About the role
Are you a senior professional looking for a challenging and rewarding role where you can use your skills to make a real difference? If so, we want to hear from you.
This is an exciting time to be joining Bury Council, a growing Council and an equally growing legal services team. We are undertaking a number of exciting development plans across our six townships which require input from the team which may be just what you are looking for to develop and hone your skills.
Bury Legal Services plays a vital role in supporting the Council's vision for the borough and we are looking for a senior lawyer to join our team and contribute to the delivery of a high quality legal service to our several client departments.
What you'll be doing
As a senior lawyer you will lead upon and manage a variety of complex matters, advising on all aspects of property law, with a focus on commercial property transactions but also working for clients who need residential properties to be bought in. We also advise and complete transactions for other in-house clients on all property related matters. You will be part of a wider dynamic within the Council and will have the opportunity to work collaboratively with colleagues to deliver our strategic goals to improve the borough for our residents.
We are currently developing many sites which bring a variety of instructions to ensure that the work stream is always interesting and with lots of variety.
At Bury, we are advocates of developing our teams and as a senior lawyer, you will also provide significant input to the development of our apprentices and more junior team members as we focus on developing our team to the highest standard. We are an organisation that looks to promote collaborative working styles.
The Economies and Environment Legal Team are a friendly and helpful group who are looking forward to welcoming the successful candidate.
About Bury
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare or children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.
As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way
Benefits of working for Bury Council
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We support employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements.
We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.
Next steps
For an informal chat regarding the role please contact Kathryn Foulkes at k.e.foulkes@bury.gov.uk or call on 0161 253 5116 for an informal chat about the role.
Interviews will be held on 20-21 January.