Highways & Planning Lawyer (Hybrid/Remote)

JobsTrackR; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

JobsTrackR is seeking a Highways & Planning Lawyer for a hybrid/remote role in Oxford. The position involves delivering high-quality legal advice to directorates and corporate services, drafting agreements, and supporting policy development.

Ideal candidates will have planning & highways experience, a current practising certificate, and local authority background, with familiarity in s106 and highway agreements. This temporary contract emphasizes prompt, robust legal service delivery.

Qualifications

• Planning & Highways experience.
• Current Practising Certificate.
• Local Authority experience.
• Drafting Planning Agreements and Highway Agreements.
• Recent experience of s106 agreements and highway agreements.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality legal advice and services to Directorates and Corporate Services, drafting documents and legal agreements.
• Undertake negotiations to protect and further objectives, and, where necessary, undertake litigation and advocacy in courts, tribunals, statutory appeals and inquiries.
• Participate in project teams to ensure delivery of high-quality legal advice to client Services and Departments.
• Identify, research and anticipate the effects of new developments in the law to ensure best practice is adopted.
• Provide legal and procedural advice to Members and training to Members and client Services to ensure informed policy/operational decisions.

Skills

Planning & Highways experience

Local Authority experience

Drafting Planning Agreements

Highway Agreements

s106 agreements

Current Practising Certificate

Job description

Highways & Planning Lawyer (Hybrid/Remote) needed in Oxford, £60ph PAYE - Reference: 481244

Will consider remote working

• Deliver high quality legal advice and services to Directorates and Corporate Services including, where appropriate, drafting documents and legal agreements, to ensure that policy is formulated, and operational decisions are taken on a sound legal basis.
• Undertake negotiations to protect and further the objectives, and, where necessary, undertake litigation and advocacy in the courts, tribunals, Statutory appeals and inquiries.
• Participate in project teams to ensure the achievement of objectives and the delivery of high-quality legal advice and services to client Services, Departments and, where appropriate, contractors.
• Identify, research and anticipate the effects on service provision of new developments in the law to ensure that clients can adopt best practice in the delivery of timely and responsive services.
• Provide legal and procedural advice to Members and training to Members and client Services, Departments and, where appropriate, contractors to ensure that policy and operational decisions are taken in the most beneficial and effective manner.

You will ideally have -

• Planning & Highways experience
• Current Practising Certificate
• Local Authority experience
• Drafting Planning Agreements and Highway Agreements
• Recent experience of s106 agreements and highway agreements,

This is a Full role on a temporary contract basis.

Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

All our roles may be subject to pre-employment checks including references so please beprepared.

Due to high volumes of CVs received we are not able to respond to all unsuccessful applications. You will always however hear from us by phone if we are able to take your CV forward to the next stage.