As the capital of Wales, Cardiff offers 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. Legal Services 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 4 trainee solicitor posts which we use to help grow our own workforce. Upon qualification some trainees have continued to work with our area and many of our lawyers have long service with us.
A vacancy has arisen where we are keen to recruit a high calibre, dynamic and qualified Solicitor/Barrister with relevant experience to undertake a wide range of Adult Services legal work. The workload is incredibly varied to include providing legal advice t...