Reference
HUL/25/0488
Full Time Equivalent Salary (based on a 37 hour working week)
£ £39152
Occupational group
Legal Services
Job term
Full Time
Appointment type
Fixed Term
Hours
37
Division
Legal Services & Partnerships - Directorate
Closing Date
07 October 2025
Proposed Shortlisting Date
13 October 2025
Proposed Interview Date
27 October 2025
Place of work
The Guildhall, Hull HU1 2AA
For an informal discussion please contact
Bill Prest
Contact telephone
Fixed Term for 12 months due to funding.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Legal Officer to work in the Property & Commercial Team within Legal Services. You should hold or be working towards a legal qualification (CILEX or equivalent), have a law degree and suitable legal experience or be able to demonstrate that you have significant relevant experience of legal work.
You will advise and work on matters relating to contracts and grant agreements as well as commercial matters in general. The primary focus of this role will be to provide legal advice and support in relation to the Council's ambitious Bus Service Improvement Plan. You must be confident in dealing with clients, partners and external professionals.
You must be highly organised, flexible and be able to demonstrate that you are able to deal effectively with a large workload which is subject to tight deadlines. You should be an excellent communicator and a team player.
We are a friendly, busy and well supported legal team and provide a high quality and well regarded service to our users.
Interviews will be held week commencing 27th October
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Bill Prest, Team Leader on or
Please ensure that your application demonstrates how you meet the essential criteria against the person specification as listed in the job description.
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Please ensure that you complete and submit your application by midnight on the closing date.
We are committed to increasing the diversity, equity, and inclusion within our workforce to represent the people we serve and build an environment in which everyone can feel like they belong. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.
We adopt a 'name blind' approach to shortlisting. Recruiting managers will not have access to personal information, including your name and contact details, until a shortlisting decision has been made. Equality monitoring information is not accessible by recruiting managers at any stage.
We reserve the right to amend the dates associated with this advert, which may include closing the advert early where required.
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.
Fixed term vacancies are available to Hull City Council employees on a secondment basis, subject to approval from their current line manager for up to 18 months. PLEASE ENSURE YOU DISCUSS THIS OPPORTUNITY WITH YOUR MANAGER PRIOR TO APPLYING FOR THE VACANCY. For further information and guidance, please refer to the Council's Secondment policy.
Hull City Council embraces the principles of WorkSmart and this post has been identified as a suitable role. WorkSmart principles create opportunities facilitating a combination of working in the office, ad hoc homeworking, or working from various locations, therefore being flexible about where/ how you carry out your role, the specific opportunities available will be discussed at interview.