Graduate Solicitor apprentice Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council

Under supervision and at a level appropriate to the role and stage of training to carry out such tasks as:

• Subject to the direction of the Team Leader, being responsible for such general and specific areas of work that may be allocated within the team.


• Developing strong and effective links within Legal Services and support services and with customers across directorates.


• Ensuring all correspondence and miscellaneous enquiries are dealt with and actioned as appropriate.


• Taking instructions from and advising Elected Members and Officers of the Council, its partners and clients on legal issues.


• Drafting and/or negotiating correspondence and legal agreements and notices.


• Liaising with clients and other third parties in writing by telephone and face to face.


• Representing and negotiating on behalf of the Council in various meetings and panels.


• Undertaking legal research tasks and providing briefings on legal issues.


• Accurately recording time worked.


• Completing the Level 7 Solicitor Apprenticeship Standard and contributing to your own training and development needs and taking opportunities made available to meet those needs.


• Conducting all work in accordance with Practice Management Standards laid down by the Law Society (Lexcel) and all other departmental and performance standards.


• Any other appropriate duties as and when required.


The training you will be getting


• Level 7 Solicitor Apprenticeship Standard


• Solicitor Qualifying Exam (SQE) 1 - Level: 7 (non-degree qualification)


• A mixture of Teams training and day release


Please note that qualification as a Solicitor requires attainment of SQE 1 and SQE 2. SQE1 is gateway competence and SQE2 will form the End point Assessment under IFATEs regulatory aligned EPA policy.

Apprentices without level 2 English and maths will need to achieve this level prior to taking the End-Point Assessment., Communication skills, IT skills, Attention to detail, Organisation skills, Problem solving skills, Administrative skills, Analytical skills, Logical, Team working, Initiative, GCSE or equivalent English (Grade Grade A-C or 4 and above) Essential
GCSE or equivalent Maths (Grade Grade A-C or 4 and above) Essential
A Level or equivalent Three and can be in any subjects (Grade C or above) Essential
Other Law degree (Grade 2.1) Essential

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council are offering the chance for a candidate to take part in a Graduate Solicitor Apprenticeship. This is a training role within a designated area of Legal Services where the graduate apprentice will work alongside colleagues to provide a comprehensive legal service to the Council, its partners and its clients., Here at Solihull Council we want to ensure that all our citizens have an equal chance to share in Solihull's success. We do this by putting our customers at the heart of everything we do. We recognise that our employees are the key factor in achieving our vision. As such, we are always on the lookout for talented individuals, who want to make a real positive difference to people's lives and can help us to continue building on our success.

You could reduce your training time, or finish your apprenticeship faster, if you have relevant prior learning or experience. This could be relevant:

• training


• qualifications, like an NVQ in a relevant field


• industry or sector experience


Apprenticeship standard

Solicitor

Level 7 (Master's degree)