Principal Lawyer - Planning & Highways

ZipRecruiter; England; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

LAW Absolute seeks an experienced planning lawyer for a Principal role in Cambridgeshire, offering innovative legal advice to public sector clients. Applicants must have a strong local government background and at least 3 years' PQE, with the opportunity for hybrid working.

Qualifications

• England and Wales qualified solicitor, barrister, or chartered legal executive with minimum 3 years’ PQE.
• Experience with a complex caseload of planning matters in a local government context.
• Previous experience in team leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of lawyers providing legal advice on planning, development, and highways matters.
• Act as the principal lawyer in a local authority context.

Skills

Legal advice

Team leadership

Planning law

Education

Qualified solicitor or barrister

Job description

Job Description

LAW Absolute is recruiting on behalf of a Local Authority based in Cambridgeshire, for an experienced planning lawyer to take on a Principal role on a full-time and permanent basis.

You will lead a team of lawyers in providing innovative and pragmatic legal advice in respect of planning, development, and highways matters to a range of public sector clients.

Previous UK local government experience including line management is an essential requirement.

To apply you will be:

• An England and Wales qualified solicitor, barrister, or chartered legal executive with minimum 3 years’ PQE
• Able to demonstrate previous experience handling a complex caseload of planning matters in a local government environment
• Able to demonstrate previous experience of leading a team
• Able to attend the office in Cambridgeshire on a hybrid basis of 2 days per week in the office

The salary for this role is £60,600 - £75,200 per annum, dependent on experience.

Please note our advertisements use PQE/salary levels purely as a guide. However, we are happy to consider applications from all candidates who can demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfill the role.

At LAW Absolute, we endeavour to respond to all applications within 48 hours. Due to the volume of applications, we may not be able to respond to every candidate individually.

If you have not heard from us within 48 hours, your application has not been successful, and your details will not be retained. LAW Absolute acts as an employment business for temporary recruitment and as an employment agency for fixed-term contract and permanent recruitment.