Colchester City Council
Lawyer
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Working hours: 37 hours (Part-time applications considered)
Contract type: Permanent
Colchester City Council is committed to delivering high-quality and accessible services to residents, visitors and businesses. They are a local government authority providing a diverse range of public and commercial services across Colchester, the second largest district in Essex.
The Governance team provides key services to the Council and councillors, helping to ensure that decision-making processes are lawful and that the Council complies with its legal responsibilities.
Duties of the role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a self-motivated person with a strong customer focus and excellent inter-personal and organisational skills. They will have substantial experience of successfully undertaking commercial property work. The day-to-day workload will include providing legal advice on a range of both commercial property and landlord and tenant matters. The successful candidate will be responsible for a varied and intellectually challenging caseload. A knowledge or experience of any of the following: contractual, procurement, local government law, planning, licensing, contentious and non-contentious matters would also be advantageous.
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Qualifications and skills required
You will be a qualified Solicitor, Barrister or Legal Executive (CILEX) etc., with significant experience in commercial property law.
Ideally the applicant will have 3 - 5 years post admission experience and will have worked in local government, but we also welcome applications from those who come from the private sector and work with the local government sector.
What we offer
The Council encourages all employees to maximise their potential. You will be entitled to join an attractive pension scheme and will receive a generous annual leave entitlement, including two extra company holidays during the Christmas period.
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Other benefits include:
- Flexible Working
- Gym, travel and online retail discounts
- Excellent training, development and progression opportunities
For an informal discussion about this post please contact Louise Maye, Legal Services Manager on 01206 282286.
For a copy of the job description, please click here.
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