Contract to start ASAP

Duration: 12 weeks with a possible extension.

Responsibilities:

Provide comprehensive legal advice and support on the Council's property transactions, including conveyancing, commercial property matters, estate management and advice on corporate landholdings and other interests.

Where required, also advise on contracts, statutory orders and other related matters.

Working as part of a busy and friendly in-house legal team, engaging with and covering for colleagues as necessary and contributing to the achievement of Service Delivery Plan objectives.

To manage own caseload effectively, doing so under the supervision of the Principal Lawyer, ensuring that files are kept in accordance with corporate and professional standards.

Provide advice on legal risks to the Council arising from property matters and transactions handled by the team or wider organisation.

Provide advice, draft, review, update and approve documents in relation to all forms of property transactions and where necessary, commercial contract documentation.

Advise and support a very busy & commercially focused Asset Management and Property Services team in relation.

Provide advice on matters relating to common land and open space property management.

Assist with Information Governance and the Council's obligations arising from the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and Data Protection Act 2018.

Assist the Principal Lawyer, where needed, in preparing reports in connection with relevant to practice areas and cases from time to time for Council committees, sub-committees and officer and/or member working groups.

Carry out such tasks and discharge such responsibilities as may from time to time be allocated by the Principal Lawyer or the Head of Legal & Governance.

Attend committee and sub-committee meetings as and when necessary to provide legal advice.

To undertake legal research as necessary on wide ranging subject matters.

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