Lawyer |12 months fixed term|

Job description
Lawyer - Fixed term until 30th June 2025

Salary: £50,+70, plus London Weighting Allowance of £4731, if based in Canary Wharf or Croydon)

Location: Birmingham, Canary Wharf, Cardiff, Croydon, Sale or Wakefield
• *This is a readvertised role, if you are shortlisted to the next stage and sat the technical test since 1st August, your previous test score will be used.

The IOPC’s Legal Services is headed by IOPC General Counsel and reports to the Deputy Director General Corporate Services. Our lawyers play an active and important role in all of the organisation’s work. They advise colleagues in our Operations Directorate in relation to the exercise of their powers and police misconduct decision-making. They also represent the IOPC in legal proceedings (e.g. judicial review, inquests and police misconduct proceedings). They advise colleagues in the Strategy and Impact Directorate contributing to the development of organisational policy. Much of our work is high profile and lawyers are often called upon for advice on extremely sensitive matters which are subject to intense media scrutiny.

The post holder will work closely with clients across the IOPC including senior clients such as the Director General, Deputy DG Operations and Deputy DG Corporate Services, Regional and Executive Directors and Heads of Function. You will also be expected to develop professional working relationships with solicitors acting for complainants, police forces, legally qualified chairs and individual officers and members of police staff, internal and external stakeholders at all levels but particularly with the Senior Information Risk Owner (SIRO), the Information Asset Owners (IAO’s), the IOPC Facilities Management (FM) team, the external accreditor, staff of outsourced suppliers and Home Office and CESG representatives.

The post holder will be security cleared to basic DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) before joining. Once in role, the postholder will be expected to undertake and obtain Home Office SC clearance – please note that this requires 5 years’ continuous residency in the UK.

Essential Criteria

Technical

• Qualified solicitor or barrister entitled to practice in England and Wales. A current practising certificate will need to be provided prior to the start of your employment.

Experience

• Post qualification experience in at least one relevant areas of law – these include criminal law, police law, coronial law, professional disciplinary and regulatory law, public and administrative law and human rights law.

• Experience of advising on complex issues.

• Experience of handling substantial and complex cases.

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to master new material rapidly.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

• Problem solving skills.

• Approachable and constructive.

• A good team worker but also able to work independently.

Desirable

• Experience of litigation

• Knowledge of FoI/DPA/GDPR matters Knowledge of complaints systems and handling

Package Description
• 27.5 days paid annual leave (increasing with service to 32.5 days)
• Options to carry over, buy or sell annual leave
• Civil Service pension
• Civil Service maternity leave package
• PAM employee assistance programme
• Access to Civil Service Sports Council (CSSC) membership
• Cycle to work scheme
• Opportunity to enjoy the latest home and electronics in a more affordable way provided by Vivup
• Car Leasing Scheme
• Staff networks focused on each of the protected characteristics – run for staff, by staff

Please see the IOPC recruitment website for more details.