Senior Solicitor (Planning, Property, Contracts and Procurement)

The Council are looking to recruit a Senior Solicitor to join its already experienced team within Legal Services and in return you can expect a rewarding career with an organisation that offers a range of attractive benefits and a friendly, flexible, and supportive work environment.

We are looking for someone who will be fundamental in meeting the Legal Team’s vision which is to support the Council in acting lawfully and with high standards of governance to achieve its corporate objectives for the local community. We are looking for someone with enthusiasm and is a team player who can contribute to the wider delivery of the Council’s corporate plan.  This is a fantastic opportunity to join an amazing legal team which will give you the opportunity to develop your legal career and expertise.

In this role you will support stakeholders by providing specialist legal advice, representation and assistance across a range of planning, property and procurement matters. We are excited about this role and would very much like to welcome you to Broxtowe Borough Council.

We’re looking for an individual who has experience in:

• The ideal candidate will have previous experience within Planning law (drafting planning enforcement notices, planning advice, certificate of lawfulness, planning committees once a month.)
• Experience with commercial property matters such as acquisitions, sales, commercial leases.
• Local government experience is desirable, but we welcome applications from people from all parts of the legal sector.
• The successful candidate will need to be a qualified Solicitor/Barrister/FILEX with a current Practising Certificate.

The ideal candidate would be:

• Have the ability to communicate effectively both written and verbal with officers internally, and externally with courts, barristers, professional bodies, stakeholders and members of the public is essential.
• Self-motivated with an ability to handle a large and varied complex
• Have the ability to innovate, create and act both in a strategic and practical. way.
• Have resilience, enthusiasm, personal diplomacy and self-motivation.
• Someone who represents our GREAT values and behaviours

What you need to know:

• A requirement for this role is to attend the Council’s Planning Committee meeting each month.
• Successfully shortlisted candidates will be asked to attend a formal interview which may include a test/scenario/exercise in order to determine suitability for the role

For an informal chat please contact Razina Ayoub, Head of Legal (Deputy Monitoring Officer) on 0115 9173277