£87,570 - £141,164 per annum

Various grades:
£87,570 - £98,663
£95,765 - £107,909
£104,728 - £118,017
£114,542 - £129,062
£125,263 - £141,164

The States of Guernsey are looking for are looking for a Child and Social Care Lawyer to join the Law Officers of the Crown.

The Law Officers’ Chambers are responsible for providing legal advice and assistance, including representation, to the governments of Guernsey, Alderney and Sark and other public sector clients.

The Children and Social Care Unit of the Law Officers of the Crown requires a lawyer with relevant experience to play a leading role in the provision of legal advice and advocacy relating to children and social care. This includes providing day to day advice and the preparation of tribunal and court proceedings across the full range of public law children cases, adoption, education and adult safeguarding including capacity, safeguarding and guardianship. The postholder will be a Guernsey qualified Advocate or willing and able to qualify with a view to undertaking the full range of public law children cases, adoption and guardianship hearings and potentially judicial reviews arising from this area of work. Whilst this post is intended to be fully engaged on children and social care cases, there may be occasions, where urgent or necessary, when the post holder will be expected to assist with the provision of other duties falling to the other Units in the Law Officers’ Chambers and to the Law Officers.

Contact: Nick Whalley, Head of Operations and Transformation on tel. (01481) 221600 or email: nick.whalley@gov.gg or Paul Battle, Operation and Transformation Support Executive on tel. (01481) 221600 or email: paul.battle@gov.gg

We strongly advise that applicants speak to the contact named above before applying for this role. Please do not email a CV to the contact shown above, applications should be submitted online. If you are unable to complete an online application please contact the Recruitment Team.

Candidates will need to upload a copy of their most up to date CV detailing full employment, voluntary work, and education history (along with the awarding body of any qualifications). The CV should include reasons for any gaps in employment. Candidates should also attach supporting information to demonstrate how they meet the key criteria for the role. The key criteria can be found within the job description which is available by clicking the job description link above. The supporting information provided by candidates will be used by the shortlisting panel when selecting candidates for interview.

Note - Internal applicants are required to inform their Line Manager before applying for any States of Guernsey positions. Internal references may be taken up prior to interview.

The States of Guernsey is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults.

Appointment to this role will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks being received and some candidates will be required to undertake enhanced and additional pre-employment checks. 

Should the successful applicant not meet the requirements of the role sufficiently they may be appointed at a lower grade than stated. The successful applicant would then have the opportunity to progress to the grade advertised once the necessary skills and knowledge have been developed and they have demonstrated the ability to undertake the duties at the higher level.

This role comes with a competitive salary, progressive annual leave and entitlement to a pension scheme.

For candidates who would be required to relocate to the Bailiwick of Guernsey, we also offer a relocation package to help with the cost of moving over to the Island. This relocation package offers different solutions depending on an individual’s circumstances.

This role offers off-Island candidates an 8-year Long Term Employment Permit (see details below). This permit will also enable candidates to bring immediate family members with them who will be permitted to work on the Island in any sector. There are also good schools on Island for those candidates looking to bring their families with them.

Closing date: 30 June 2025

For further information or to apply, please click on the 'Enquire/Apply' button below.