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Principal Childcare Lawyer

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Job ID:

39153

Location:

Northampton, East Midlands 
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Employment Type:

Locum

Posted:

28.04.2026

Employer type:

Local Authority

Salary:

£60 - £70 per hour

Salary Type:

per hour
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Job Description:

Principal Childcare Lawyer

Locum

East Midlands

£60 - £70 per Hour

Hybrid Working - May consider ad hoc attendance

A Principal Childcare Lawyer is required to join a local authority in the East Midlands on a locum basis. This is an exciting opportunity to join a large organisation as a principal lawyer managing a team of lawyers and paralegals.

As a principal childcare lawyer your duties will include;

  • To provide high quality, innovative, well researched and comprehensive specialist legal advice to clients.
  • To lead, direct, develop and improve the service to client organisations.
  • To manage the activities of the team to include performance, caseloads and productivity, motivation and development, recruitment and selection and appraisals.

The role will be a hybrid working arrangement in Northampton up to once a fortnight, possibly once a month.

We would be interested to hear from candidates with public sector experience.

We encourage interested applicants to apply immediately to be considered for shortlisting. Alternatively, should you require further information or wish to discuss your suitability before applying, please contact Jennifer McPhail in our Manchester office for a confidential discussion.

Sellick Partnership is proud to be an inclusive and accessible recruitment business and we support applications from candidates of all backgrounds and circumstances. Please note, our advertisements use years' experience, hourly rates, and salary levels purely as a guide and we assess applications based on the experience and skills evidenced on the CV. For information on how your personal details may be used by Sellick Partnership, please review our data processing notice on our website.

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Principal Childcare Lawyer

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Job ID:

39153

Location:

Northampton, East Midlands 
col-narrow-right   

Employment Type:

Locum

Posted:

28.04.2026

Employer type:

Local Authority

Salary:

£60 - £70 per hour

Salary Type:

per hour
col-wide   

Job Description:

Principal Childcare Lawyer

Locum

East Midlands

£60 - £70 per Hour

Hybrid Working - May consider ad hoc attendance

A Principal Childcare Lawyer is required to join a local authority in the East Midlands on a locum basis. This is an exciting opportunity to join a large organisation as a principal lawyer managing a team of lawyers and paralegals.

As a principal childcare lawyer your duties will include;

  • To provide high quality, innovative, well researched and comprehensive specialist legal advice to clients.
  • To lead, direct, develop and improve the service to client organisations.
  • To manage the activities of the team to include performance, caseloads and productivity, motivation and development, recruitment and selection and appraisals.

The role will be a hybrid working arrangement in Northampton up to once a fortnight, possibly once a month.

We would be interested to hear from candidates with public sector experience.

We encourage interested applicants to apply immediately to be considered for shortlisting. Alternatively, should you require further information or wish to discuss your suitability before applying, please contact Jennifer McPhail in our Manchester office for a confidential discussion.

Sellick Partnership is proud to be an inclusive and accessible recruitment business and we support applications from candidates of all backgrounds and circumstances. Please note, our advertisements use years' experience, hourly rates, and salary levels purely as a guide and we assess applications based on the experience and skills evidenced on the CV. For information on how your personal details may be used by Sellick Partnership, please review our data processing notice on our website.