Director of Joint Legal Services
- Employer
- West Midlands Police
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- Salary
- £79,977 - £89,175
- Closing date
- 1 May 2018
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- Practice area
- Civil liberties and human rights, Competition/EU, Crime
- Contract type
- Locum/Contract
- Hours
- Full time
- PQE
- 3 years, 4 years, 5 years, 6 years, 7 years+
- Position
- Barrister, Solicitor
- Sector
- Public sector/Charities
Job Details
Director of Joint Legal Services
(12 month Secondment/Fixed Term Contract)
Ref: 1800008W
Salary: £79,977 - £89,175
Description
Are you a solicitor or barrister interesting in leading legal services across two police forces?
If so, we welcome your application to join us as Director of Joint Legal Services on a 12 month secondment/fixed term basis.
We have a history of handling cases of national interest and importance and can offer a unique opportunity to a lawyer of the right calibre. This is a unique opportunity for you to join us as Director of Joint Legal Services for both West Midlands Police (WMP) and Staffordshire Police and the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Staffordshire. You’ll provide critical legal advice to Chief Constables of both forces and will lead, support, and develop our Joint Legal Services. Our current Director is on a period of extended leave and so the opportunity is available either as a fixed term contract or on a secondment from your existing role.
You’ll need to be a qualified solicitor/barrister with substantial post qualification experience, and be an expert in UK and European legislation, case law, codes of practice and their application. Our ideal candidate will also have knowledge and understanding of policing legislation and relevant rules. It goes without saying that you’ll need experience of leading a team, and you’ll have an innovative and flexible approach.
Please note that closing date to apply is 1 May 2018 (midnight).
The assessment process for this role will include a telephone interview and competency based interview. We anticipate this will be carried out on:
•Telephone interviews: 3/4 May 2018.
•Competency based interview: w/c 7 May 2018.
If you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Louisa Rolfe, the Deputy Chief Constable at West Midlands Police. You can contact her by sending her an email on Louisa Rolfe l.rolfe@west-midlands.pnn.police.uk
Alternatively, you can contact Sanja Williams, WMP HR Business Partner on sanja.williams@west-midlands.pnn.police.uk
Qualifications
You’ll need to be a qualified solicitor/barrister with substantial post qualification experience, and be an expert in UK and European legislation, case law, codes of practice and their application. Our ideal candidate will also have knowledge and understanding of policing legislation and relevant rules. It goes without saying that you’ll need experience of leading a team, and you’ll have an innovative and flexible approach.
Closing date: 1 May 2018.
Company
About West Midlands Police
West Midlands Police is the second largest police force in the country, covering an area of 348 square miles and serving a population of almost 2.9 million.
The region sits at the very heart of the country and covers the three major centres of Birmingham, Coventry and Wolverhampton. It also includes the busy and thriving districts of Sandwell, Walsall, Solihull and Dudley. Leisure, retail and conference amenities, together with Premiership and Championship football teams, attract millions of visitors annually.
The force deals with more than 2,000 emergency calls for help every day, as well as patrolling the streets and responding to incidents 24-hours-a-day, seven days a week.
Why Join Us
We are West Midlands Police. We work in partnership to make communities safer. At the heart of everything we do, we always see the person needing help.
We’re available around the clock online, by phone and in person for the 2.9 million people we serve and the millions of others who visit or travel through the region every year. Our 12,500-strong team are supported by thousands of volunteers including Street Watch members whose patrols help to keep their neighbourhoods safe.
Together we’ve got a tough job, and some of our greatest achievements are the ones which never hit the headlines. It’s the peace that returns to a once troubled street, the criminal whose life we helped to turn around and the child who can sleep at night without fear of abuse.
Even though we’re the second largest police force in the UK, little things which make a difference happen every day in West Midlands Police. We achieve this thanks to a strong set of shared values that unite us all and because we know that everything we do has the potential to change people’s lives.
We have big ambitions for our future. We all have a role to play delivering our strategy that is built on three key elements:
• Providing a service that works for local people
• Building engaged communities
• Being an employer of choice
Every single one of us knows that working for West Midlands Police is not just a job. We know that this work matters.
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