Senior Regulatory Lawyer
Office of the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Birmingham • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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💰 £59,697 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Advise & provide representation (including advocacy where required) in relation to legal proceedings and hearings before the relevant courts & tribunals.
- Operate at a strategic level, supporting the Principal Solicitor in providing leadership & direction to a team of lawyers and support staff within Joint Legal Services.
- Support the Principal Lawyer in accountability for budget spend and/or the financial oversight and accountability for their team, including delegation for settlement of claims and authorisation of expenditure on external costs.
- Support the strategic objectives of Joint Legal Services by leading upon delivery of objectives whilst identifying and managing any relevant risk.
- Provide timely legal advice, legal support and representation for both West Midlands Police and Staffordshire Police regarding operational matters and a wide range of other issues affecting the forces.
- Work with external legal services (including Counsel) where necessary in the most cost-effective manner.
- Identify and manage risk whilst ensuring that performance management of the team is adhered to.
- Allocation & delegation of work to the team.
- Work collaboratively with a variety of clients, colleagues and other stakeholders.
- Carry a complex case load providing advice & advocacy as required & draft legal documents.
- To carry out any other duties commensurate with the purpose and grading of the post that may from time to time be determined
Requirements
- You must be a qualified, practicing solicitor, barrister or chartered legal executive and must hold a valid Practicing Certificate for England and Wales with significant PQE experience.
- You will have knowledge and experience of handling a complex case load and high-profile legal work with minimal supervision.
- In the role of Senior Lawyer, you will have the ability to advise at a senior level in the organisation demonstrating your strong leadership skills and the ability to show others.
- Your team will excel from your coaching and mentoring skills. As a clear and effective communicator with strong interpersonal skills, you will have the ability to work with a wide range of personnel across the two Forces and be able to demonstrate experience of advising on a range of complex police related matters.
- With capability as an advocate before the Courts, you will have strong analytical skills & judgement, first rate drafting skills, and be able to demonstrate sound and balanced judgement with good attention to detail.
- Having significant knowledge and understanding of police law, you will have the ability to work under pressure, excel at meeting tight deadlines and have strong file management skills.
- Being tactically aware, you will also be able to evidence prior experience of providing legal advice to senior figures in an organisation and have a constructive approach to problem solving.
- In addition, you will be able to work autonomously or as part of a team, and capable of taking on new areas of work with minimal supervision.
- You will also be able to deal with sensitive and confidential information whilst ensuring that you have a flexible, innovative and proactive approach to your work.
- As a Senior Lawyer, you will have excellent negotiation skills and interpersonal skills which will excel your creditability to work with Senior clients and influence others.
- Previous experience of leadership working within a public-sector in-house team and/or experience in the following areas is desirable.
- Police discipline/misconduct
- Inquests/coronial process
- Public Order
- Other Regulatory work
Benefits
- Fair remuneration with progression opportunities, and access to a very competitive pension scheme
- Enhanced annual leave in additional to public holiday entitlements
- Discounts across travel, parking, daily costs of living and leisure activities
- A comprehensive wellbeing package including 24/7 support, free eye tests and flu jabs
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
legal adviceadvocacycase managementdrafting legal documentsfinancial oversightrisk managementnegotiationpolice lawpublic order lawregulatory compliance
Soft skills
leadershipcoachingmentoringcommunicationinterpersonal skillsanalytical skillsjudgementattention to detailproblem solvingteamwork
Certifications
Practicing Certificate for England and Walesqualified solicitorbarristerchartered legal executive