Commercial Lawyer

Sellick Partnership (Legal) Limited; England; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

An established legal service team in Hertfordshire seeks a skilled Commercial Lawyer to provide essential procurement and contracts advice across various departments. Join a supportive and dynamic workplace offering a competitive salary, appealing benefits, and a chance to contribute to important legal decisions for local authorities.

Qualifications

• A solicitor, barrister or legal executive is required.
• Knowledge of public sector procurement law and commercial contracts is essential.
• Experience in a local authority legal environment is welcome.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of routine and complex matters.
• Provide advice on public procurement and commercial contracts.
• Ensure lawful decisions by client departments.

Skills

Public sector procurement law

Commercial contracts

Client care

Inter-personal communication

Negotiation skills

Education

Solicitor, Barrister or Legal Executive qualification

Experience in local authority legal environment

Job description

Commercial Lawyer

Salary: £52,138 plus £5,398 market enhancement rising to £57,652 plus £5,424 market enhancement plus a one-off Welcome Payment of £4000 (plus local government pay award pending)

Location: Hertfordshire

Working: Hybrid working

Contract: Permanent

Full time/Part time: Full time

About the Commercial Lawyer Role:

Sellick Partnership is proud to be working with an exceptional legal services team in the heart of Hertfordshire. We are seeking a Commercial Contracts and Procurement Lawyer to join the Council's Legal Services Department to provide a full procurement and contracts legal support service across Council departments.

The Council are looking to recruit new members to join its already experienced team within Legal Services and in return you can expect a rewarding career with an organisation that offers a range of attractive benefits and a friendly, flexible, and supportive work environment.

Hertfordshire Legal is a large, innovative, and vibrant legal team providing high-quality legal services to Hertfordshire County Council and a variety of other organisations, including Stevenage Borough Council, in which they operate a shared legal service.

Key Responsibilities of the Commercial Lawyer role:

• Manage your own case load of routine and more complex matters
• Provide quality practical advice and support to clients on public procurement and commercial contracts, including contract negotiation and drafting and contract disputes.
• Participate in training courses and seminars to Members, officers and others.
• Ensure that the decisions made by client departments are lawful, accord with County Council policy and achieve their aims and objectives efficiently
• Maintain an awareness of all relevant legislation, policy and regulations, investigate and advise on implications of changing legislation, case law and codes of practice and policy and provide training where necessary
• Make recommendations to the Principal Lawyer and Assistant Chief Legal Officer on improvements in practice and procedure in the Team to ensure that the Team retains pre-eminence in its practice area.

Ideal requirements for the Commercial Lawyer role include:

• A solicitor, barrister or legal executive
• Knowledge and experience of public sector procurement law
• Knowledge and experience of commercial contracts
• Demonstrable understanding of the issues facing local authorities, legal service departments and lawyers
• Ability to work collaboratively, manage and prioritise workloads to achieve Client outcomes to timescale and within budget
• Excellent client care skills and the ability to develop relationships with Client Officers and colleagues at all levels
• Excellent inter-personal, written and oral communication and negotiation skills
• Self-sufficient in the production of all documents and correspondence without the need to rely on secretarial staff
• Attention to detail and a pragmatic, flexible and commercial approach to problem solving.
• Experience of working in a local authority legal environment is welcome.

How to apply for the Commercial Lawyer role:

We encourage interested applicants to apply immediately to be considered for shortlisting. Alternatively, should you require further information or wish to discuss your suitability before applying, please contact Lewis Dainty in our Manchester office for a confidential discussion.

Sellick Partnership is proud to be an inclusive and accessible recruitment business and we support applications from candidates of all backgrounds and circumstances. Please note, our advertisements use years' experience, hourly rates, and salary levels purely as a guide and we assess applications based on the experience and skills evidenced on the CV. For information on how your personal details may be used by Sellick Partnership, please review our data processing notice on our website.