Lawyer - Commercial Contracts

Job description

Directorate: Chief Executives
Hours: 37 Hours a week
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: The Council House/Hybrid Working

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Commercial Contracts Lawyer to join Derby City Council’s legal team.
Candidates should have qualified as a solicitor, barrister or legal executive and possess recent, relevant experience in all aspects of contract law, have a commercial outlook in their work and a good knowledge of procurement (particularly the Procurement Act 2023), coupled with excellent communication and interpersonal skills. The ideal candidate will be able to hit the ground running.
The role involves:
• negotiating, drafting and reviewing a wide variety of contract documents
• advising upon a range of related non-contentious contract, commercial and procurement issues
• providing support to a variety of corporate procurement activities
• reviewing and advising on terms issued within formal tender processes

We provide:
• competitive, equal pay with annual increments and increases
• interesting work and good colleague support
• access to the Local Government pension scheme
• work life balance (flexible working and the option of working from home for part of the week)
• 27 days annual leave plus public holidays, rising (after 5 years’ service) to 32 days plus public holidays.
• the option of applying to purchase additional annual leave.
• access to funded training up to the equivalent of a master’s degree.
To discuss the position call Paul McMahon ) or Olu Idowu ).

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