About the Role
Deliver high quality legal advice and services to Directorates and Corporate Services including, where appropriate, drafting and reviewing contractual documents (including construction contracts) and legal agreements, to ensure that policy is formulated, and operational decisions are taken on a sound legal basis.
Areas of advice to include, but are not limited to:
General contractual issues (such as early termination, interpretation of clauses)
Specific Council issues (such as the application of the Council s Contract Procedure Rules)
Procurement law
Tendering process and documentation (both pre-process and process problem-solving)
Grant Funding Agreements and subsidy control
Third party contract documentation
Undertake negotiations to protect and further the objectives of the Council, and where necessary, undertake litigation and advocacy in the courts, tribunals, Statutory appeals and inquiries.
Participate in project teams to ensure the achievement of the Council s objectives and the delivery of high-quality legal advice and services to client Services, Departments and where appropriate, contractors.
Identify, research and anticipate the effects on service provision of new developments in the law to ensure that clients can adopt best practice in the delivery of timely and responsive services.
Provide legal and procedural advice to Members and training to Members and client Services, Departments and where appropriate, contractors to ensure that policy and operational decisions are taken in the most beneficial and effective manner.
Experience
- Must meet at least all essential criteria within the job description
- Current Practising Certificate
- Contracts Lawyer
- We are looking for an experienced local government/public sector contracts lawyer
- with a min 3 years PQE.
- Candidates must have experience of dealing with contracts and procurements
- (including advising on contract modifications) under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 & the Procurement Act 2023, funding agreements and subsidy control law, and
- collaboration/partnership agreements.
- Ideally, you should attend the office one day a week or at least occasionally where the work demands.