Solicitor

Job Description

Represent the Council in all litigation matters and provide legal advice and support to all Committees and to Service Units of the Council in order to assist with the promotion, delivery and integration of the key objectives in relation to those identified within the Governance Services Plan and the Community Plan.

Requirements

The duties of this post requires the successful applicant to complete a Level 2 Disclosure Scotland application. A formal offer of employment with East Ayrshire Council will only be made once satisfactory clearance has been received. Any information that is disclosed on a level 2 disclosure will require to be discussed before a formal offer of employment is made.

Responsibilities

We follow the national guidance in relation to pre-employment checks namely “Safer Recruitment Through Better Recruitment”. With regards to requests for references and in line with this guidance, during your application process you should provide details of a minimum of two appropriate and relevant references, one of which should be from your current or most recent employer. It is also a requirement that the reference from your current or most recent employer is from an appropriate senior manager and it is not a reference from a former peer operating at the same level. If you apply for this post, please add the following email address to your safe sender list to ensure that any MyJobScotland related e-mails go directly to your inbox - noreply@myjobscotland.gov.uk.

The Individual

We are looking to recruit two permanent full time solicitor posts based within East Ayrshire Council Headquarters, London Road, Kilmarnock. The hours of work are 35 hours per week to be worked: Monday - Thursday, 9.00am - 5.00pm & Friday, 9.00am - 4.00pm. The full time salary of the post is between £43,589 - £56,329 per annum which is between Grade 10 - Grade 12. The workstyle for this post is Flexible - 50% -79% of your time in an office location/ multiple work locations. You will work at your administrative base or another agreed office location between 2.5 to 4 days per week and only occasionally from home. It is the expectation that all office-based employees (with the exception of those working in schools) will work to the higher end of their allocated workstyle in terms of time spent in the office or at other work locations If you require further information please contact Craig Young at craig.young@east-ayrshire.gov.uk East Ayrshire Council is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcomes applications from all members of the community. We encourage applicants from underrepresented groups including Black and Minority Ethnic people, disabled people and LGBT people. We are also keen to decrease occupational segregation and so encourage women to apply for managerial posts and/or roles in which they are underrepresented. East Ayrshire Council is a Disability Confident employer and a Recruit with Conviction Ambassador.