Job Description

Job Category: Legal
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Senior Legal Officer | 8818 | Permanent Contract | 37 hours per week | 37,280 - 39,152 per annum | I Scale | County Hall
We are looking for a Senior Legal Officer in the Planning Team to work primarily within our Traffic Regulation Orders Team with the potential for other work in other areas of planning and highways law where required.
NPLAW is a public sector shared legal service with a wealth of experience gained through many years of advising our clients in local government, the public sector, charities and schools. We provide a wide range of legal services, delivered by specialist lawyers who understand the local government context. Working for the benefit of the public is at the heart of our culture, and we're looking for a Senior Legal Officer to help us deliver our broad portfolio of services.
As a Senior Legal Officer at NPLAW, you'll be responsible for assisting with the provision of legal services to clients. This will mean undertaking straightforward transactions and casework, attending meetings, and drafting documentation and working closely with Solicitors and Lawyers on cases,
As a Senior Legal Officer, you will be involved with more complex transactions that require a good understanding of law and related procedures, and you'll be expected to operate with a high degree of autonomy. You'll also be involved in training and providing guidance for Legal Officers and will be able to contribute ideas that will help improve the NPLAW offering as a whole. You will also deal directly with clients, ensuring a high degree of customer service at all times. You'll have a brilliant opportunity to learn and develop your skills and experience, with the support of a talented team around you, and a structured approach to long term career development
To be considered for the Senior Legal Officer role, you'll need to have a legal qualification or significant demonstrable experience working in a legal environment. You will need a good knowledge of the law relating to Traffic Regulation Orders, first class communication and organisational skills, and a desire to learn and progress your career.
We know we're asking for a lot, but in return we think we have a lot to offer. This role offers variety in what you do, challenging and high-impact cases to work on, and the opportunity to work for the benefit of the wider public along with the opportunity to progress your career within an award-winning legal service, where you will learn from some talented and experienced professionals. Then there's the working environment at NPLAW, where we put work life balance at the forefront and offer flexible, smarter working arrangements, all underpinned by leading edge technology. Our employees' well-being is a really high priority for us, and we have trained mental health first aiders and an employee helpline and counselling service to support our staff.
These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:

• Competitive salary
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
• Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working - dependant on your job role and business need.
• Financial benefits such as:

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for Fire Service and Social Care Workers * Relocation expenses (where applicable)

• An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
• Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants' pensions.
• Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes
• Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility)
• A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job

If you would like an informal discussion of the role please contact Jennifer Batten at
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We would like to make you aware that priority consideration for this post may be given to current employees who are at risk due to restructure within the organisation or are in a redeployment position.
Redeployment closing date: 3rd of September at 23:59
All other applicants closing date: 14th September 2025 at 23:59
Interviews will take place week commencing 22nd September 2025 at 23:59

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