What’s involved with this role: Interim Housing Lawyer – Legal Services Bristol 5260368 Candidates must be able to travel to Bristol when required but this role is mainly remote.Key Requirements: *Qualification to practice as a Solicitor, Barrister or FCILEx.
*Demonstrate ability to undertake advocacy and negotiations.
*Demonstrate knowledge of local government law and the law in relation to the practice area.
*Have a working knowledge of business and teamworking applications, for example Microsoft 365 or equivalent.

This role is for a lawyer to work on defending Housing Disrepair claims made against the Council. The lawyer will work in a small team dedicated to this area of work. Previous experience and knowledge of the area is required. This role may involve advocacy but will involve robustly defending a high volume of claims, liaising with client departments and Counsel.

Key Responsibilities: *Provide legal advice and representation to the organisation and external customers.
*Be responsible for court cases within their area of specialism.
*Undertake advocacy, representation and advice in courts, tribunals, committees and panels.
*Keep legal knowledge up to date, to carry out legal research and maintain a thorough knowledge of existing and new legislation in relation to practice area.
*Provide support and assistance to legal officers in the Litigation Regulatory and Community Team.
*Provide training to the legal services division, council officers and customers within their area of specialism.
*Assist the specialist lawyer in managing the relationship with the service area relevant to their area of practice.
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, or who 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 direct 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