Statutory Agreements Manager, Planning and Highways

Connect Legal Partners; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Pension

Healthcare

Wellbeing benefits

Hybrid working

Job summary

Connect Legal Partners in the United Kingdom seeks a dynamic team leader to head a specialist team handling statutory infrastructure agreements, including Section 278, 38 highways, and 104 water industry acts.

You will supervise and support the team, ensure legal accuracy against legislation and local policy, manage scheduling and completions, and nurture client relationships to deliver compliant, well-run files.

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing a team and supervising transactional casework.
• Experience of statutory agreements.
• Strong file management and organisation, with the ability to meet deadlines.
• Good communication skills and a collaborative, can do approach.
• Client focus and commercial awareness.

Responsibilities

• Lead a specialist team handling a high volume of statutory infrastructure agreements.
• Supervise and support the team, check agreements for legal accuracy against legislation and local policy.
• Manage scheduling and completions, keep files compliant and well run.
• Look after client relationships and maintain service standards.

Skills

Team leadership

Statutory agreements

File management

Communication

Client focus

Job description

The firm

A large national law firm acting for businesses, public bodies and private clients.

The role

You will lead a specialist team handling a high volume of statutory infrastructure agreements for a national planning and environmental practice, mainly Section 278 and Section 38 Highways Act agreements and Section 104 Water Industry Act agreements, plus related documents. You will supervise and support the team, check agreements for legal accuracy against legislation and local policy, manage scheduling and completions, keep files compliant and well run, and look after client relationships.

What you will need

• Proven experience managing a team and supervising transactional casework.
• Experience of statutory agreements.
• Strong file management and organisation, with the ability to meet deadlines.
• Good communication skills and a collaborative, can do approach.
• Client focus and commercial awareness.

What is on offer

• Bonus, pension, healthcare and wellbeing benefits, plus hybrid working.