Scottish Government Legal Department job descriptions, grading and salary scale information: FOI release

Information requested

1. Legal structure.

2. Legal job descriptions for all legal roles including paralegal, solicitor, senior solicitors and any managing solicitors and/or strategic solicitor posts.

3. Provide gradings and salary scales for all legal roles, including paralegal, solicitor, senior solicitor, managing solicitors and strategic solicitor posts.

Response

I enclose a copy of all of the information you requested. For questions one and two I have attached documents that answer these questions. For question 3 please see attached the following links which provides Scottish Government salary scales Financial rewards - Scottish Government Jobs and Senior careers - Scottish Government Jobs

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Attachments

• FOI 202500494430 - Information released - Annex PDF 907.5 kB

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