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Solicitor (Operations)

Location: Alfreton

Agile working style: Agile Worker

Salary: £43,920 - £56,073

Contract: Permanent

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Closing date: 9th March, 2025

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Join us and make a vital contribution to the safety of our communities.

As a Solicitor for the East Midlands Police Legal Services you’ll be working with a dynamic team, working together at the forefront of public protection, making a vital contribution to the safety of the community. Whilst the role is based at Alfreton it is an agile position with minimal office working. 

Providing legal advice and representation, you will handle a caseload and work as part of a team of lawyers representing the police in the East Midlands in relation to all matters in which the Chief Constable is a party and/or is a stakeholder.

We offer full support and training to achieve your potential and develop your existing skillset to assist in an exciting and diverse area of work:

  • Work as part of a dedicated team of advocates in a uniquely varied, specialist legal role.
  • Regular Court advocacy to enhance and strengthen professional experience.
  • Contribute to shaping a vital and ever-growing role in protecting the public.

Specific Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Regular Court based advocacy, mainly based in the regional Magistrates’ Courts.
  • Carry a legal case load providing advice and advocacy as required.
  • Provide legal advice at various levels within our client Police Forces as required.

What’s in it for you

At Derbyshire Constabulary, we want to create an environment that puts people first, so you feel supported in everything you do. We have a range of reward and benefits available to all our employees.

What’s next

Please click APPLY to complete your application, telling us how you meet the criteria for this role.

To support you with your application we have provided some application guidance and our recruitment process.

Who we are

At Derbyshire Constabulary, policing isn’t just patrolling the streets. Just as important as our uniformed officers is our dedicated team of professional support staff working behind the scenes. It’s these skilled people, people like you who contribute to the policing of Derbyshire.

To understand how you can make Derbyshire safer together visit our careers website.

We value diversity and inclusion and encourage applications from underrepresented and neurodiverse backgrounds, so that we can truly reflect the communities that we serve in.

Agile Working Style

Agile Worker

Generally office based, can work from other force sites or from home on an occasional or regular basis.

Police Stations

Derbyshire Constabulary
Butterley Hall
Ripley
Derby
DE5 3RS

Working for the constabulary

Policing in Derbyshire takes more than 3,500 people in a wide range of roles. Around half of these are police officers, but we also have a variety of police staff. From police community support officers to police staff and volunteers, we all play an equally important role in protecting the people of Derbyshire.

It’s a vibrant, challenging and rewarding place to work and we’re committed to equality and diversity. We aim to create a constabulary that truly reflects the communities we serve. As part of this, we promote Positive Action. This means when you apply to join us, as well as assessing you on merit, we’ll look at your application according to our need and in line with current legislation to actively encourage a more diverse workforce.