The Team

The multi award-winning City of Wolverhampton Council is seeking an enthusiastic Solicitor/Barrister to join our dynamic and hardworking Social Care and Education Legal team.  

This permanent position is an ideal opportunity for an individual who is looking to advance their career and join a thriving and supportive organisation with genuine opportunities for career growth in local government. 

The legal department is Lexcel accredited, is ahead of the game when it comes to legal excellence and our Commercial Property Team was recently awarded LLG Legal Team of the Year 2025. Working for us offers the opportunity to excel as an individual and as part of a team.

There's never been a better time to join us when we are at an exciting stage of transformation for the organisation and the City. Recent developments have made the City a place where people want to come to work, shop, study, enjoy its vibrancy and use its excellent transport links.

What the role offers you

We offer a wide range of benefits including competitive salaries, generous annual leave entitlement, excellent pension scheme, a dedicated and modernised office space, hybrid working amongst many more.

Based within the legal department, you will:

• Provide legal advice and representation to our children services and education department. 
• Manage your own varied caseload including but not limited to:
  • Public law children matters relating to care and placement order proceedings, fostering and adoption, and general children’s social care matters including non-school education prosecutions and general education matters 
• Advise senior officers within the local authority; and
• Be actively involved in client care and business development

What we are looking for from you

The successful candidate will be a solicitor/barrister (equivalent legal qualifications will be considered) with at least 4 years of experience in childcare law. 

Local government experience is an advantage although not essential and applications from private practice are welcomed. 

Please see the job description and person specification for more information. 

If you are interested in applying and require further information on this position, please contact Saroj Bangard on 01902 554922 or email saroj.bangard@wolverhampton.gov.uk

Closing date: 20 July 2025

Interviews are scheduled to take place week commencing 28 July 2025

For full details of the responsibilities and requirements of this role please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Our working arrangements

All council roles are allocated to either a fixed, field or flexible work style. Some roles are agile which enable and empower employees to maximise their performance and productivity, whilst maintaining a healthy work life balance.  Roles with a fixed workstyle work in a fixed permanent council location.  Roles with a field workstyle are usually allocated where employees are required to be out working in the community with a minimum requirement for 'touch down' space at any council location. Roles with a flexible workstyle have a flexible base location to meet the needs of the business and employees can work from a mixture of home or any council office, partner/client, or external location, as required to meet service requirements.

Please refer to the Job Description for further information on the workstyle assigned to the role you are applying for.

For more information about working for our organisation including the culture of the Council, the Council plan and vision, staff equality forums, core HR policies and much more please click here.

Closing date: 20 July 2025

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