Senior Commercial Lawyer, Commercial & Litigation Legal Team
Team: Legal Services
Salary: £49,498 - £50,512
Hours: 37 Mon- Fri, some meetings outside of regular hours may be required
Are you a senior legal professional looking for a challenging and rewarding role where you can use your skills to make a real difference? If so, we want to hear from you.
This is an exciting time to be joining Bury Council; a growing council and an equally growing legal services team, we are undertaking a number of exciting development plans across our six townships.
Bury Legal Services plays a vital role in supporting the council's vision for the borough, and we are looking for a Senior Lawyer to join our team and contribute to delivering high quality legal services to our several client departments.
What you'll be doing
As a Senior Lawyer, you will lead upon and manage a variety of complex matters advising on commercial matters across the Council. You will also have the opportunity to provide significant input to the development and implementation of our legal compliance policies and procedures.
Your extensive experience of handling commercial/contractual queries including proceedings whilst prioritising a full personal caseload of legal matters/cases within these areas of law will put you in good stead for success in this role.
At Bury Council, we are advocates of developing our teams, especially in terms of apprenticeships, and you will be supervising junior members of the team in these roles. We are an organisation that looks to promote collaborative working styles.
What our clients say about us
“Bury Council is delivering a whole range of major development projects, from new leisure and civic facilities, developing our town centres with ambitious plans and through JV partnerships working on driving regeneration in partnership with some of the biggest names in the development industry. We are also delivering new housing at scale often on our sites and meeting the specialist needs of the Borough. It’s an exciting range of projects for ambitious lawyer to work on alongside our development staff to make our vision a reality”
“By joining Bury’s legal team, you will be part of a fantastic opportunity to get involved in our ambitious agenda working with likeminded professionals, committed to making a better Bury. You will be joining a dedicated and already talented team and work with forward thinking ambitious and creative specialists.”
What our team say about us
“I have been at Bury for over 6 years and have found it extremely rewarding to work in such a warm and friendly environment. I have been able to build strong working relationships with client departments and have enjoyed the challenge of an extraordinarily wide variety of commercial legal matters.”
"Within a few years of working with Bury Council, I've had the privilege of witnessing first-hand the power of team-driven initiatives and the profound changes they bring. It has been a work culture that we do not just navigate challenges; we embrace them as opportunities for progress. Whether it's crafting policies that promote social equity, ensuring efficient service delivery, or engaging with other departments within the service to co-create solutions, every task is infused with passion and dedication."
“I have worked for Bury for 20 years in various departments, I moved to the legal team just over 12 months ago. Having never worked in a legal environment before it was a huge encouragement to feel accepted, like I finally belonged somewhere. There is a huge wealth of knowledge here with people from all different fields and backgrounds, everyone is eager to share their experience and knowledge.
The work in legal is varied and interesting, management ensure I know I am encouraged to further my career, in fact I am currently studying on an apprenticeship which will give me great scope to branch out to other sections.
Everyone is a huge support, we all lean on each other for guidance and assistance, especially those with vast experience.”
“I have worked for Bury Council since last October and my experience is that it is a fantastic place to work. My team are friendly, supportive and really good fun; the fun element is absolutely crucial whilst dealing with a pressured workload and tight deadlines. Having the support of my team and a manager that is knowledgeable, supportive and appreciative has been amazing and I am thankful to have been selected to work here. In addition to this, Bury Council’s strong emphasis on staff mental health and a good work life balance really adds to the sense that we are not just employees but part of a community; and that is absolutely crucial to happiness at work.”
What you'll need
To be successful in this role, you will need to have:
- A strong track record of success in a senior legal role.
- Extensive knowledge of commercial law and procedures.
- Strong people management skills.
- The ability to build and maintain relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
What we offer
- Generous Pension Scheme.
- Generous annual Leave, including additional days for Volunteering as well as the option to purchase extra leave.
- Bespoke Management development programme.
- Flexible and agile working arrangements.
- Supportive and inclusive environment.
- Personal Development plan to support career growth.
- Proud Living Wage employer.
- Variety of discounts and benefit schemes.
We hope you will be encouraged to apply. For more information, please contact our Ros Thorpe on r.thorpe@bury.gov.uk or via telephone 0161-253-5740 or Ruth Whittingham on r.whittingham@bury.gov.uk telephone 0161-253-5219
Closing date: Thursday 25th April 2024.
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We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore, we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.