Legal Officer

Overview

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Job details

Job title: Legal Officer

Job reference:

Date posted: 07/10/2025

Application closing date: 26/10/2025

Working pattern: Part time

Salary: Grade H £37,280 - £39,862 a year pro-rata (Actual Starting Salary £29,582 a year)

Contractual hours: 29.36

Basis: Part time

Job category/type: Legal

Attachments: Blank

Directorate: Chief Executives

Hours: 29 hours 36 minutes a week (4 Days)

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: The Council House

We are looking for a highly motivated and suitably experienced Legal Officer for this important post. As a member of our busy legal team, your main area of work will be Adult Social Care. You will be expected to hold your own caseload as well as assisting the team with theirs. We offer flexible working and the opportunity to carry a varied and stimulating caseload.

You will need to be:

• able to demonstrate experience of working in a legal office
• able to demonstrate a reasonable knowledge of adult social care law
• enthusiastic as well as being a good communicator
• able to work under pressure and on your own initiative
• be able to give clear pragmatic advice

To discuss the position please call Alison Bush on .

Who we are

Here at Derby City Council, we're dedicated to delivering nearly 250 first-class services to citizens and businesses in the heart of the Midlands. People are at the centre of all that we do, and we have an outstanding track record of recruiting and developing talented individuals by providing them with varied and fulfilling career opportunities. Find out more about what it's like to work for us.

What we Offer

You too could be part of something brilliant by becoming a colleague at Derby City Council; in addition to making a difference to the lives of people across the city, you'll also receive:

• Flexible work/life balance scheme (depending on your role)
• Hybrid working (depending on your role)
• Modern office environment (depending on your job location)
• Continued professional development opportunities & career conversations
• 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years' service), plus bank holidays (depending on contract)
• Local Government Pension Scheme (depending on contract)
• Team Derby Rewards - retail and leisure discounts
• Tusker Car Benefit Scheme
• Cycle2Work Scheme & free cycle training
• Employee Assistance Programmes & Support
• Access to our Equality Employee Networks - LGBTQ+, Disabled Employee Network & Carers and our Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Employee Support Network
• Support for colleagues who are carers

Next Steps

If you would like to apply for this vacancy, please submit an application via the Derby City Council website. The closing date for this vacancy is at midnight on Sunday 26th October. Any applications received after the closing date will not be accepted. Interviews are expected to take place w / c 10th November 2025.

Important Information

Links to the full Job Description and Person Specification are below. As part of our safer recruitment checks the successful candidate will be subject to a basic DBS check. All employees will normally be appointed to the minimum of the grade for the job. Before you complete your application form please read our guidance on filling in your application form. Remember to align your personal statement to the essential criteria in the Person Specification. Please be aware that where there are colleagues within the organisation who are 'at risk' of redundancy, requirements to redeploy to another suitable role will apply and take priority.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference. As many of our roles can now be home-based, we are able to offer more opportunities for people who need this facility. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you are a disabled person, you have the choice to apply under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme so long as you demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements for the job. We feel it is essential that we recruit a talented workforce that is as diverse as the community we work for. Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview, or onboarding process and we'll do all we can to help. We strongly believe in social understanding of disability and for us it's all about removing barriers to equality. If you have any questions regarding this vacancy or are having difficulty applying, please contact our Recruitment Team on (Relay UK - ) or at

Please see Job Description here. Please see Person Specification here. Please see DBS Code of Conduct here.