Lead Litigation Lawyer – Suffolk County Council Jobs Lowestoft

Overview

Position Title: Lead Litigation Lawyer

Company: East Suffolk Council

Location: Lowestoft, UK

Job Description

An opportunity has arisen for a qualified and forward-thinking Lead Litigation Lawyer to join our Legal Services team to lead on and provide accurate legal advice on all aspects of civil and criminal litigation and information law across both councils. You will also be required to support various corporate projects, to prepare and present reports to various stakeholders and represent the councils in court as required.

Responsibilities:

• You will ideally have experience working at a senior level in litigation, as well as an excellent track record of providing proactive, expert, timely and authoritative legal advice and support to senior leaders and key decision-makers at the highest levels.
• The ability to find effective solutions to complex and politically sensitive problems and a thorough understanding of the legal environment of local government will also be essential.
• Please note: We are open to applications from individuals considering changing their legal specialism.
• In addition, even if you don’t have quite the level of qualifications, experience and skills specified in the job description, please do apply, we would welcome the opportunity to consider your application.

Requirements:

• East Suffolk Council is a great place to work and there are lots of benefits our employees can access.
• To find out more about why we are so proud of East Suffolk Council, take a look at our video and hear why our employees think it is such a great place to work (YouTube) .