Royal Borough of Greenwich: Senior Regeneration & Property Lawyer Vacancy

12 month fixed term contract

Are you an Senior Regeneration & Property Lawyer with local government experience and looking for variety and challenge?

Royal Greenwich is proud to be a borough synonymous with first class modern services. A world heritage site, our communities are vibrant and diverse, and our elected members are ambitious to realise the potential of the borough whilst working within a challenging financial environment.

Greenwich Legal Services is committed to being a high performing in-house legal service which plays an essential part in the achievement of the Royal Borough’s priorities and objectives for the benefit of our community. 

You will join us at an exciting time as the Royal Borough continues with its on-going ambitious regeneration programme.

The job

We are looking to recruit a skilled and dynamic Senior Regeneration & Property Lawyer with a ‘can do’ approach and an interest in learning new skills who will join our Regeneration & Property Team and play a vital role in the next stage of our continuous improvement journey.

Utilising your current skills and experience gained within a similar position, you will report to the Assistant Head of Legal Services (Regeneration & Property) and will have your own varied caseload on matters including regeneration, commercial property, homeownership and land transactions. The post is ideal for a Property lawyer who wishes to build new skills in regeneration such as a wider knowledge of housing, planning and local government procedures.

The role will involve supervising and managing junior staff and providing legal advice and support to committees, members and senior officers, and taking any appropriate measures to ensure continued legal service delivery. You will also need to build a strong rapport and work collaboratively with our colleagues across the Council.

You must be a qualified solicitor or barrister holding a current practising certificate, or FiLex.

For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Jennifer Muller;    Jennifer.Muller@royalgreenwich.gov.uk     0208 921 2113  

Diversity Statement: Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.

High Volume Applications: Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date should there be a high volume of applications received.

Advert Close: All vacancies close at midnight unless otherwise stated.

How Applications are Scored: Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statement addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role. Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they meet the specific points within the Person Specification. The Person Specification is supplied with the job advert. When completing your application, please use the supporting statement section to tell us how you meet each of the points on the Person Specification. We need to have this information in order to consider your application.

Salary: Salaries advertised are for a standard working week of 35 hours unless otherwise stated. Please use this 'Salary Calculator to help you calculate a pro rata salary.

Our Staff Values: Our Staff Values are important to us. Candidates will be continuously assessed against our staff values throughout the recruitment process. Where candidates demonstrate views and behaviours that do not meet the standards of our staff values, we reserve the right to reject their application/ registration.

Closing date: 8 April 2024

Apply here: Royal Borough of Greenwich, Senior Lawyer (Regeneration & Property)