About The Role
Role: Property Lawyer
Location: Civic Centre, West Paddock, South Ribble
Contract: Full time (36.25 hours per week) / Permanent
Salary: £45,091 - £46,142
Closing Date: 18 November 2025
Shape local communities through property law, join our shared Legal Services team
Are you an experienced property lawyer looking to make a meaningful impact in local government? Join our forward-thinking Shared Legal Services team, where you'll provide expert legal advice on commercial property matters across two local authorities. This is a fantastic opportunity to work on high-profile projects that support regeneration, asset management, and good governance.
If you're passionate about public service and thrive in a collaborative environment, we’d love to hear from you.
What you’ll be getting up to
* Delivering high-quality legal services across two councils, with a focus on commercial property
* Advising officers and members on landlord and tenant matters, acquisitions, disposals, and general property matters
* Drafting and negotiating complex property agreements and documentation
* Supporting major regeneration and development projects
* Preparing and advising on reports for Cabinet, Committees, and senior officers
* Promoting legal compliance and good governance in property transactions
* Collaborating with colleagues to ensure the effective operation of Legal Services
Who we’re looking for
* A qualified legal professional (LPC, ILEX or equivalent) with a degree
* Substantial experience in commercial property law, particularly landlord and tenant matters
* Additional experience in litigation or planning law is desirable
* Strong drafting and negotiation skills
* Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities
* A proactive team player who takes initiative and responsibility
Our Benefits
* 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (and Christmas shutdown)
* Hybrid/agile working from day one
* Local Government pension
* Healthcare Cash Plan for cash back on health treatments
* Cashback website access for savings on brands you love
* Volunteering days
* Free parking
* Car allowance
Many of our colleagues work flexibly for us. We’re always open to conversations around different working arrangements. If you’re interested in part-time, compressed hours or any other working arrangement, please get in touch with us through the “Contact Us” form on our careers website.
About Us
At South Ribble Council, our mission is to provide a first-class service and improve the quality of life for our communities. Our staff are our greatest resource in helping us achieve this. They’re at the heart of everything we do and are crucial to the delivery of excellent services.
Working Together
We share a number of our services with Chorley Council. This allows for improved resilience across both councils and provides numerous benefits to our operations. Whilst some staff and back-end processes are shared between the Councils, both Councils still retain sovereignty and have separate strategies and corporate plans.
Additional information
Applicants are advised to apply early. We reserve the right to close a vacancy prior to the closing date.
Equal Opportunities
We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect. We are committed to the elimination of unfair and unlawful discrimination and prejudice in all our policies, procedures, and practices.
We’re committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and accessible to everyone. This includes making adjustments for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the recruitment process, please contact us via the Contact Us page on our website.
If you are disabled or your last employer was the armed forces, and you meet all the essential criteria of a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.
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