Harlow Council is seeking to recruit an Assistant Solicitor or Chartered Legal Executive to join our busy, small, friendly, and supportive legal services team. The successful candidate will have sound working knowledge and experience of the matters listed below.

You will be required to undertake a wide range of non-contentious work, including commercial landlord and tenant work and residential conveyancing, Right to Buy sales, freehold acquisition and disposal of land as well as providing support and assistance when required on property-related litigation, such as charging orders, along with other relevant matters.

The ability to manage your own caseload with minimum supervision, prioritise work to meet deadlines and be self-sufficient in IT use is required.

Ideally, you will have experience in local authority working and be familiar with the Lexcel practice management system and with a time-recording case management system. 

The job package includes generous leave entitlement, some remote working, flexible working hours and a career average revalued earnings pension scheme. 

For an informal discussion about this post, please contact Mark Alexander, Principal Solicitor (Development and Non-Contentious) on 01279 446044 or Julie Galvin, Legal Services Manager on 01279 446045

Post number: LP0028X
Salary: Grade 14 £39,571 to £41,591 per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working hours: 37.5 hours per week (banking 30 minutes per week to be used towards the shut down between Christmas and New Year
Closing date: Sunday 24 July 2022

Please visit our website for more details and information on how to apply: https://www.harlow.gov.uk/jobs/assistant-solicitorcilexbarrister