Legal Services Team Property Manager

Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council; Welwyn Garden City; Hybrid; GBP 57,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Generous annual leave

Local Government Pension Scheme

Ongoing professional development

Exposure to complex legal work

Supportive Legal and Governance team

Discounts at council-owned leisure

Vibrant Welwyn Garden City office

Job summary

Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council is seeking a Solicitor or Legal Executive to lead the Property Legal Team and provide strategic legal support across high-value commercial and residential property matters. This role blends complex legal work with a balanced, flexible working pattern and a strong focus on community regeneration.

You will oversee land acquisitions, disposals, development and regeneration agreements, and tenancy matters while guiding the team and maintaining excellent client

Qualifications

• Qualified Solicitor or Legal Executive with proven property expertise.
• Experience managing complex, high-value property transactions.
• Leadership experience in supervising or mentoring others.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a busy Property Legal Team.
• Provide expert legal advice to colleagues across the Council.
• Handle a broad range of complex commercial and residential property matters.
• Support major regeneration, development and property transactions.
• Manage competing priorities while ensuring excellent client service and legal compliance.
• Contribute to the ongoing development and success of the Legal and Governance Service.

Skills

Property leadership

High-value property transactions

Legal leadership

Education

Qualified Solicitor or Legal Executive

Job description

£56,868 - £60,374 per annum (inclusive of Outer Fringe Allowance)

37 hours per week (hybrid)

Permanent contract

Lead High-Profile Property Work That Shapes Communities

Are you an experienced property lawyer looking for a role where your expertise will directly influence major regeneration projects and the future development of a thriving borough?

At Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council, we are seeking an exceptional Solicitor or Legal Executive to lead our Property Legal Team and provide strategic legal support across a diverse portfolio of high-value commercial and residential property matters.

This is an outstanding opportunity to combine complex, intellectually stimulating legal work with genuine work-life balance, flexible working and the opportunity to make a visible difference to local communities.

What We Offer

At Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council, we recognise that talented lawyers are looking for more than just an interesting caseload.

• Flexible working to support work-life balance.
• Generous annual leave entitlement.
• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme, a valuable defined benefit pension scheme. To view the calculator see pension calculator
• Ongoing professional development and training opportunities.
• Exposure to complex legal work.
• A supportive and collaborative Legal and Governance team.
• Discounts at Council-owned leisure facilities.
• A vibrant office location in the heart of Welwyn Garden City with excellent transport links.

Our CORE values—Collaborative, Open, Responsible, Excellent—guide everything we do.

Why Join Us?

As Legal Services Team Property Manager, you will lead a small, experienced team while managing a varied and challenging caseload. You will work closely with senior officers, elected members and key stakeholders, providing trusted legal advice on matters that are central to the Council's ambitions for regeneration and housing delivery.

No two days are the same. From land acquisitions and disposals to commercial leasing, development agreements and residential property work, you'll be at the heart of significant projects that shape the borough's future.

This is a role for a lawyer who enjoys both strategic influence and hands-on legal practice.

What You'll Be Doing

You will:

• Lead and develop a busy Property Legal Team.
• Provide expert legal advice to colleagues across the Council, particularly within Regeneration and Estates.
• Handle a broad range of complex and high-value commercial and residential property matters.
• Support major regeneration, development and property transactions.
• Manage competing priorities while ensuring excellent client service and legal compliance.
• Contribute to the ongoing development and success of the Legal and Governance Service.

Your work will include:

• Commercial leases, licences and renewals
• Land acquisitions and disposals
• Development and regeneration agreements
• Residential tenancy matters
• Right to Buy conveyancing
• Easements, consents and property-related agreements
• Strategic property projects and transactions

About You

We're looking for an experienced, motivated and commercially minded property lawyer who can provide confident legal leadership and practical advice.

You will be:

• A qualified Solicitor or Legal Executive.
• Experienced in managing complex and high-value property transactions.
• An effective leader with experience supervising, mentoring or managing others.
• Able to build strong relationships with clients and stakeholders at all levels.
• Comfortable working independently while contributing positively to a collaborative team environment.
• Skilled at balancing a varied workload and delivering results to tight deadlines.
• Experience of local government legal practice and decision-making processes would be advantageous, although applications from candidates with strong private practice or in-house backgrounds are also welcomed.
• The ability to converse with ease with other staff and members of the public and to provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for this post.
• The role is hybrid working, with office attendance typically required two days per week, and to attend training and meetings. This will be more frequent during your training period.
• The role is politically restricted.

About the Team

The Property Team sits within Legal and Governance, alongside Democratic Services, Elections and Information Governance

Interested?

For an informal and confidential discussion about the role, please contact Gavin Ramtohal, Assistant Director (Legal and Governance), at [e-mail].

Closing date for applications is 22 November 2026

Remote assessment will be held on 27 November 2026

Face to face interviews will be held on 7 December 2026

Please note we do not provide sponsorship for employment in the UK.

We recommend downloading the role profile as it will not be available online once the vacancy closes.

Looking Ahead

Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council (WHBC) is undergoing Local Government Reorganisation (LGR). If you are employed by WHBC on 1 April 2028, it is expected that the majority of roles will transfer to the newly-created unitary councils on existing terms and conditions under TUPE (Transfer of Undertakings – Protection of Employment) principles.

LGR is one of the biggest changes in local government we will face in a generation. It will reshape how we work and how services are organised and gives us a real opportunity to build something better.

To find out more, visit Devolution and Local Government Reorganisation – Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council