Lead Solicitor - Litigation & Licensing

Stirling Council

Stirling

Stirling Council is an ambitious council seeking to take advantage of the area’s unrivalled location and rapid growth to provide opportunities and services for all its citizens and to encourage sustainable business and community development.

Every day the Council provides a wide range of services essential to enhancing the life of people living in or visiting the area. The Council wants to ensure that the old and young are cared for; to provide support for those in need; to educate our young people; to care for our environment and enhance cultural and sporting opportunities for all. It wants to drive inclusive economic growth, culture and tourism for the area.

The Council is committed to ensuring that the delivery of quality services is at the heart of its communities. The Council is looking for you to join the Legal Manager, the Chief Officer - Governance and the wider Governance Service to provide excellent legal services to support Stirling’s ambitions to deliver the best outcomes for its communities.

Working closely with the Legal Manager your key responsibilities will be managing the Litigation and Licensing Teams, and the provision of practical legal advice across all the Council’s service areas. You will develop and deliver responsive, customer focussed professional services, deputise for the Legal Manager, and be an integral part of the wider Governance Service Management Team.

You will be a highly effective communicator and team player, a strategic thinker, and an experienced solicitor who will have a demonstrable track record of consistent achievement in local government law. You will be able to work on your own initiative as well as with teams across the Council.

Analytical skills, astute political awareness are needed, together with a commitment to customer-focused public services. Working with colleagues across the Council and external partners, you will build and develop relationships to deliver solutions and improvements for the benefit of all of our citizens.

If would like an informal chat on the role, then please email Charlie Haggerty at haggertyc@stirling.gov.uk.

Please apply here.