At a Glance
- Tasks: Provide legal advice on commercial contracts and procurement in a dynamic local government setting.
- Company: Brighton and Hove City Council, an award-winning team by the sea.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible working, generous leave, and a supportive work environment.
- Other info: Join a diverse team committed to inclusivity and employee wellbeing.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on exciting projects while developing your legal career.
- Qualifications: Qualified barrister, solicitor, or legal executive with relevant experience.
The predicted salary is between 39862 - 51356 £ per year.
Are you a talented barrister, solicitor or legal executive (qualified in England and Wales) who is interested in commercial contracts and procurement work in a local government setting? Come and join our award-winning Legal Services team by the sea!
You will have a real impact providing legal solution-focused advice and guidance relating to commercial contracts and at all stages of the procurement process and managing your own varied caseload of contracts and procurement work. Our team works on many exciting projects. Examples of work we have carried out recently include:
- Acting on a contract to enable the City to host last year’s Women’s Rugby World Cup tournament.
- Providing commercial law support to a range of historic building restoration projects.
- Acting on construction projects for new social housing regeneration schemes.
- Acting on a contract for a city-wide EV chargers scheme.
- Contracts for a flood and coastal risk management scheme.
We are looking to recruit a qualified lawyer with relevant contracts and procurement experience to support this area of work, working as part of a supportive and dynamic Contracts and Procurement team. Excellent client care, communication skills, a positive attitude and a willingness to develop in the role are essential.
The Council is an existing Unitary Authority and the Legal Services team is recognised by Lexcel as an excellent, well-led service. We have had many award successes, including winning the 2024 LLG Legal Team of the year.
We can offer you a comprehensive benefits package including flexible working arrangements, a local government pension, minimum 26 days (pro rata) annual leave (plus bank holidays) and employee discount benefits.
We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration.
We take diversity and inclusivity seriously and are looking to build a service which reflects the community which we represent. We are committed to attracting, retaining and developing our employees. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates.
Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it’s what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds.
As a Council, we want to be connected, confident, innovative and creative, diverse and inclusive, healthy and psychologically safe.
For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit our website which gives details of our wellbeing support, our benefits including leave and pensions as well as details of our training and development.
Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only. Please note that this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and is subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Check.
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