We are seeking a qualified solicitor, barrister or chartered legal executive with experience in providing advice on complex commercial transactions.

Join our dynamic, motivated, and forward-thinking legal service which offers real job satisfaction. You’ll work within a friendly and supportive team environment where your professional development will be nurtured and appreciated. We are integral to delivery of the local authority services, supporting the delivery of services to some of the most vulnerable residents in our city, as well as supporting capital projects and programmes.  This is an exciting opportunity to provide commercially focused legal advice and act as lead lawyer on a range of challenging matters.

With a focus on work/life balance and personal wellbeing, we offer flexible working, including home working with dedicated legal support. This is your chance to make a difference and join an expanding team of friendly and experienced lawyers, with a wide and varied caseload.

This is a career graded post (LG Band 9 – LG Band 11). Appointment to a level will depend on the outcome of the selection process and experience of the successful candidate. Dependent on availability of work/vacancy at a higher level, progress will be by satisfactory performance, agreed at annual Appraisals and through on-going supervision.

What you’ll be doing
You’ll provide and secure high-quality legal services for the Council and other agreed public bodies. Managing your own caseload of commercial, contract and general local government law matters, you’ll work on a wide range of projects, including the regeneration projects in the city centre. With your learned coaching skills, you’ll support junior members of the team to assist with their development and learning. You’ll support the Head of Law to ensure the provision of quality, client focussed and cost-effective legal services. Using your expertise, you’ll provide solutions focused commercial law advice and support to the Council and other public bodies.

What you’ll need
You’ll have significant experience in providing commercial and contract law advice.  As a problem solver, who is commercially aware, you’ll provide solutions focused commercial law advice and support to the Council and other public bodies. Using strong communication skills, you’ll build and manage relationships with clients carrying through assigned tasks and matters to conclusion. Pragmatic in your advice, talented, and proactive, you’ll work effectively with client departments and the team.

What we can offer you
As a team with an established reputation for staff development and in an environment with a varied workload and a chance to gain experience you will have opportunity for self-development. You’ll enjoy generous annual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and flexible working. In addition, you can choose from a number of flexible benefits, including childcare vouchers, discounts on city buses and trains and help with relocation to Leicester, where appropriate. For an illustrative value of your benefits package, take a look at our benefits calculator.

Join us
We’re committed to recruiting a diverse and highly talented workforce as we continue to build a council that is fitting and representative of our great city. That’s why we’ve designed our recruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you. We’ll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with your application, take a look at the ‘our approach to recruitment’ page.

For a chat about this post, please feel free to contact Seema Patel, Principal Lawyer, via email to seema.patel@leicester.gov.uk.

Closing date: 17 November 2024
Assessment/interview will take place on Monday 25th November 2024

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