Job Introduction
Salary: Band 8, £35,235 to £37,937 per annum
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time (37 hours per week, core office hours with a minimum two days per week in the office)
Closing date: Sunday 2 March 2025, 23:59
The Service:
Portsmouth Legal Services is a friendly hardworking and dedicated team of approximately 40 lawyers and assistant staff who provide commercial and litigation support to the Council departments. We are committed to ensuring an excellent service in all aspects of our work.
Your New Role:
You will draft a range of legal documents related to all areas of work including but not limited to leases, transfers, HMLR documentation, agreements for lease, and general property-related work. You will work closely with instructing clients ranging from Housing to Property and the like. You will provide quality advice and support to departments of the Council, conduct legal research, and assist with progressing cases through to completion.
Please read the job profile for the full details of this role.
What you'll need to succeed:
You have a Level 6 qualification (bachelor's degree or equivalent) in any subject - law (single or combined honours) is preferred, but other qualifications would be considered. You can carry out legal research and are interested in developing inter-disciplinary legal skills. You are organised with excellent attention to detail and are a good communicator at all levels. You can draft legal documents (with support) and correspondence to a professional standard. You can take a comprehensive and inclusive approach to your work with others within your team and legal services, with a consistent, supportive, respectful, proactive and flexible attitude to supporting your colleagues.
Whilst legal practice experience within the property world is desirable, all applicants are encouraged to apply. This role would suit someone with experience working within a solicitor's office or HMLR, or those within an embedded knowledge of administrative functions looking for a fresh challenge, a training opportunity and a team structure.
Please read the job profile for the full details of this role.
You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.
Additional Information:
The full job profile is attached below.
Contact Details for an Informal Discussion:
Peter Baulf, City Solicitor and Monitoring Officer, peter.baulf@portsmouthcc.gov.uk, 023 92 834 041
A commitment to our values:
We are committed to our values of respect, integrity, collaboration, inclusivity and being people-focussed. These values set out how we can contribute to the success of the council and our own success as individuals. Learn more about our values and behaviours.
Application process:
How to complete your application: Support for applicants - Careers portal
We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society.
Click on the 'Apply' button to register or log into your applicant account, complete our profile builder, and enter your personal statement. In your personal statement, please detail why you feel you are suitable for the role using the 'Who is the Person' section of the job profile.
If you apply without a detailed personal statement, it is unlikely that your application will be successful.
We will email applicants from time to time; please ensure you check e-mail folders as sometimes our e-mails may go into spam/junk folders.
Please note that we may shortlist as we receive applications, so this advert may close earlier than the given date.
We look forward to speaking with you soon. Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk or call the recruitment team on 02392 616 800.
Why come to live and work in Portsmouth?
Portsmouth is a great waterfront city and a vibrant place to live and work. It is an island city with an “inner city” feel, a seaside location packed with attractions and events, and the advantage of fantastic countryside on its doorstep. With fast road and rail links to London, Brighton and major airports, and ferry links to Europe, it is the perfect place to live and work. Portsmouth has a strong history of partnership working and has successfully integrated several local services.
What we can offer you:
Portsmouth City Council is a unique organisation, committed to making a difference, and is guided by core values that set who we are as people, what we stand for, and how we act.
Read more about working at Portsmouth City Council and our benefits on our careers portal homepage: Careers Portal - Find jobs with Portsmouth City Council
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