What’s involved with this role: Interim Property Solicitor - Legal ServicesReference no: Newcastle Pay Rate:£22.51 per hour PAYE37 Monday – Friday, normal working hoursThis opening assignment is for 3-4 monthsCity: SANDYFORDMostly WFH but potential need to attend Court hearings in person too.Key Responsibilities: *To provide timely, accurate legal advice to Directorates, Committees and Elected Members . 

*Draft legal documentation, correspondence and reports. 

*Advocate before the Courts, Inquiries and Tribunals as required 

*Undertake high level commercial conveyancing work 

*Participate in corporate or directorate projects, assignments or initiatives as required. 

*Contribute to the development of corporate policy and strategy. 

*Support the professional development of staff through coaching and mentoring as appropriate. 

*Develop and maintain positive and collaborative working relationships with Members, Executive Directors, Directors, Heads of Service and relevant directorate staff as required. 

*Liaise with external professional staff regarding discrete areas of work as required. 

Key requirements: *Admitted solicitor/barrister

*Knowledge of housing management & ASB law

*Recent experience working in housing law or disrepair claims specifically

*Experience in the use of ICT (familiar with Word, Outlook and legal research websites)

*Presentation skills

*Ability to communicate effectively (in writing and orally) with a diverse range of people

*Ability to advise officers and councillors

*Ability to draft relevant legal documents -notices, statements, draft orders etc. 

Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.Clients are generally looking for candidates who are local to, orwho can commute easily to the place of work.  It will help your application if your CV states,  in broad terms,  where you reside – there is no need for a full address.Please feel free to apply to us directly via by quoting the job reference and exact job title.If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pay terms. We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles.Please note that clients invariably ask us to strip out contact details from CVs before we submit them for consideration. This is always quicker and easier to do if you send your CV to us in Word format, rather than as a PDF please