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