Principal Solicitor

The Council are looking to recruit a Principal Solicitor to join its already experienced team within Legal Services and in return you can expect a rewarding career with an organisation that offers a range of attractive benefits and a friendly, flexible, and supportive work environment You will provide management oversight of a small team and will undertake a wide variety of legal work with particular focus on Contracts and Procurement, and provide a quality and comprehensive legal service to officers, elected Members and other partners.

We are looking for someone who will be fundamental in meeting the Legal Team's vision which is to support the Council in acting lawfully and with high standards of governance to achieve its corporate objectives for the local community. We are looking for someone with enthusiasm and is a team player who can contribute to the wider delivery of the Council's corporate plan.,

• The ideal candidate will have previous experience within Contracts (reviewing drafting and amending a range of commercial contracts, IT contracts, goods and services, framework agreements, consultancy agreements, funding agreements and public procurement).
• Experience with commercial property matters such as acquisitions, sales, commercial leases.
• In addition, you will manage a small legal team, this is the perfect opportunity for someone looking to take the next step in their career.
• The successful candidate will need to be a qualified Solicitor/Barrister/FILEX with a current Practising Certificate.
The ideal candidate would be:
• Able to support the Head of Legal (Deputy Monitoring Officer) in developing and delivering the corporate vision, value and priorities of the Council.
• Have the ability to communicate effectively both written and verbal with officers internally, and externally with courts, barristers, professional bodies, stakeholders and members of the public is essential.
• Self-motivated with an ability to handle a large and varied complex caseload.
• Ability to adapt to changing demands and remain solution focussed and provide sound legal advice
• Have resilience, enthusiasm, personal diplomacy and self-motivation.
• Someone who represents our GREAT values and behaviours, Disability Confident
About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.

As a Broxtowe Borough Council employee you can enjoy many benefits including a generous pension fund and leave scheme, loyalty awards and family friendly policies to help you balance your work and family life, as well as discounts and offers as part of our employee benefits scheme. You can read more about these at www.broxtowe.gov.uk/jobs