Solicitor/Legal Executive

About this job

PERMANENT: 37 Hours per week
SALARY: £44,428 to £47,420 (Pay award pending)
LOCATION: Tiverton

Are you a lawyer who would welcome being part of a small and friendly legal team?

Do you enjoy dealing with a varied and challenging workload? 

Do you relish researching quirky points of law in response to professional client queries and making things happen?

Do you enjoy sharing your knowledge with colleagues as part of a drive to secure continuous improvement in your team’s service to in-house clients? 

If you do and have the enthusiasm to be part of:

• a forward thinking Council;
• a legal service which has no billing targets and encourages a work-life balance; and
• a professional legal team which supports all of the Council’s departments and members.

This is the job for you! 

If you are successful in your application, we can offer you the opportunity to work in a hybrid manner (with some office work when needed) on full or part time hours of work.

At Mid Devon District Council, our benefits include:

• Competitive rate of pay
• Flexible Working Hours scheme
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Generous annual leave entitlements
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted leisure memberships
• Free parking at site
• A flexible benefits scheme including access to a discount shopping (online and high street) and events
• Excellent training and development opportunities

Relocation assistance could be considered for this role.

To find out more

To find out more about this role please contact Deborah Sharpley on 01884 234303.

For full details please read the Job Description and Person Specification - DL02 - Solicitor/Legal Executive.

The Job Description refers to the level of competencies required for this post. For an explanation of what this means, please see Core Competencies.

A satisfactory basic disclosure check and three years complete employment history will be requested in the event of you being offered the position.

Unfortunately we are unable to sponsor skilled worker visas at this time. For more information on pre-employment checks, please review the documents found here.

How to apply

Please download and complete our Job Application Form and send to Opportunities@middevon.gov.uk. Alternatively, print and send by post to:

People Services
Mid Devon District Council
Phoenix House
Phoenix Lane
Tiverton, Devon
EX16 6PP

Please remember to quote the following post and vacancy numbers:

MDDC reserves the right to close this vacancy early. We therefore encourage early applications.

We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer of first choice reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups.  We are keen to make our interviews accessible. Let us know on your job application if you have a disability and need any reasonable adjustments.

We're committed to Equality of Opportunity and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

If we've not contacted you within two weeks of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. 

Thank you for showing an interest in this vacancy and we wish you every success with your on-going job search.