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Principal Commercial Lawyer
Hertfordshire (On-Site)
Permanent, Full time
No DBS check required
£59,538 progressing to £66,643 pa
Job Title: Principal Commercial Lawyer
Starting Salary: £59,538 plus £7,105 Market Enhancement progressing to £66,643 plus £6,459 Market Enhancement per annum plus a one off Welcome Payment of £4000
Hours: 37 per week
Location: Hertfordshire
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
Principal Lawyers are instrumental in ensuring the service provided is of a consistently high quality. You will be client facing, regularly meeting with key clients and external partners to discuss service delivery.
You will support, oversee, develop and motivate the team to enable them to reach their full potential and realise their career goals.
You will also contribute to the maintenance of Legal Services' Lexcel accreditation
As a member of the Legal Services Management team you will be responsible for budget monitoring, service planning and resourcing within the team, with the support of the Director and Assistant Chief Legal Officers.
Alongside these management responsibilities you will also hold an active case load and will advise on a range of complex matters within your specialist experience.
About you
Essential criteria
This job role is within the Corporate Services, level 14 job profile. Please locate this via:
Job profiles - Corporate services
To hear more about this opportunity please contact 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.
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.
Starting Salary: £59,538 plus £7,105 Market Enhancement progressing to £66,643 plus £6,459 Market Enhancement per annum plus a one off Welcome Payment of £4000
Hours: 37 per week
Location: Hertfordshire
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
Principal Lawyers are instrumental in ensuring the service provided is of a consistently high quality. You will be client facing, regularly meeting with key clients and external partners to discuss service delivery.
You will support, oversee, develop and motivate the team to enable them to reach their full potential and realise their career goals.
You will also contribute to the maintenance of Legal Services' Lexcel accreditation
As a member of the Legal Services Management team you will be responsible for budget monitoring, service planning and resourcing within the team, with the support of the Director and Assistant Chief Legal Officers.
Alongside these management responsibilities you will also hold an active case load and will advise on a range of complex matters within your specialist experience.
About you
Essential criteria
- A qualified solicitor, barrister, or legal executive
- Extensive knowledge and experience of public sector procurement law
- Extensive knowledge and experience of commercial contract
- Demonstrable ability in managing a team of people along with the competing demands of an active case load
- Experience of building strong working relationships with clients and internal teams
- Knowledge and experience of local government and public law
This job role is within the Corporate Services, level 14 job profile. Please locate this via:
Job profiles - Corporate services
To hear more about this opportunity please contact 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.
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: Fri 17/01/2025 at 00:00
Job reference: HCC26191