees will provide the best service to the citizens of Flintshire and those who
work and live in the County.

Equal Opportunities
Achieving diversity in the workplace is important to us. It isn’t just about complying with the
law, it’s about recognising and valuing each other’s differences and treating each other fairly.
We want to recognise everybody’s worth regardless of their age, disability, gender, sexual
orientation, religion or belief and ensure equality across all areas. We want to respect others,
and be a sensitive and understanding employer. When people can be themselves, they
perform better and its help’s us to better reflect the community we serve.

Flintshire County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Registered Employer and to
have worked with the Alzheimer’s Society in training members of staff to ensure we are a
Dementia Friendly workplace.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme

The Council operates a Guaranteed interview Scheme (GIS). All applicants with a
characteristic as defined under the Equality Act 2010 who advise the Council at the time of
their application and who meet the essential criteria of the post must be offered an interview.
This is in accordance with the Disability Confident Scheme.

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