Your role will be to provide in-house legal support to the Council in relation to commercial advice in order to support a broad range of general commercial legal work including the opportunity to work on high value strategic projects.

The ideal candidate will have local government experience and experience of advising on a variety of non-standard contracts, SLAs, grant agreements, commercial documents and arrangements in respect of local government matters. You must have the ability and willingness to assist on other areas covered by the team. It is essential that you have good interpersonal skills, are able to plan and organise your own workload with minimal supervision in a supportive environment. You must be able to work to tight court deadlines whilst fulfilling quality and service standards. You will be a strong team player, flexible, enthusiastic and committed.

You must be a qualified Solicitor / Barrister / Chartered Legal Executive.

You will give advice to Senior Managers and officers and should have excellent drafting and negotiation skills.

The ideal candidate must be motivated and enthusiastic and be a pro-active team player who is able to work as part of a small but busy team; can react positively to changing priorities and is willing to embrace new technology and ways of working as well as possessing good interpersonal skills.

Local authority experience is preferable however Rochdale Council will consider private practice and public sector candidates.

The successful candidate will be part of a team which is based in an award winning office accommodation in the town centre which has undergone multi-million pound regeneration. Agile working is available, subject to business need.

Rochdale Borough Council is a great place to work with benefits, such as:

· Parking permit available

· Flexible working hours

· Discounted Gym membership

· Staff Groups, including Gardening, Menopause Café & Crafting

· Workplace Wellbeing initiatives

· Lifestyle savings platform (Vivup)

· Professional fees reimbursed

· Free EAP for immediate family members

· Free Will writing for staff and family