Job Title: Solicitor – Built & Natural Environment
Location: Walsall (Remote Working)
Salary: £41,881 – £46,845 per annum
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent
Closing date: 8th October 2021
A position has arisen within Walsall Council for a qualified solicitor to join the Built & Natural Environment Team in Legal Services. The Team is sub-divided into a planning team and a property team. This vacancy relates to the planning team.
About the role:
Walsall Council exists to serve the people and communities of Walsall, by representing and working with them to protect and improve the quality of life for all – particularly the most vulnerable. As a unitary authority, Walsall has responsibilities for the provision of all local government services within its administrative area.
The Built & Natural Environment Team provide legal advice and assistance on a very wide range of issues, from commons to listed buildings, redevelopment schemes to contamination. This role will suit a lawyer with an analytical focus and an aptitude for research and problem solving.
You will provide high quality well researched legal advice and assistance to client departments, to members of the Council, and to the Planning Committee.
You will be expected to work remotely from home for most of the time with occasional attendance at the office, in Walsall, to carry out specific tasks, to attend meetings and training, as required, and to attend Planning Committee.
About you:
The successful candidate will be expected to manage a wide ranging caseload of both straightforward and complex legal work of any nature relating to the built and natural environment, with a bias towards planning, enforcement, environment and pollution, highways, transportation, housing, and regeneration, as well as governance.
Experience in planning is essential. (This role does not deal with residential or commercial property or conveyancing.)
This post is covered by the Government’s Code of Practice on the English Language Fluency Duty for public sector workers. The postholder will be required to communicate verbally with customers and provide advice and/or information in accurate spoken English.
What’s on offer
As an employer we provide an attractive employment package that includes:
- A generous annual leave entitlement offering a minimum 28 days leave per year (for this post) plus 9 concessionary days and a flexible working scheme that allows up to a further 12 days leave per year
- Access to an award winning pension scheme
- Recent investment in technology to fully enable agile working with the use of Microsoft Teams, virtual telephony, and Office 365
- A genuine commitment to equality of opportunity for our staff and customers – we aim to employ a representative workforce that reflects the communities we serve
Please click on the APPLY button to complete your application at the council’s careers page.
Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of; Lawyer, Local Government Law, Environmental Law, Town Planning Law, Governance, Council Lawyer, Local Authority Lawyer, Private Lawyer, Private Solicitor, Legal Counsel, Advocate may also be considered for this role.
