Lawyer Property, Planning and Employment Location: London Road, SM4 5DX Start Date: ASAP Contract Duration: 3+ Months Working Hours: Mon Fri, 09 00, 37 Hours per week Pay Rate: £ 40.16 per hour Job Ref: (phone number removed) Responsibilities Provide customer-focused, high-quality, and responsive specialist legal advice in multiple areas of legal expertise covered by a local authority legal team, including but not limited to Employment, Planning, and Property. Deliver a variety of types of legal work expected within the specialism, providing creative legal solutions to support service transformation and change. Manage an extensive caseload of complex and sensitive matters, representing the interests of the service within the wider council organizations and with external clients. Provide support and supervision to legal and non-legal junior staff, and deputize for senior legal positions as required. Provide timely and effective specialist legal advice to elected members, committees, directors, senior managers, and officers. Manage a large caseload of wide-ranging work, including drafting legal letters, agreements, deeds, notices, orders, consents, byelaws, and negotiating agreements and settlements. Prepare and process all matters relevant to any proceedings before a court, arbitration, mediation, or public inquiry, and attend as the client s advocate or instruct appropriate external legal representation. Work proactively to maintain and improve relationships with clients ..... full job details .....