Senior Contracts Solicitor - Surrey, United Kingdom - The Legists

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Senior Contracts Solicitor Ref: 547LG Salary Range £45,646 - £52,938 (pro-rata) for 32 hrs per week dependent on experience Hybrid working About the Senior Contracts Solicitor role: Senior Contracts Solicitor As a Senior Contracts Solicitor will be expectedto take on a variety of matters, both routine and complex, with a focus on Contract, Commercial and Procurement Law, and:

  • Provide advice and manage contract and procurement legal cases.
  • Support the Principal Contracts Solicitor
  • Draft and negotiate commercialcontracts (including construction contracts and service contracts) and advise on contract disputes.
  • Support corporate projects working in multidisciplinary teams and advise on governance issues
  • Advise officers and act as legal advisor to Committees
  • Report to the Principal Contracts Solicitor About you
  • Hold a Solicitor, Barrister, FILEX or similar qualification
  • Have experience of contract and procurement work, preferably in a local government context
  • Excellent knowledge of the law and practice ofcontract and procurement law
  • Experience of managing a wide and varied forms of contract and procurement matters with mínimal supervision
  • Demonstrate commercial acumen, drive, enthusiasm and exceptional communication skills. Benefits
  • Hybrid working 3days in the office, 2 days working from home
  • Flexible working 7am7pm (Core hours are am & 2.30pm4pm) and Flexileave
  • 28 Days annual leave, plus 8 days bank holidays and 1 extra day at Christmas (rising to 31 Days annual leave after 2 years)
  • Excellent Pension Scheme
  • Free Parking
  • Subsidised cafe on site
  • Training and development opportunities
  • Payment of one professional membership per annum
  • Cycle to work + further related discounts
  • Season ticket loan
  • Health and Dental insurance planafter 3 years' service
  • Mileage allowance About Runnymede Runnymede is an ambitious, passionate, and progressive council with a forward
- thinking attitude and award-winning departments. As a Borough Council, we are committed to our four core values and goalswhich we demonstrate through our ongoing policies and projects. We are always keen to improve our services and welcome innovative and proactive individuals who are open minded and have a positive approach in supporting our vision. As part of Runnymede BoroughCouncil's commitment to delivering excellent standards of service delivery, we are looking for two ambitious and experienced lawyers, who can demonstrate the commercial acumen, drive and enthusiasm required to support an entrepreneurial local authority lookingto deliver quality services to its residents.

Our new Corporate Business Plan sets out in five strategies how we will add value to the lives of residents:


  • Responding to climate change
  • Supporting the health and wellbeing of local people,
  • Encouraging residents'ability to effect change locally,
  • Driving economic development in the Borough, and
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