Lawyer
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Job Title: Lawyers
Salary: £50,108 to £67,781 plus £2,623 location allowance.
Location: Holborn
Do you have what it takes to join the UK’s leading in-house police legal team?
The Metropolitan Police Service is proud of the role it plays in policing London, a diverse and vibrant capital city with a growing population. The Met is anchored in the communities it serves but with national and international reach.
The Team
Working in a growing team of over 130, alongside around 50 qualified lawyers and with the support of paralegals and administrative colleagues, you will provide high quality legal services to more than 40,000 officers and staff. The Directorate of Legal Services (DLS) has been acting for the Commissioner on legal matters since 1935 in an advisory capacity and through representation at courts, tribunals and several high profile public inquiries. The team ensures the cost effective provision of all legal services to the Met, the largest police service in the UK and one of the most trusted in the world. We need top lawyers to help us achieve our aims.
The Role
DLS advises on a range of matters including high profile investigations, civil litigation (including malfeasance and personal injury), public law challenges, inquests and inquires, employment law, discrimination, information law, commercial and procurement law, family law and operational policing matters including advice on counter-terrorism. In this key role, you’ll need to analyse information critically, provide effective written and oral advice, organise a complex workload and work collaboratively with a variety of colleagues and other stakeholders in a publicly accountable environment. It’s more important that you have the aptitude, ambition and potential to thrive in this environment rather than any particular previous experience of policing.
The Candidate
We are looking for able lawyers with a “can-do” attitude who enjoy a fast paced environment and working as part of a team. With an ability to carry a varied and heavy caseload you will be a qualified solicitor, barrister or Chartered Legal Executive Lawyer in England and Wales who has completed a training contract, pupillage (or has been exempted from this by the Law Society or Bar Council) or has qualified through the CILEx route.
We have a particular need for lawyers with knowledge of employment law and also lawyers with knowledge of personal injury work and would welcome applications from suitably experienced candidates.
Being highly organised, working with minimum supervision and the ability to meet tight deadlines are crucial for this role. You should also bring sound judgement and analytical skills.
In return you can expect a rewarding career in the country’s biggest in-house police team. The Met recognises the importance of work/life balance and offers a range of attractive benefits plus a friendly and supportive work environment.
To apply, please visit our website to download a role-specific information pack and click on the link to complete and submit the online application form. You will also be required to submit a detailed CV and a personal statement outlining your suitability for the role (no more than 500 words) You must include details of your SRA number and the date you were admitted to the Law Society or Bar membership number and Year of Call or membership number and date granted Fellowship of CILEx, as appropriate.
If you would like further details please contact Ms Alpa Patel at alpa.patel@met.police.uk
Completed applications must be submitted by 23.55pm on 4th February 2020.
We view diversity as fundamental to our success. To tackle today’s complex policing challenges, we need a workforce made up from all of London’s communities. Applications from across the community are therefore essential.
As a Disability Confident Committed Employer the Met have committed to ensuring that disabled people and those with long term health conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations.
Essential Criteria:
- Be a qualified solicitor, barrister or Chartered Legal Executive Lawyer in England and Wales who has completed a training contract, pupillage (or has been exempted from this by the Law Society or Bar Council) or has qualified through the CILEx route.
- Be able to critically analyse information, provide effective written and oral advice, organise a complex workload and work collaboratively with a variety of colleagues and other stakeholders in a publicly accountable environment
- Demonstrate a can do attitude and have excellent oral and written skills, as well as the ability to work effectively under pressure and meet tight deadlines. Sound judgement and analytical skills are critical, as is the ability to work in a team environment
Disability Confident Statement
The Met is committed to being an inclusive employer with a diverse and representative workforce at all levels. We encourage applications from people from the widest possible range of backgrounds, cultures and experiences. We particularly welcome applications from ethnic minority groups and females.
As a Disability Confident employer, the Met has committed to making disability equality part of our everyday practice. We ensure that people with disabilities and those with long term health conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations. If you consider yourself to have access, workplace or reasonable adjustment requirements that need to be accommodated, we ask that you include this information within your application form. All matters will be treated in strict confidence and will not affect any recruitment decisions.
Read our full disability confidence statement.
This opportunity is closed to applications.