Solicitor/Lawyer - Highways & Planning - £60ph - Remote

www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk - Jobboard; City Of London; Remote; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A local authority in the City of London seeks an Experienced Planning Lawyer to provide legal advice, manage project teams, and draft legal agreements. The ideal candidate will have a Current Practising Certificate and ideally experience with local authorities. Responsibilities include negotiations, litigation, and ensuring compliance with legal practices.

Qualifications

• Experience in Criminal Litigation, Civil Litigation, Advocacy, Planning, Environment and Highways.
• Ideally have Local Authority experience.
• Experience working within a legal practice or in-house legal department.

Responsibilities

• Participate in project teams to ensure objectives are met.
• Provide concise and assertive legal advice to client services.
• Identify and research new legal developments impacting service provision.

Skills

Concise communication skills

Negotiation skills

Drafting skills

Legal research

Education

Current Practising Certificate

Job description

Experienced Planning Lawyer

Current Practising Certificate

Ideally with Local Authority experience

Drafting Planning Agreements

Deliver high-quality legal advice and services to Directorates and Corporate Services, including drafting documents and legal agreements, to ensure policy formulation and operational decisions are based on sound legal grounds.

Undertake negotiations to protect and further the objectives of the Council, and, where necessary, undertake litigation and advocacy in courts, tribunals, statutory appeals, and inquiries.

Responsibilities include:

1. Participate in project teams to ensure the achievement of the Council's objectives and the delivery of high-quality legal advice to client services, departments, and contractors.
2. Demonstrate concise and assertive communication and negotiation skills, both oral and written, including excellent drafting skills. Ability to communicate effectively with management, officers, councillors, members of the public, and court officers.
3. Experience in Criminal Litigation, Civil Litigation, Advocacy, Planning, Environment and Highways, Adult Social Care, Children Social Care, or Education as required by the role.
4. Experience working within a legal practice or in-house legal department.
5. Identify, research, and anticipate the effects of new legal developments on service provision to ensure best practices in delivering timely and responsive services.
6. Provide legal and procedural advice and training to Members, client services, departments, and contractors to facilitate effective policy and operational decisions.
7. Perform any other duties necessary to fulfill the full scope of the role.