Salary: £66,972 - £74,898

HB Public Law, one of the country’s leading shared local authority legal practices, has an exciting opportunity for an ambitious and enthusiastic lawyer to lead our Housing and Civil Litigation Team.

HB Public Law is an innovative and ambitious Lexcel accredited legal practice serving four local authority clients, schools and other public bodies in London and the home counties. We pride ourselves on delivering a high quality service and offer a supportive and friendly working environment with colleagues who are dedicated to public service and making a difference in local communities.

About you
This is an exceptional opportunity for you to manage and shape the Housing and Civil Litigation Team. The successful candidate will take pride in leading and delivering a high quality service both individually, and as part of a team, managing staff at various levels. The team has a varied caseload dealing with housing, civil litigation, debt recovery, and other matters.

The successful candidate will be expected to build a high-performance culture within the team and play an important role in supporting career progression and developing public sector lawyers of the future.

Duties include advising on complex matters, supporting corporate groups and senior officers, and advising elected members at committee, in a proactive and politically sensitive manner.

The successful candidate will also be expected to foster excellent working relationships amongst the team and between clients and lawyers, and be the senior point of contact for client relationships and liaison. There is also an expectation to support the wider development of HB Public Law alongside other Principal Lawyers.

The legal practice works in a hybrid fashion, and you will be expected to work from our Harrow office at least one to two days per week, and/or at client offices and court when required.

The successful candidate will have experience of local authority housing and civil litigation work and be passionate about leading the team to achieve positive outcomes.

If you would like a confidential conversation about the opportunity prior to applying, please contact Paresh Mehta on 07468 707861.

For further information please refer to the Role Profile/Selection Criteria

About us
Harrow Council is the 12th largest London borough and one of the most culturally diverse local authorities in the UK, making it a great place to live, work and visit with a range of cultures, religions and opinions that come together to produce high achieving schools and a close and friendly community. Located 10 miles from the city centre and just 13 minutes to Euston from Harrow & Wealdstone station there are great transport links via the Metropolitan Line, Watford DC Line and national rail service. It is easily accessible to the M1, M25 and A406.

Other information
Support for candidates visit: Harrow.gov.uk

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Important Note
Our staff are our greatest asset and therefore no unnecessary conditions or requirements will be applied which could have a disproportionately adverse effect on any one group. All sections of the population will have equal access to jobs. No applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment because of age, disability, gender, reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership and pregnancy or maternity unless a Genuine Occupational Qualification applies.

Harrow is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible to everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the recruitment process, or provide any information in an alternative format please contact us at resourcing@harrow.gov.uk

HARROW REDEPLOYEES WILL BE GIVEN PRIORITY CONSIDERATION

We particularly welcome female applicants, individuals under 25 years of age, those from the BAME community, LGBTQ+ applicants and disabled applicants, as they are under-represented within Harrow Council at this level. Appointment will always, however be made on merit.

For further information or to apply, please click on the 'Enquire/Apply' button below.

Closing date: Monday 28th April 2025.