Lawyer - Commercial Contracts

Derby City Council; Derby; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Commercial Contracts Lawyer to join Derby City Council's legal team. This full-time position involves negotiating and drafting contracts, advising on procurement issues, and provides comprehensive benefits including flexible working and access to funded training. The ideal candidate will have relevant experience, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work independently.

Benefits

Access to Local Government pension scheme

Flexible working and option of working from home

27 days annual leave plus public holidays

Funded training up to master's degree

Qualifications

• Recent experience in contract law necessary.
• Good knowledge of procurement and the Procurement Act 2023.
• Ability to work independently and hit the ground running.

Responsibilities

• Negotiating, drafting, and reviewing various contract documents.
• Advising on non-contentious contract and procurement issues.
• Supporting corporate procurement activities.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Contract negotiation

Education

Qualified solicitor, barrister or legal executive

Job description

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Job details

Job title Lawyer - Commercial Contracts Job reference 000011043 Date posted 30/04/2025 Application closing date Blank Working Pattern Full time Salary Grade L £48,710 - £51,802 a year Contractual hours 37 Basis Full time Job category/type Legal Attachments Blank 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 (01332 643585) or Olu Idowu (01332 643615).

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Next Steps

If you would like to apply for this vacancy, please submit an application via the Derby City Council website

Please note that there is currently no closing date for this vacancy, applications will be reviewed regularly.

We reserve the right to close the advert once sufficient applications have been received.

Important Information
Links to the full Job Description and Person Specification are below.

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Remember to align your personal statement to the essential criteria in the Person Specification.

Please be aware that where there are colleagues within the organisation who are 'at risk' of redundancy, requirements to redeploy to another suitable role will apply and take priority.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference. As many of our roles can now be home-based, we are able to offer more opportunities for people who need this facility.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you are a disabled person, you have the choice to apply under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme so long as you demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements for the job.

We feel it is essential that we recruit a talented workforce that is as diverse as the community we work for.

Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview, or onboarding process and we’ll do all we can to help. We strongly believe in social understanding of disability and for us it’s all about removing barriers to equality.

If you have any questions regarding this vacancy or are having difficulty applying, please contact our Recruitment Team on 01332 640844 (Relay UK - 18001 01332 640 844) or at [e-mail]

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Please see Job Description here

Please see Person Specification here