Principal Solicitor - Regulatory Services (Planning), Flexible within The Highland Council Area

Job Description

Post Title: Principal Solicitor - Regulatory Services (Planning)
Location: Flexible within The Highland Council Area – hybrid working available
Hours: 35 hpw
Duration: Permanent
Salary: £51,961.00 - £56,856.80 

Salary placing will normally be at the first point of the scale.

Contact Person: Claire McArthur Tel: 01349 868541

Job Purpose:

To be responsible for the provision, delivery and management of the Council’s in house planning legal advice. This includes:

• providing high quality legal services in line with the Council’s corporate priorities and in support of effective service delivery.
• ensuring delivery to performance targets and objectives and to meet the statutory requirements placed on the Council.

Please APPLY ONLINE. If you are unable to apply online and you wish to request an offline application pack, please contact HR Transactions, T: 01955 608279 (24 hour voicemail) quoting the post reference number above.

Please find the Job Description below.

The Highland Council understands that diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, and being fair and inclusive. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, representative of the communities we serve and particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be under-represented in our workforce.

As a disability confident employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria requirements for the post.

Shortlisted applicants will normally be contacted by email, unless otherwise stated. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.

Requirements

Scottish LLB law degree or equivalent Scottish qualification

Diploma in Legal Practice

Current Practising Certificate from the Law Society of Scotland