About the role Hours: 37 Mon- Fri, some meetings outside of regular hours may be required To cover maternity leave for a permanent member of staff Salary: up to 42,708 (dependent on experience). The pay award for 2025 is currently pending. Are you a legal 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. Bury Legal Services plays a vital role in supporting the Council's vision for the borough, and we are looking for a Lawyer to join our Economies and Environment Team, to cover maternity leave for one of permanent team members for a period of up to twelve months, and contribute to delivering high quality legal services to our several client departments. What you'll be doing As a Lawyer, you will lead upon and manage a variety of property matters alongside some planning and highways matters. Your experience of property transactions including sales, purchases and commercial leases whilst prioritising a full personal caseload of legal matters within these areas of law will put you in good stead for success in this temporary role. At Bury Council, we are advocates of developing our teams, especially in terms of apprenticeships, and you will be helping supervise junior members of the team in these roles. We are an organisation that looks to promote collaborative working styles. What our clients say about us I find that staff members are approachable, knowledgeable and I feel that I have a good working relationship and I value their continued support. In my experience, our legal services are extremely professional, well managed and work tirelessly to sort things out. They never lose sight of the important issues for their clients and always give the right advice I think our legal team are fabulous and wonderful. What you'll need To be successful in this role, you will need to have: A strong track record of success in a legal role. Knowledge of property law and experience in property transactions, including sales, purchases and commercial leases. Strong organisational skills and attention to detail. The ability to build and maintain relationships with a wide range of stakeholders. Excellent communication and presentation skills. What we offer Generous Pension Scheme. Generous annual Leave, including additional days for Volunteering as well as the option to purchase extra leave. Flexible and agile working arrangements. Supportive and inclusive environment. Proud Living Wage employer. Variety of discounts and benefit schemes. 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 To hear about the benefits for working with Bury Council, please visit A good employer | greater jobs 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 We hope you will be encouraged to apply. For more information, please contact Kathryn Foulkes at k.e.foulkes@bury.gov.uk or via telephone 0161-253-5116 or Ruth Whittingham at r.whittingham@bury.gov.uk or telephone 0161-253-5219. Interviews to take place 22nd and 23rd July 2025.