Legal Adviser (Equalities) -

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Details

Reference number

321654

Salary

£44,955 – £60,805

Job grade

Other

Falkland Islands Government Grade B

Contract type

Secondment

Length of employment

Ordinarily 4 years, but a shorter period will be considered.

Type of role

Legal Services

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time

Location

Falkland Islands

About the job

Job summary

The Falkland Islands Government is committed to a long-term programme of policy and legislative reform in the area of equalities; to ensure that the Government meets its international and Constitutional obligations. This is one of two new posts created to support effective delivery of the Programme. The focus of the Programme will be developing policies and legislation protecting against discrimination, using a phased approach. You will work closely alongside the Policy Adviser (Equalities) and will report to the Head of Legal Services.

Job description

Your main duties will involve undertaking legal research and providing legal advice, and supproting the folloiwng aspects of the Programme: project management, policy development, stakeholder and public engagement, strategy development, communication, production of legislative drafting instructions and draft legislation, and the production and execution of implementation plans for the relevant policies and legislation.

Person specification

You will be admitted as a solicitor or called as a barrister in a Commonwealth country or the Republic of Ireland. You will have at least three years’ post-qualifciation experience as a soliticor or barrister and a minimum of one year’s experience in advising on equalities or public law. You will have a high level of oral and written communication skills, in particular the ability to distil and explain complexities in non-legal language. You will be proactive, and have considerable initiative, self-motivation and the ability to work in a small team to acheive its objectives.

Benefits

Benefits include: (a) 25% gratuity (subject to satisfactory performance); (b) relocation allowance on appointment; (c) annual return flights package; (d) 41 days annual leave (inclusive of government and public holidays). The Falkland Islands also offer a favourable tax regime.

Note:
If you are a civil servant or an employee of a public body, this advertised role is not within the Civil Service or an accredited Non Departmental Public Body. As such, your continuity of service may be affected if you apply and are successful, and you should check the appropriate guidance with your HR team or line manager. This role may not include an option to apply for a Civil Service Pension, as it is outside the Civil Service.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

Closing date for applications: 17 November 2023. Provisional dates for interviews w/b 4 December 2023. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to make a presentation at interview on relevant subject.

For further information and a recruitment pack contact recruitment@sec.gov.fk Then send your application form, and covering letter outlining why you meet the requirements of the role, to: recruitment@sec.gov.fk (or apply online at www.jobs.gov.fk).

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Medical

Successful candidates will be expected to have a medical.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

UK nationals
nationals of the Republic of Ireland
nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name : Ros Cheek, Head of Legislation, Falkland Islands Government
Email : rcheek@sec.gov.fk
Telephone : (00) 500 28467

Recruitment team

Email : recruitment@sec.gov.fk

Further information

www.falklands.gov.fk/legalservices/

Follow link to apply

www.jobs.gov.fk

Attachments

231019 Legal Services additional information Opens in new window (pdf, 318kB)

231019 Overseas Advert – Legal Adviser (Equalities) Opens in new window (doc, 53kB)

231025 Legal Adviser – Equalities JD 2023 Opens in new window (pdf, 276kB)