Corporate Governance Lawyer

Westfield Secondary School; England; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Westfield Secondary School seeks a Corporate Governance (Housing) Lawyer to join its legal team in the United Kingdom. You will be a solicitor, barrister, or FCILEX with full practising rights and bring experience in corporate governance and local government law, including housing and education matters.

You will manage a busy caseload, provide authoritative advice to council officers and members, and work under pressure to meet deadlines in a supportive, team-driven environment.

Qualifications

• Qualified solicitor, barrister, or FCILEX with full practising and advocacy rights.
• Experience in Corporate Governance and Local Government law, including Housing and Education.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Manage own caseload including complex governance, constitutional and housing law.
• Provide authoritative advice to Councils Officers and Members, ensuring decisions are lawful.

Skills

Corporate Governance

Local Government Law

Housing Law

Education Law

Education

Qualified solicitor/barrister/FCILEX with practising rights

Job description

Corporate Governance (Housing) Lawyer

Are you a qualified solicitor, barrister, or chartered legal executive with full practising and advocacy rights who has experience in Corporate Governance and Local Government (including Housing) law? Are you enthusiastic, flexible and enjoy teamwork? If so, we have a fantastic permanent opportunity as a Corporate Governance (Housing) Lawyer, and in addition we can offer some fantastic benefits:

The Governance and Regulatory team is part of a busy legal department serving the fourth largest city in the country. The team enjoys a varied and stimulating caseload which helps our client departments including Housing, achieve their key objectives fairly balancing the needs of both the Council and its service users.

We are looking to recruit a lawyer, who is has experience of Corporate Governance and Local Government law to include but not limited to decision making and statutory powers, policy and procedure and on the law and practice relating to Housing and Education, who is enthusiastic and hardworking.

We are looking for someone who will have the energy and ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines in order to help us provide a vital service for our clients.

We are open to applicants from either the private or public sector. If you want to put your experience and enthusiasm into practice as part of a hardworking, friendly and supportive team, then this is an excellent opportunity for you.

You will need to show initiative, but you will also be a key player in a team which is achieving good results and is highly regarded by the client departments.

The Successful Candidate will

• Manage their own caseload, which will include complex and interesting areas of Governance, constitutional and housing law.
• Be responsible for providing authoritative advice to the Councils Officers and Members, ensuring that decisions are lawful.

For The Role, You Would Need To Have

• Recognised Legal qualification (Solicitor, Barrister or FCILEX with full practising and advocacy rights).
• Technical knowledge in all aspects of corporate governance and local government law to include but not limited to decision making and statutory powers, policy and procedure and on the law and practice relating to Housing and education
• Understanding of legal case management systems and process knowledge.