£48,226 - £51,356 per annum

About the Service

Cardiff is one of the fastest growing and most highly skilled cities in Britain with a Lexcel accredited in house Legal Service.  We have a great opportunity for a hardworking, motivated and adaptable legal practitioner to join Cardiff Council’s Legal Service, based in County Hall in the heart of Cardiff Bay with good transport links and parking facilities.

We have specialist lawyers carrying out procurement, litigation, property, planning, governance, childcare and adult social services work, and aim to provide our clients with an excellent and comprehensive service.

The service now operates a hybrid working model which enables employees to work flexibly from home or from an office base, depending upon service requirements. We have a modern case management system, an online legal library, and a small business support team.    

About the Job
An opportunity for a Housing Solicitor has become available and we seek a candidate with relevant experience to join the Council’s the Litigation Team. This motivated and highly professional team is looking for an individual with experience and interest in the work of a Local Government litigation team.

The post will include dealing with housing possession work, ASB injunctions, trespass proceedings, defending disrepair claims, and day to day advice on client housing enquiries but will also include the ability to get involved with other areas of work relating to litigation, subject to the applicant’s experience, career interests, and workload capacity.

What we are looking for from you
The successful applicant will need to be admitted as a solicitor or called to the bar and must be able to work as part of a team.

We expect the individual appointed to take personal responsibility for delivering excellence, to work with others to achieve the best possible outcomes, to embrace change and new opportunities, to make the most of the resources available and to think and act in the best interests of the Council.

Additional Information
We have a modern case management system, an online legal library, and a small business support team.      

While the role is demanding our flexible working policies ensure a healthy work life balance. The Council’s Flexi Time policy applies to the post and flexible working patterns are available, subject to meeting the needs of our clients and having mutual regard to the working arrangements of existing team members. The successful applicant would need to be able to travel at short notice in line with the demands of this post.     

This vacancy is suitable for post share subject to there being another suitably qualified and experienced employee/candidate who wishes to post share. 

For an informal discussion, after reading the job description and person specification, please email your contact details to heather.iqbal-rayner@cardiff.gov.uk

Due to the current interim working arrangements, we are unable to provide recruitment packs or accept application forms via the post.   

We understand you might use AI and other resources for your application; however, please ensure all information you provide is factually accurate, truthful, original and does not include ideas or work that is not your own. 

Ynglŷn â’r Gwasanaeth
Caerdydd yw un o’r dinasoedd mwyaf medrus ac sy’n tyfu gyflymaf ym Mhrydain gyda Gwasanaeth Cyfreithiol mewnol ag achrediad Lexcel. Mae gennym gyfle gwych i ymarferydd cyfreithiol diwyd, hyblyg a llawn cymhelliant ymuno â Gwasanaeth Cyfreithiol Cyngor Caerdydd yn Neuadd y Sir yng nghanol Bae Caerdydd gyda chysylltiadau trafnidiaeth a chyfleusterau parcio da.

Mae gennym gyfreithwyr arbenigol sy’n ymgymryd â gwaith caffael, ymgyfreitha, eiddo, cynllunio, llywodraethiant, gwaith gofal plant a gwasanaethau cymdeithasol oedolion, a’n nod yw darparu gwasanaeth rhagorol a chynhwysol i’n cleientiaid.

Mae'r gwasanaeth erbyn hyn yn dilyn model gweithio hybrid sy'n galluogi gweithwyr i weithio’n hyblyg o’u cartrefi neu mewn swyddfa, yn dibynnu ar ofynion y gwasanaeth. Mae gennym system rheoli achosion fodern, llyfrgell gyfreithiol ar-lein a thîm cymorth busnes bach.

Ynglŷn â'r Swydd
Mae cyfle wedi codi ar gyfer Cyfreithiwr Tai ac rydym yn chwilio am ymgeisydd â phrofiad perthnasol i ymuno â Thîm Ymgyfreitha’r Cyngor. Mae'r tîm brwdfrydig a hynod broffesiynol hwn yn chwilio am unigolyn sydd â phrofiad a diddordeb yng ngwaith tîm ymgyfreitha Llywodraeth Leol.

Bydd y swydd yn cynnwys delio â gwaith meddiant tai, gwaharddiadau ymddygiad gwrthgymdeithasol, achosion tresmasu, amddiffyn hawliadau atgyweirio, a chyngor o ddydd i ddydd ar ymholiadau tai cleientiaid, ond bydd hefyd yn cynnwys y gallu i gymryd rhan mewn meysydd gwaith eraill sy'n ymwneud ag ymgyfreitha, yn amodol ar brofiad yr ymgeisydd, diddordebau gyrfa, a gallu llwyth gwaith.

Yr hyn rydym yn ei ddisgwyl gennych chi
Bydd angen i’r ymgeisydd llwyddiannus fod wedi’i dderbyn fel cyfreithiwr neu ei alw i’r bar a rhaid iddo allu gweithio’n rhan o dîm.

Disgwyliwn i’r unigolyn a benodir gymryd cyfrifoldeb personol am sicrhau rhagoriaeth, gweithio gydag eraill i gyflawni’r canlyniadau gorau posib, ymateb yn gadarnhaol i newid a chyfleoedd newydd er mwyn manteisio i'r eithaf ar yr adnoddau sydd ar gael a meddwl a gweithredu gyda golwg ar hyrwyddo buddiannau’r Cyngor.

Gwybodaeth Ychwanegol
Mae gennym system rheoli achosion fodern, llyfrgell gyfreithiol ar-lein a thîm cymorth busnes bach.

Er bod y rôl yn heriol, mae ein polisïau gweithio hyblyg yn sicrhau cydbwysedd iach rhwng bywyd a gwaith. Mae polisi Amser Hyblyg y Cyngor yn berthnasol i'r swydd ac mae patrymau gweithio hyblyg ar gael, yn amodol ar ddiwallu anghenion ein cleientiaid ac ystyried trefniadau gwaith aelodau'r tîm presennol. Byddai angen i'r ymgeisydd llwyddiannus allu teithio ar fyr rybudd yn unol â gofynion y swydd hon.

Mae'r swydd hon yn addas i'w rhannu ar yr amod bod gweithiwr / ymgeisydd cymwys arall sydd â phrofiad addas yn dymuno ei rhannu.

I gael sgwrs anffurfiol, ar ôl darllen y disgrifiad swydd a’r fanyleb person, e-bostiwch eich manylion cyswllt i heather.iqbal-rayner@caerdydd.gov.uk

Oherwydd y trefniadau gwaith dros dro presennol, ni allwn ddarparu pecynnau recriwtio na derbyn ffurflenni cais drwy'r post.

Rydym yn deall y gallech ddefnyddio deallusrwydd artiffisial ac adnoddau eraill ar gyfer eich cais; fodd bynnag, gwnewch yn siŵr bod yr holl wybodaeth yr ydych yn ei chyflwyno yn ffeithiol gywir, yn onest, yn wreiddiol ac nad yw'n cynnwys syniadau neu waith nad yw’n eiddo i chi.

Closing date: 4 January 2026

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