Senior Assistant Property Lawyer

Essential Employment; Exeter; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

Essential Employment is seeking a Senior Assistant Property Lawyer for a locum role in Exeter. The position is based in-house within the Legal Services Property team, providing high-quality legal advice to internal clients on projects, property transactions and governance matters.

The role offers immediate, flexible capacity to support existing workloads and momentum across key projects, including highways/planning agreements and the wider capital programme, with timely advice available as

Responsibilities

• Join the Legal Services Property team on a locum basis through to December 2026, delivering high-quality legal advice to internal clients.
• Support projects, property transactions, governance matters and day-to-day client advice.
• Strengthen the in-house team to deliver highways and planning agreements, support the wider capital programme and ensure timely legal advice is available where needed.

Job description

Senior Assistant Property Lawyer needed in Exeter, £46.55ph PAYE – Reference: 5303964

To join the Legal Services Property team on a locum basis through to December 2026. This role offers the opportunity to work within a highly regarded in-house legal team supporting a broad range of client priorities and delivering high-quality legal advice to internal clients.

The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring the continued delivery of legal services, supporting projects, property transactions, governance matters and day-to-day client advice.

The role provides immediate and flexible capacity to support existing workloads, helping to maintain momentum across key projects and transactions. By strengthening the in-house team, the successful candidate will contribute to the delivery of highways and planning agreements, support the wider capital programme and ensure timely legal advice is available where needed.

This is a full time role on atemporary contract basis

Essential Employment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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