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About the role

Do you want a values-centred career that transforms local people’s lives every day? Our Lawyers are a crucial part of our in-house legal team and will provide high quality legal advice, supporting council directorates and corporate services with proactive legal advice and collaborative working to meet our customer and community needs.

With our new structure, our roles are career graded which will allow you to develop and progress your career with Oxfordshire County Council.

We’re looking for enthusiastic and motivated lawyers to join our Contracts & Conveyancing Team.

You will provide legal advice and guidance on a wide range of commercial contracts (including construction contracts) and procurement related matters (including those subject to the Procurement Act 2023).

We are looking for a candidate who displays professionalism, excellent communication, is able to adapt to the needs of the client and work under pressure, whilst remaining positive and solutions focused. We are looking for an enthusiastic team player, interested in building positive relationships within the team and client departments, who is also confident, independent and is comfortable recognising and managing corporate risk.

This is an exciting opportunity to join an established, friendly and supportive team.

About us

Together, we’re the moment makers and we’re focussed on making every day the best it can be for our residents. Whatever you do here, you’ll look around and say, “I make a difference”, because we’re all creating lasting change to people’s lives in Oxfordshire.

It’s not a job – it’s a passion and together, we’re shaping legal services for the future. Every day, our colleagues are helping to transform the lives of the residents of Oxfordshire by supporting them to live the lives they want to live.

Oxfordshire County Council’s legal service is on an exciting journey of transformation and re-shaping. We’ve re-designed and created a brand-new legal team structure to ensure our legal services can deliver for the future, now.

Our new structure has multiple entry routes, clear career progression and career graded pay so you can make the most of your career and development, whilst working for the common good of our communities.

Everyday you’ll be challenged in a new way, supported by your team, in an organisation that is free thinking, flexible, and helps people achieve their ambitions.

Our residents are at the heart of everything we do and our approach to supporting them must be as diverse as they are. We’re not afraid to do things differently and our dynamic culture means this is a place where new ideas are embraced, and innovation thrives.

We believe that together, our differences make us stronger, and that diversity is the foundation for innovation. Here, you can create a unique career for yourself – while raising the bar for the future of UK legal services, together.

Legal Services at Oxfordshire County Council provides key legal and corporate governance advice to all service areas of the council. There are four main legal teams: (1) Environment (2) Adult Social Care, and Litigation (3) Children and Families and (4) Contracts and Conveyancing.

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About you

You’re free-thinking and brave, and that sets you apart. You’ll be supportive and energised; you don’t accept the norm if it can be done better - finding answers through exploration and courage.

Newly qualified Solicitor/ NQ CILEX Lawyer / NQ Barrister or qualified solicitor/CILEX lawyer/barrister.

Solicitor/CILEX Lawyer/barrister who can match Solicitor 1 core competencies (Legal Services Core Competency Framework).

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