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Locum Contracts & Procurement Lawyer

Venn Group

England

Remote

GBP 100,000 - 125,000

Full time

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Job summary

A legal recruitment agency is seeking an experienced Locum Contracts & Procurement Lawyer for a fully remote position. The ideal candidate will be a qualified legal professional with experience in the public sector, adept at providing legal advice across various practice areas. This full-time role offers an hourly rate of £55-£60 and is expected to last 3-6 months with potential extensions.

Qualifications

  • Experience providing legal advice across multiple practice areas.
  • Ability to work flexibly across the Commercial and Governance team.
  • Maintaining knowledge of existing and new legislation.

Responsibilities

  • Provide legal advice to clients in-house.
  • Cover multiple practice areas within commercial law.
  • Support and assist legal officers in the team.

Skills

Legal advice
Public sector experience
Contracts and Procurement Law
Corporate Governance
Research skills

Education

Qualified Solicitor, Barrister or Legal Executive
Job description
Locum Contracts & Procurement Lawyer - South West - ASAP Start - Full Time - Remote Working - £55-£60 Umbrella

Our client, a South West Local Authority, is seeking to appoint a highly experienced Locum Contracts & Procurement Lawyer to join their team on a fully remote working basis, starting as soon as possible.

This is a full time position for an initial duration of 3-6 months with likely extensions on a rolling basis expected thereafter. The successful candidate will be a qualified Solicitor, Barrister or Legal Executive with public sector experience.

Responsibilities
  • Provide legal advice to a variety of clients in-house across all directorates
  • Whilst specialising in an area of law, be able to work flexibly across the range of practice areas within the Commercial and Governance team including: Company Law, Contracts and Commercial (including legal practice within specialist areas such as IT, Construction, Energy), Corporate Governance, Employment, Public Procurement, and Public and local government law
  • To keep legal knowledge up to date, to carry out legal research and maintain a thorough knowledge of existing and new legislation in relation to practice area
  • To provide support and assistance to legal officers in the Commercial and Governance Team and provide cover as required and to assist and co-operate with officers within the wider Legal Services Division

An hourly rate of £55-£60 via umbrella is offered for this role.

To apply for this role or to find out about other legal jobs, please contact Michael Attwood or Charlotte Foley on 07441916389 or email your CV to mattwood@venngroup.comand we will call you back.

Venn Group is an equal opportunities employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates.

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