Are you a Senior Contracts Lawyer with local government experience and looking for variety and challenge?
Royal Greenwich is proud to be a borough synonymous with first class modern services. A world heritage site, our communities are vibrant and diverse, and our elected members are ambitious to realise the potential of the borough whilst working within a challenging financial environment.
The job
Greenwich Legal Services is committed to being a high performing in-house legal service which plays an essential part in the achievement of the Royal Borough’s priorities and objectives for the benefit of our community.
You will join us at an exciting time as the Royal Borough continues with its on-going ambitious regeneration programme.
We are looking to recruit an experienced, skilled and dynamic Senior Contracts Lawyer with a ‘can do’ approach who will join our Planning & Procurement Team and play a vital role in the next stage of our continuous improvement journey.
Utilising skills and experience gained within a similar position, you will report to the Assistant Head of Legal Services (Planning & Procurement) and will have your own complex and varied caseload covering a wide range of procurement and contract matters, including support to the Council’s ambitious regeneration agenda and advising on Cabinet and other decision reports.
The role will involve supervising, managing and upskilling junior staff, providing legal advice and support to committees, members and senior officers, and taking any appropriate measures to ensure continued legal service delivery. You will also need to build strong rapport and work collaboratively with our colleagues across the Council.
You must be a qualified solicitor or barrister holding a current practising certificate, or FiLex.
If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you and we’re happy to discuss our range of flexible working arrangements too.
Rewards and Benefits of working for us:
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Closing Date: 10th January 2021
For an informal conversation please contact Eleanor Penn on 0208 921 5139
Proposed interview dates W/c 25th January 2021
Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date should there be a high volume of applications received.
