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Senior Lawyer - Regeneration & Property Team

Job LocationGreater Manchester
EducationNot Mentioned
SalaryCompetitive salary
IndustryNot Mentioned
Functional AreaNot Mentioned
Job TypePermanent , full-time

Job Description

Interim Senior Lawyer - Regeneration & Property Team Reference no:Greenwich RQ1040622 Pay Rate:£20.98 per hour PAYE 37 Monday – Friday, normal working hoursThis opening assignment is for 6 monthsCity:GREENWICH, LONDON To undertake an extensive caseload of complex legal work in the legal practice areas covered by Regeneration & Procurement Team. Managers up to 3 staffKey Responsibilities:

  • Undertake an extensive caseload of complex legal work as a senior member of the Team providing high level advice services to Elected Members (including Committees), senior managers, staff and external clients in accordance with legal/professional standardsand in a way that reflects the Greenwich Legal Services values.
  • Appear on behalf of the Council and other external clients at the Magistrates’ Court, County Court, Tribunals and Inquiries as required and to instruct Counsel to appear in Higher Court matters.
  • Provide legal advice to Elected Members (including Committees), senior managers, staff and external clients on a range of complex matters in the areas covered by the Team which have substantial implications for the Council and require a consistently highdegree of support, persuasion and awareness of the Council’s major policy objectives.
  • Represent and act on behalf of the Council where directed by the Assistant Head of Legal Services.
  • Advise Elected Members and senior managers on the legal implications of transformation and development projects in the service areas covered by the team which have extensive policy or service implications in order to improve customer outcomes or meet mediumterm financial strategy targets.
  • Lead and manage staff in the Team and be responsible for the allocation of work as directed by the Assistant Head of Legal Services.
  • Provide legal supervision to less senior fee earners in the Team as appropriate and work closely with Legal Support Officers to supervise the administrative support they provide on legal transactions.
  • Keep abreast of legal developments in the legal practice area of the team and help to ensure that the Team operates in accordance with modern good practice, legal/regulatory requirements and authority policies/procedures.
  • Promote the work of Legal Services and to improve and maintain understanding of legal procedures by providing training, seminars and guidance notes in the field legal practice area of the team to Elected Members and clients. To also promote the work ofGreenwich Legal Services externally, to the benefit of the Council, clients and staff.
  • Ensure that recruitment, training, development, appraisal, performance, workload allocation, supervision, quality assurance, risk and other management activities for the staff under the post holder’s management are carried out in accordance with authoritypolicy/procedures
NB: Please feel free to apply to us direct via by quoting the job reference and job title exactly.To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible,rather than as a PDFIf you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we onlywork on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity. #J-18808-Ljbffr

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