Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a planning and highways lawyer to join our excellent legal services team at Cheshire West and Chester Council on a permanent contract. This role is in the Planning and Highways team which provides legal and professional support to the Council in all areas of planning and highways law.

Organisation

Cheshire West and Chester Council

Location

Ellesmere Port

Job Category

Legal and Governance

Grade

CWAC NJC - Grade 11

Salary Min

48,072 per annum

Salary Max

54,992 per annum

Hours per week

37

Weeks per year

52.143

Employment Type

Permanent

Closing Date

14/09/2025

Ref No

W4138

Documents

Cheshire West and Chester Council is a place where everyone can Thrive - through our core values of Teamwork, Honesty, Respect, Innovation, Value for Money and Empowerment.



The successful candidate will be a solicitor, barrister or fellow legal executive with a minimum of 3-years pqe, and will be able to provide accurate, practical and timely legal advice with minimum supervision.



The main duties will be: providing mainly planning and highways legal advice in relation to the authority's statutory responsibilities.



You will be primarily working from home or our offices in Ellesmere Port and we offer flexi time. We provide training to support continuing professional development.



If you have relevant experience and are a skilful, organised and enthusiastic lawyer, who thrives in working in a busy environment and being part of a team, this role may be ideal for you.



For informal discussion about this role please contact Victoria Roberts victoria.roberts@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk

Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis. We may decide to close the advert before the closing date if we have sufficient applications so please do not delay in submitting your application.

To find out more information about what it is like to work for Cheshire West and Chester Council including our rewards and benefits please see www.cwcrecruitment.co.uk



No candidate will meet every single requirement - if your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!



Cheshire West and Chester Council are committed to equality and diversity in employment. Please see the Equality Policy for more information.



Cheshire West and Chester Council have adopted a Local Living Wage for our employees which means that all employees will receive a minimum of 12.60 per hour for all contracted hours.



For any technical enquiries please email Sourcingteam@ecwip.co.uk and quote job reference number in all correspondence.