# Employment Lawyer

**Company**: Camden Council
**Location**: London
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: temporary
**Salary**: £57,416 - £65,532
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Government & Public Sector

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## Description

Join Camden's dynamic Legal Services team as an Employment Lawyer, playing a critical role in breaking down barriers while embracing a risk-aware approach. You will engage with senior officers and Members to offer high-quality legal services, focusing on social justice. Your responsibilities will include:

- Collaborating closely with various service directorates to ensure efficient delivery of Council priorities

- Managing a personal caseload of high-profile and complex cases

- Providing trusted advice, advocacy, and problem-solving as a contributor to Camden's vision of innovative, responsive legal solutions

To be successful in this role, you will:

- Be qualified to practice in England and Wales as a Solicitor, Barrister, or Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives

- Possess a robust understanding of local government law and hands-on experience in preparing cases and drafting legal documents

- Have excellent demonstrable detailed knowledge of employment law and procedure in various courts and tribunals

- Have significant recent experience of effectively managing a busy caseload of employment litigation matters and advising on employment law, preferably in relation to local authorities and schools

In return, Camden offers a range of benefits, including:

- Flexible working arrangements

- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

- Family leave and loan schemes

- Access to an incredible pensions scheme

- Opportunities to join staff networks

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities.

## Skills

### Required
- local government law
- employment law
- litigation management
- legal document drafting

### Nice to have
- experience in local authorities and schools

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