Job summary
Working in a team with Head of Legal � Investment and another senior solicitor you will be given a rare opportunity to develop your career, grow your expertise and undertake professional development with roles and projects that will put you at the heart of the housing sector.
Job description
The purpose of this role is to provide a proactive, professional legal service to Homes England in relation to a mixed caseload of transactional and governance advice relating to:
- Development finance supporting SME developers and new entrants and infrastructure finance of loans up to �250m to support developers, master developers and landowners in unlocking strategic housing sites - bi-lateral/syndicated loans and lending alliances;�
- Joint venture and equity arrangements
- Risk (legal, commercial, and financial) and mitigation strategies to maximise investment recovery
- Supporting projects as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
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You should enjoy working in the transaction environment either directly offering advice or instructing external solicitors to ensure Homes England accesses the best advice and will be expected to be comfortable working with bank debt and secured lending.��
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From day one, you�ll be encouraged, challenged, supported, stretched and listened to.� You�ll take ownership of projects to develop your skills and work with multi-disciplined teams where your advice matters and directly helps enable us to address the current housing market issues and help deliver the Agency�s mission to increase the delivery of new homes.��
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This is a rare chance to be part of a fast growing, national organisation with real social purpose.
Person specification
As well as being able to draw on substantial legal experience advising on Corporate, Corporate Finance� and/or commercial law including banking,� restructuring and company law you�ll need real energy, be highly motivated and able to demonstrate your ability to work and succeed in an ever-changing and fast-paced environment.�
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You will be curious, adaptable, collaborative and commercially aware. Strong intellectual and analytical skills are important too and we will support you to develop your legal expertise making this role a particularly rare opportunity to have a blended commercial and public sector legal practice.
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A positive attitude when faced with transaction-based challenges and problem solving will be essential qualities.� Above all a proven and continuing commitment to offering high quality transactional experience will be essential.�
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Delivering on a mission as bold as ours isn�t always easy. You will be resilient and comfortable managing stakeholders at a senior level and your discussions will always be shaped by a good understanding of the commercial and operational impact of what we do as a legal team. You will enjoy working in an innovative, fun and engaging way and be able to negotiate and persuade.
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As an experienced legal professional you�ll understand how to manage colleagues and be able to demonstrate you can work with others as part of a team in a collaborative, inclusive way.
Benefits
Homes England is an executive non-departmental public body with its own terms and conditions, benefits and pension scheme. We are a government agency working in partnership with the private sector and want to employ and retain great people. In return we offer a range of excellent benefits, some of the key benefits include:
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Holiday - Homes England offers all staff 33 days annual leave per year in addition to 8 statutory bank holidays.
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Working Flexibly - At Homes England we have a strong culture of flexible working and encourage all employees to have a healthy work/life balance. We offer a wide range of potential working patterns, including part time, job share and compressed hours.
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Health and Wellbeing - We offer health screening with Nuffield Proactive Health Clinics, a free Employee Assistance Programme which offers confidential support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week as well as access to Occupational Health.
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Professional Development - At Homes England we are committed to your continued professional and personal development with learning as one of our core values. We pay for one job-related professional membership subscription per year for our employees.
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We also offer an excellent range of family friendly benefits, for example, maternity, paternity, shared parental leave.