Harborough District Council Senior Lawyers

The Role

We have recently taken the exciting decision to bring our Legal Service back in house and with two Lawyers already successfully recruited, we are now looking for two Senior Lawyers, Contracts and Procurement, and Planning, to compliment the team covering a diverse portfolio of legal work within your specialist experience. 

As a new team we will mould and develop the service that provides high-quality, customer-focused, specialist legal advice and assistance across all areas of the council.  In these client facing roles, you will have experience of providing advice on complex legal work matters to Members, Officers and other stakeholders, meeting regularly with your key clients supporting them in delivering an efficient service for our communities.

For both posts you will be required to ensure the implications of local government law are understood and complied with, including the statutory requirement within the Council.  You will draft and advise on reports for Cabinet, Council Committees and other meetings as required ensuring that all procedural and standing order requirements are complied with.  You will also have experience of the following: 

• Preparing and making reports to committees
• Experience of managing competing demands and tight deadlines
• Flexible, positive can-do approach to change and work demands
• Experience of day-to-day management of lawyers and/or administrative staff

About you

Reporting into me as Head of Legal Services, you will be responsible for your own caseloads, which will cover a wide range of diverse, complex and interesting matters.  As a qualified CILEX, Solicitor, Barrister or licensed to practice, you will be able to demonstrate previous experience of providing advice on complex legal matters to Members, Officers and other stakeholders.   

As an effective communicator with well developed negotiation, influencing and problem solving skills, you will be excited at the prospect joining our new team, helping to shape it for the future.  You will be a real team player with the flexibility, initiative and drive to not only contribute to the success of our dedicated legal team but to the council as a whole. 

I am really looking forward to building our team over the next few months and would love to hear from you and how we can build and develop an effective in house legal service supporting the council for years to come.

You will work from our beautiful offices based in the heart of Market Harborough which services the whole of the Harborough District.  We have a hybrid working approach with an expectation that you will work from the Council offices at least one to two days per week, and as you will be used to, there will be some attendance at evening committee meetings as needed.

I look forward to hearing from you and discussing your application further.

Julie Young

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