Group Lead, Legal Services (Construction)

Grade 12 £59,163 - £62,914 (Bar at £61,646) per annum pro rata

Permanent, Full Time, Flexible / Hybrid Working

Closing date: 02 Apr 2025

About The Role

Join Our Dynamic Regeneration Legal Team
Our Regeneration Legal Group spearheads the complex negotiation, drafting and delivery of the planning, property and regeneration work that makes this revolution happen. We’re now expanding the team to deliver on the Council’s ambitious strategy: Investing in Success: An Economic Strategy for Manchester (Investing in success - an Economic Strategy for Manchester | Investing in success - an Economic Strategy for Manchester | Manchester City Council).

Can you bring us the legal knowledge, experience, agility and innovation we need to get this done?

The team advises on such matters as major developments, contracts and procurement exercises, as well as grant funding schemes, intellectual property and health and social care matters, insourcing and outsourcing of services, and includes the drafting and negotiation of detailed and complex documentation. The team also works closely with colleagues across regeneration as part of multi disciplined teams on major projects. 

The work done in the team is critical to its clients, often delivered to tight deadlines whilst contributing to the delivery of the clients’ priorities (e.g. the increase of housing supply and reduction of homelessness), to fulfil their statutory obligations (e.g. health and social care duties) and in the significant amounts of procurement activity and contractual arrangements.

The role holder will provide effective advice and representation on matters related to a range of commercial and regeneration legal work including major infrastructure projects of high value and importance to Manchester and Salford City Councils, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and, where appropriate, to external bodies.

About the Candidate

The role will lead and manage a small team of lawyers and advise largely on Construction contracts and major projects.

We would love to hear from you if you have knowledge / experience in a number of the following areas: 

• NEC/JCT construction contracts
• Contentious issues in construction
• Commercial contracts and public procurement
• Corporate delivery models / joint ventures
• Grants, funding, investment arrangements and subsidy control

You will be able to work flexibly to support the needs of the team and wider Regeneration division, and actively contribute to the professional development of the service.

For more information and to apply, please visit Group Lead, Legal Services (Construction) in Town Hall Extension, Albert Square, Manchester, M60 2LA - Manchester City Council