Senior Commercial Lawyer - Legal
Summary: The Senior Commercial Lawyer will provide high-quality legal services to the City Council and other clients, specializing in areas such as Child Protection, Commercial Law, and Property and Regeneration. This role involves managing a team of lawyers, advising on complex legal matters, and supporting the Head of Law in service management. The position requires a proactive approach to delivering legal solutions that align with the council's priorities and policies.
Key Responsibilities:
- Undertake a full caseload of complex legal matters within one or more specialisms.
- Provide proactive and solution-focused legal advice supporting council priorities.
- Manage and develop lawyers and team members to ensure high-quality legal services.
- Advise on public and local government law, including decision-making and public law challenges.
- Support members and formal bodies in legal matters relevant to the team's specialism.
- Assist the City Director of Law & Governance in their role as monitoring officer.
- Externally commission legal work ensuring value for money and quality representation.
- Ensure awareness of current and future law affecting the authority within the service.
- Participate in the delivery of projects and programmes in the Legal Service.
- Support the Head of Law in developing legal procedures and policies.
- Contribute to value for money and income generation efforts within the team.
- Authorize payments from an agreed expenditure budget.
- Deputize for the Head of Law as needed.
- Manage performance and development of lawyers and team members.
Key Skills:
- Extensive knowledge of public and local government law.
- Experience in managing legal teams and developing staff.
- Strong advisory skills in complex legal matters.
- Ability to provide proactive and solution-focused legal advice.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Understanding of statutory duties and corporate policies.
- Commitment to diversity and inclusion practices.
Salary (Rate): £80.00 Hourly
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: Legal
To provide high quality and solution focused legal services to the City Council, schools and other clients in one of the following teams:
- Child Protection
- Commercial Law
- Property and Regeneration
- Adult Social Care and Litigation
- Planning and Regulatory Law
To be a senior advisor and representative in an area of legal specialism including complex, high profile and sensitive matters. To be able to provide advice on other legal matters affecting local authorities. To manage and develop lawyers and other fee earners. To support the head of law and legal management team in the management of the service.
Directly Responsible For:
- Lawyers and other team members
- Trainee Lawyers allocated to the team
Directly Responsible To:
- Head of Law
Main Areas of Responsibility:
- To undertake a full caseload of complex and often sensitive legal matters within one or more specialisms of the team and dealing with complex and sensitive matters
- To provide proactive and solution focussed advice that supports the delivery of the council's priorities and policies
- To manage and develop lawyers and/or other team members within your team ensuring the delivery of high quality and cost-effective legal services
- To be able to advise on legal matters relevant to public and local government law including on executive and committee decision-making, information governance and public law challenges
- To advise members and formal member level bodies including Cabinet, Council, committees and overview and scrutiny in respect of the team's specialism and as required by the City Director and/or their Deputy Director
- To support the City Director of Law & Governance in their role as monitoring officer and in promoting the Nolan Principles in the council and escalating matters as appropriate
- To externally commission legal work for the Council where required, ensuring value for money and high-quality advice and representation is received
- To ensure the service, teams and the wider Council is aware of the current and future law and practice affecting the authority
- To participate in the delivery of projects and programmes in the Legal Service and/or corporately
- To support the Head of Law with the development of legal procedures and policies
- To support the Head of Law in the delivery of value for money and income generation in the work of the team
- To have responsibility to authorise payments from an agreed expenditure budget
- To deputise for the Head of Law in their absence or as requested
- To manage lawyers and team members ensuring their performance management and development
The job holder will embed diversity and inclusion into the team and Council's working promoting non-discriminatory practices and challenging discriminatory practices at all times
To ensure compliance with statutory duties and corporate policies and standards and ensure within team, raising non-compliance including but not limited to health and safety, information governance, financial and procurement regulations.
Full Time 35 hours per week; 1 day onsite and 4 days WFH
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