Senior Lawyers (3 Full Time and 3 Part-time) in the following Practice Areas:

Contentious – equivalent of 1 full-time and 1 part-time post
Corporate Governance – equivalent of 1 full-time post
Planning – equivalent of 1 full-time and 1 part-time post
Property and Regeneration – 1 part-time post

Mid Kent Legal Services

£33,752 – £37,967 per annum plus essential car user allowance up to £1,000 and relocation expenses may be available.

Mid Kent Legal Services (MKLS) is the rapidly developing shared legal service for Maidstone, Swale and Tunbridge Wells Borough Councils. We are continuing to grow and develop our shared legal services provision.

MKLS is focused on outcomes, efficiency, excellent customer service and developing our staff. Due to the success of MKLS and increased business requirements of our three partner authorities we are expanding the team. We have a number of exciting new opportunities to take part in the delivery of our innovative One Team approach.

If you’re a customer focused team-player, qualified as a barrister, solicitor, legal executive or equivalent RFL, and would enjoy working in a busy legal office environment supporting the core business and key priorities across all three councils in the Mid Kent Improvement Partnership, then we’d really like to hear from you.

Your responsibilities as Senior Lawyers will involve:

• Dealing with a varied and complex caseload of work in the relevant practice area.
• The possibility of working across all three MKLS offices (Maidstone, Sittingbourne and Tunbridge Wells) - but we are flexible about which office would be the base for the successful candidate and some posts will see much less requirement to travel than others.
• Assisting in the development of members of your respective practice area.
• The requirement to attend courts in Mid and West Kent (if joining the Contentious practice area).

If you wish to discuss any aspects of these vacancies, prior to application, please contact:

Estelle Culligan, Deputy Head of Legal Partnership, (01622 602174) estelle.culligan@midkent.gov.uk


Benefits include a generous annual leave allowance, Council benefits package, entry to the Local Government Pension Scheme and flexible working including home-working. Our partner Councils promote policies which support work-life balance and we welcome applications from full or part-time applicants.

This post is employed by Swale Borough Council; if you need further information or would like to apply please visit our website at www.swale.gov.uk. Please indicate within your application which Practice Area you wish to apply for.

Closing Date: Midnight on Sunday 15th May, 2016
Interview Date: Between Tuesday 24th and Thursday 26th May, 2016