Senior Lawyer (Children & Families)
Manchester (Local Authority role)
Potentially a 4+ month contract
Rate: Umbrella, negotiable
Must attend the office on a weekly basis.
Would need to perform advocacy.
Must have a practising certificate
- 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.
- Demonstrate highly competent legal drafting skills.
- Deputise effectively when required in dealings with clients, legal management and legal matters.
If you have any questions about this role or wish to apply, please contact isobel@deekay.co.uk who will respond at the earliest convenience.