Prosecutions & Community Safety Lawyer

Description

Directorate- Governance & Law

Location – Hove

Salary – £39,862 – £51,356 plus £8,000 Market Supplement

Permanent – 37 hours

Closing Date – Apply by 21/08/2025

Interviews – Commencing

Job Reference – orbis/TP/303802/45403

Job introduction

Are you looking for an exciting and challenging new opportunity in Legal Services?

Do you have strong advocacy skills, negotiation skills and client relation skills?

Would you like to deliver a variety of litigation and prosecution work in a professional and friendly legal team?

If so, we would like to hear from you.

Our dynamic and innovative Local Authority legal team are seeking a talented barrister, solicitor or legal executive (qualified in England and Wales) with advocacy experience.

For an informal discussion, please contact simon.court@brighton-hove.gov.uk or carol.haynes@brighton-hove.gov.uk

Interview dates: Wednesday 10 and Thursday 11 September 2025

Permanent Role: Full Time 37 hours per week

About the role

Closing date:  23:59 on Thursday 21^st August 2025

Interview date: Wednesday 10 and Thursday 11 September 2025

About the role

The successful candidate will need to be flexible and be able to undertake duties including drafting simple legal / transactional documents, reporting to and communicating with clients, recording information and documentation within the case management software and databases, legal research (including the use of AI) as well as general administrative duties.

We believe in supporting staff to achieve their goals whether in terms of work life balance or career achievement.

Please read our Apply for a job at the council pages carefully. They give you all the guidance you need to complete your application as well as information on what will happen after you’ve submitted your application and at interview.

As part of your application, you will need to upload your CV and a supporting statement. Your supporting statement is the most important part of your application as it will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview. Before you start your application, please read our guidance here (CV guidance) and Supporting statement guidance as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process.

Additional information

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.

Please note this post is subject to DBS and SRA checks.

We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration. These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining.

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