Posted 09/09/2024
£43,421- £47,420 per annum
The Legal Services team is a mixture of legal professionals responsible for supporting the County of Monmouthshire through the provision of a comprehensive, accurate and effective legal service to the County Council elected to represent the County.
The successful candidate will manage a caseload of Planning, Property and Highways work as well as assisting with the team’s wider caseload as required.
The successful candidate will also have the opportunity to provide appropriate training and guidance to junior colleagues in relation to Planning and Property matters.
Expectation and Outcomes of this Role:
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Our Values: Our purpose is underpinned by a clear sense of who we are as an organisation. We expect people who work with us to share a strong value set and expect that these are evident in the ways in which we work and engage with our communities.
Teamwork:
We will work with you and our partners to support and inspire everyone to get involved. We will make the best of the ideas, and resources available to make sure we do the things that most positively impact our people and places.
Openness:
We are open and honest. People have the chance to be involved and tell us what matters.
Flexibility:
We are flexible, enabling delivery of the most effective and efficient services. This means a genuine commitment to working with everyone to embrace new ways of working.
Fairness:
We provide opportunities for people and communities to thrive. We will always try to treat everyone fairly and consistently.
Kindness:
We will show kindness to all those we work with, putting the importance of relationships and the connections we have with one another at the heart of all interactions. This role will work with Monmouthshire to achieve these.
In addition:
All employees are responsible for ensuring that they act at all times in a way that is consistent with Monmouthshire’s Equal Opportunities Policy in their own area of responsibility and in their general conduct. The authority operates a Smoke Free Workplace Policy which all employees are required to abide to.
Monmouthshire County Council (or simply Monmouthshire Council) is the governing body for the Monmouthshire principal area – one of the unitary authorities of Wales. The current unitary authority was created in 1996 and covers the eastern three-fifths of the historic county of Monmouthshire. The county council is based at County Hall in the hamlet of The Rhadyr, near Usk.
Since the 2022 elections the council has been under no overall control, with Labour the largest party. The leader of the council since the 2022 elections has been Mary Ann Brocklesby of Labour. In May 2023, Green Party Councillor Ian Chandler joined the administration.
County Hall,
The Rhadyr,
Usk,
NP15 1GA
Usk Train Station 8miles
Usk Bus Station 0.3 miles / 8mins walk