Interim Senior Legal Officer - Planning
Reference no: Doncaster 0008 D52E / 1
Pay Rate: up to £39.72 per hour PAYE depending on experience
35 Monday to Friday, 09:00 - 16:00
This opening assignment is for 4-5 months
City: DONCASTER
Hybrid working
Hours flexible.
Under the direction of the Head of Litigation and Regulatory Services, to provide and manage legal support for the Council’s various agendas. Provide legal support and advice across the Council on matters relating to Town and Country Planning, and Highway related issues. Working on Planning s106 agreements/enforcement/general advice.
Key Responsibilities:
* Take responsibility for the delivery of legal advice and support in the following legal specialisms; Town and Country Planning; Highway Law (including footpaths); and Compulsory Purchase.
* Provide high quality and timely legal advice to the Council, its officers and elected members. Legal advice will take the form of written or oral advice, conduct of proceedings, and drafting of documentation including section 106 agreements, enforcement notices, planning injunctions, reports and issuing court proceedings. The role also involves advocacy before any Court, Tribunal, Inquiry or internal Board/Panel.
* Deputise for the Head of Service, Principal Legal Officers and other Senior Legal Officers as appropriate.
* Prepare and present training programmes to members of the Legal team and other Council officers, partners and elected members to ensure they have relevant up to date legal knowledge to assist them in effectively undertaking their roles.
* Conduct all work in accordance with internal policies and procedures, including the effective use of a case management and time recording system.
NB: Please feel free to apply to us direct via jobs@tclrec.com by quoting the job reference and job title exactly.
To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF
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 this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining 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, we cannot, unfortunately, respond to all applications. If, therefore, you have not heard from us within 3 days please make a working assumption 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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