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£68,319 progressing to £75,687




Job Title: Specialist Commercial Lawyer
Starting Salary: £68,319 progressing to £75,687 - Pay Increase pending . LGPS pension Employer Contribution 19.6 %
Hours: 37
Location: Stevenage
Contract Type: Permanent
Directorate: Resources

About the team

With more than 100 colleagues in the team Herts Legal is one of the largest and most successful legal teams in local government and offers a complete legal service to clients across the County Council, District Councils and other public sector bodies.

Our lawyers are crucial to the County Council's continued success. We have high standards for our services and we are pleased to be recognised as a Centre of Excellence by the Law Society's Lexcel quality standard assessor.

Herts Legal provides a fantastic opportunity for ambitious, passionate and organised Lawyers who want to join a supportive and flourishing public sector legal team.

We offer flexible hybrid working and have recently moved to newly refurbished modern offices in Stevenage.

About the role

The role is based in the Commercial Team which comprises 8 to 10 lawyers specialising in public procurement and commercial law. The highly effective practice management team looks after the business processes enabling the lawyers to focus on the law.

You will manage a caseload, with the emphasis on income generation, including complex and high-profile matters, delivering high quality and timely practical and solution focused advice to Council officers, the Cabinet, committees, and other council bodies. You will understand the commercial as well as legal issues surrounding the procurement and award of commercial contracts, and the future delivery of services across the Council.
You will devise and lead strategically on complex or novel matters which covers: key legal principles and timescales, key officers, stakeholders and appropriate levels of senior management involvement, effective communication, risk management, and appropriate cost- effective use of internal and external resources.

You will support and encourage colleagues to develop their knowledge and skills, and provide support when required on matters ranging from significant capital projects, major procurement projects, academy transfers and local government matters.

You'll need extensive knowledge and experience of public procurement and commercial contracts, in the context of local authorities and not for profit sectors. Experience of working in a shared/traded environment would be welcome.


About you

Essential criteria:
  • Qualified solicitor, barrister, or legal executive
  • Extensive knowledge and experience of public sector procurement law
  • Extensive knowledge and experience of commercial contracts
  • Experience of preparing legal documentation in routine / noncomplex cases using precedent documentation and preparing and assisting with complex work as part of a project team as required.
  • Excellent communicator at all levels
Desirable Criteria:
  • Knowledge and experience of local government and public law
  • Knowledge and experience of NEC and JCT construction contracts
  • Experience of working in local government



This job role is within the Organisational Leadership, level 15 job profile. Please locate this via:

Job profiles - Organisational Leadership



If you think you have the knowledge, experience and skills to make a success of this dynamic and exciting role at Herts Legal, we look forward to receiving your application and meeting you.

If you would like to discuss the role further , please contact Stephen.dorrian@hertfordshire.gov.uk or telephone 07813 400504 initially.

Interview Date: to be confirmed

Benefits of working for us


How to apply

As part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and including any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job profile to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences.
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Disability Confident
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

English Fluency
The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.

Closing date: Tue 17/09/2024 at 01:00
Job reference: HCC26192
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