Employment Lawyer/senior Lawyer

2 weeks ago


Manchester, United Kingdom Reed Secure Full time

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Reed Secure are working with a local authority who are looking to recruit **Employment Lawyer**
- **Pay rate £40 - £55 per hour DOE**:

- **Main location: Manchester (M60) - Hybrid -Full time only**:

- **Temporary contract for up to31/03/2023 with potential of being extended**

Our Client is looking for someone to provide effective advice and representation on complex legal work and projects of importance to the Local Authority.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Build and maintain excellent client relations acting as a role model to achieve service and council wide objectives.
- Providing timely, high quality and accurate legal, tactical and strategic advice.
- Use advanced analytical skills to interpret complex information to identify legal issues, risk and other implications for clients.
- To communicate both verbally and in writing to a consistently high standard with the ability to translate and present complex legal advice in a way that can be clearly understood by a variety of audiences.
- Where appropriate, to demonstrate exceptional advocacy skills achieving the best possible outcomes for the client.
- Demonstrate exceptional negotiating and influencing skills to achieve the best possible outcomes for clients.
- To be solution focussed always looking positively for ways in which the clients desired outcomes can be achieved.
- Research law and procedure to a high professional standard and keep ahead of legal developments.
- The work includes drafting ET3s, preparing for and conducting preliminary hearings, complying with case management orders etc

Local government experience preferred but not essential



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