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Senior Lawyer (Contracts and Procurement)
Job Posted: 2 days ago
Salary: £ 50 - 60 / Hour
Job Type: Contract Temporary
Location: Newham, London
Expire in: a month
Job Description
Client
Local Authority in Newham
Job Title
Senior Lawyer (Contracts and Procurement)
Pay Rate
£50-£60 an hour UMBRELLA
Hours
36 Hours a week(Mon-Fri) 9AM-5PM
Duration
Initial 3 month Contract
Location
Hybrid working-will be office based in Newham Dockside
Description
Job Purpose:
To support the Principal Lawyer and Legal Services management team in the provision of strategic, high level legal advice to the Councils, Members and Officers, and support the provision of legal solutions in Contracts and Procurement and related areas to enable the Councils to progress with corporate goals.
To lead and manage a team in a shared back office support service. The team will include lawyers, legal officers and support staff, and the Senior Lawyer will support the Team Leader in the delivery of a portfolio of high quality, solution focused legal work in more than one discipline and across multiple sites, to customers in different organisations.
To support the Principal Lawyer in meeting the strategic aims of the Legal Services department.
To build positive relationships with customers, assisting the Principal Lawyer in the role as relationship manager, and developing and marketing new and innovative solutions
To support the Principal Lawyer in developing ways of maximising and improving income generation and ,identifying savingsSpecific Responsibilities:
To pick up casework arising in their respective teams during peak times or where additional resources are required to meet demand, and if requested to do so by the Principal Lawyer provide support to other teams
To support complex strategic projects across multi-functional teams, assisting to ensure that an innovative and commercial solutions focus is adopted across projects.
To support the Principal Lawyer in ensuring that the Councils, clients, and members are kept abreast of the law as necessary, and to determine the effect of new legislation, advising on developments as necessary
To have responsibility for a team of up to 10 lawyers and support staff, potentially working across legal disciplines and working over multiple sites
To carry out advocacy when necessary on own caseload, and not to instruct external support except in accordance with agreed procedures
To attend meetings of the Councils as required to provide legal and governance advice.Experience:
· People management including, motivation, performance and capability
· Leadership in the provision of functions within the Shared Service
· Service improvement, maximising efficiency and new delivery models for the functions within the shared service
· Managing and delivering transformational change in Legal Services
· An understanding of the workings of local government and the challenges being set by the new local government agenda along with the financial, legal and political context of local government.
· The ability to contribute towards setting the strategic direction of Legal Services, supporting the senior management team to develop the overarching strategy for the service and the necessary supporting plans for delivery, with and through partners.
· Knowledge of local government powers and duties and at least one of the following areas of law, civil litigation, Contracts and Procurement & contract, planning, development.
· Contracts and Procurement and related areas
· A qualified solicitor or barrister holding a practicing certificate.
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