Senior Lawyer - Property

Sellick Partnership Limited - Public Sector; Liverpool City Region; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading council in Merseyside is seeking a Senior Lawyer to join their Planning and Property team. This role involves managing a caseload of commercial property matters, offering legal advice, and collaborating with key stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have extensive legal experience and strong communication abilities. The position offers great benefits, including a generous leave entitlement and support for professional development.

Benefits

28 days annual leave (rising to 33 after 5 years)

Local Government Pension Scheme

Flexible working arrangements

Discount card for retailers

Cycle to work and car lease schemes

Discounted leisure facilities

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in commercial property matters.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to manage own caseload effectively.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of commercial property matters.
• Provide legal advice on purchases, sales, and landlord-tenant affairs.
• Work with internal and external stakeholders on regeneration projects.

Skills

Commercial property

Communication

Technical skills

Proactivity

Education

Solicitor / Barrister / Chartered Legal Executive

Job description

Senior Lawyer - Property
Salary: £55,568 - £58,664
Permanent/full time - 36 hours per week

About the Senior Lawyer role:

Sellick Partnership are recruiting for a Senior Lawyer to join an excellent Local Authority in Merseyside, to work in their Regeneration, Planning and Property team, focusing on Property matters. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced solicitor, barrister or chartered legal executive to join its busy but friendly in-house legal team.

Key requirements of the role include:

As Senior Lawyer you will have extensive experience in dealing with a wide range of commercial property matters. This includes being responsible for your own caseload, as well as providing robust legal advice on matters which will include (but not limited to):

• Purchase and sales
• Landlord and tenant matters
• Regeneration
• Working closely with key internal and external stakeholders

Key attributes of the Senior Lawyer include:

The ideal senior lawyer candidate will be proactive and self-motivated, have excellent technical skills, and have a good level of experience in dealing with property matters.

You will also have great communication skills both written and verbal with the ability to deliver complex advice clearly and be able to communicate effectively with people internally, and externally.

Local government legal work is varied and whilst at times it can be challenging, it is also very rewarding. There will be times when you need to work under pressure and balance conflicting priorities, however, you will be supported in doing this. You will also be supported to demonstrate a commitment to your own professional development and a willingness to undertake training and develop new skills as required.

As Senior Lawyer, you will receive the following benefits:

• Generous annual leave entitlement - 28 days per year (rising to 33 after 5 years' service), plus Bank holidays
• Enrolment to the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Flexible working arrangements include access to homeworking, co-working spaces and office working
• Access to a package of benefits including a discount card for a range of retailers, cycle to work and car lease schemes and discounted leisure facilities

How to apply for the Senior Lawyer role:

If you think you've got what we're looking for and are keen to develop your career at an excellent, forward-thinking Council, we'd like to hear from you.

If you are interested in applying, please apply below, alternatively please contact Natalie Delaney in our Manchester office for more information.

Sellick Partnership is proud to be an inclusive and accessible recruitment business and we support applications from candidates of all backgrounds and circumstances. Please note, our advertisements use years' experience, hourly rates, and salary levels purely as a guide and we assess applications based on the experience and skills evidenced on the CV. For information on how your personal details may be used by Sellick Partnership, please review our data processing notice on our website.