Senior Lawyer - Commercial, Contracts and Procurement

Peterborough City Council; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A local authority in the UK is seeking to expand its innovative Legal Service. The role involves providing practical legal advice across various departments, focusing on contracts, procurement law, and governance. With a supportive team, you will engage in impactful legal work that benefits the community. The position promises a collaborative environment and meaningful contributions to local governance. Benefits include generous leave, professional development opportunities, and a commitment to diversity and equity.

Benefits

Generous annual leave starting at 25 days

Access to Employee Benefits Platform

Flexible bank holidays

Opportunities for professional development

Paid volunteering hours

Employee Recognition Awards

Qualifications

• Provide pragmatic, solutions-focused advice in contracts, procurement law, and GDPR.
• Work collaboratively with internal client departments across the Council.
• Engage in varied legal matters for community impact.

Job description

Are you ready to help shape a growing city?

Now is the perfect time to joinour forward thinking, innovative Legal Service with a reputation for excellent delivery.

In this high impact role, you'll provide pragmatic, solutions focused advice to internal client departments across the Council. Your work will span contracts, procurement law, grant funding agreements, subsidy control, GDPR, development projects, and governance matters. You'll be part of a supportive Commercial, Contracts & Procurement team that includes a Principal Lawyer, five Senior Lawyers and two Legal Officers.

Our Legal Department is a robust, collaborative service of around 50 officers across four sections: Planning & Property, Commercial, Contracts & Procurement, Child Protection, and Litigation (including Adult Social Care and Employment). We primarily support PCC services and also provide external legal support to other local authorities-offering rich, varied work and real community impact.

Let's make a difference together. Apply now.

Our Benefits

We value our colleagues and have developed a number of benefits in addition to our generous annual leave starting at 25 days + bank holidays, sick pay and local government pension scheme

• Access to a range of benefits via our Employee Benefits Platform, including in-store and online discounts as well as our Cycle to Work and Home & Electronics schemes
• Buy up to 10 days additional annual leave (pro-rata)
• Access to car lease scheme
• Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
• Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared Cost AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
• Access to development opportunities including apprenticeships to support your personal and professional growth
• Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
• Access to our equality, diversity and inclusion network
• Opportunities to receive Employee Recognition Awards

All about our Commitments

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, dedicated to fostering diversity, advancing equity, and building an inclusive workplace for everyone. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and particularly encourage those from underrepresented groups, including disabled people, care leavers, and individuals from minority ethnic communities. Your unique perspectives and experiences are encouraged and valued and will play a vital role in our success.

We are committed to making our recruitment process as accessible as possible. If you are disabled and require any reasonable adjustments during the application or interview process, please contact [e-mail] we will work with you to meet your needs.

• If you've already applied and completed the recruitment process for this position within the last three months, there's no need to reapply. We really appreciate your interest and thank you for considering us.