Principal Legal Officer

Principal Legal Officer

Salary: £32.05 p/h

Location: Belfast

Hours: 9am - 5pm, Mon - Fri / 37 hours per week

Duration: Temporary ongoing

Job Summary:

• To provide advice and representation to client departments, in particular the Department of Education, the Parole Commissioners for NI, and the Health and Safety Executive NI in litigation in the High Court and County Court, Judicial Review Court and Court of Appeal.
• To provide advice and representation in Insolvency proceedings before the Bankruptcy Master or Chancery Court.
• To work collaboratively with clients and Counsel to draft pleadings, compile affidavits and exhibit bundles, attend client consultations, advocacy as required, and generally provide a high quality litigation service to clients in line with Service Level Agreement requirements.
• To support the work of the Assistant Director as part of an agile and responsive legal team.

Essential Criteria:

• Qualified solicitor or barrister, entitled to practice in NI.
• Minimum of 3 or more years post-qualification experience.
• Have three years' professional experience of delivering a litigation service to clients.
• Have at least one year's experience of conducting insolvency proceedings.

If you are interested and available for this position, please upload your CV to the link provided or contact Ray McPhillips. [email protected] or call on 02890242824

To be shortlisted for this role all applicants MUST meet the essential criteria. Please note that these roles may be filled quickly but your CV will be kept on file for future similar roles. As there are so many applications, unsuccessful candidates may not be contacted.

Successful candidates may need to apply for an Access NI Certificate with Staffline regardless if you already have a valid certificate. It will be a cost of between £16 - £32 depending on clearance level.