Location
Northampton, Northamptonshire | United Kingdom
Job description
What's involved with this role:
Interim Senior Contracts Lawyer
Reference no: WNC (HQ) TCL WNC17014
Pay Rate: up to £46.15 per hour PAYE depending on experience
Hours per week: 37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 3-4 months
City: NORTHAMPTON
Provide legal advice to members and officers of the Council, in relation predominantly, but not exclusively to the following areas of legal practice:
• Procurement and contracts
• Partnerships
• Charities and companies
• General commercial and contract work
• G Cloud contracts
• JCT & NEC
• Inter Authority Agreements
Attending and advising decision-making bodies of the Council as required.
Key Responsibilities
The effective and efficient preparation and processing in a timely manner of all legal documents (including contracts, agreements, deeds, notices, orders and consents) relevant to the role of the post-holder.
Preparation of precedents and checklists and standard forms and the development and implementation of the Council’s corporate governance framework.
Develop and implement procedures for procurement policy and strategies.
Conduct and manage a wide ranging caseload of both straightforward and complex legal work, with a bias towards Contracts, Procurement and Partnerships.
Advise and attend partnership and other interagency meetings and case conferences as required, including provision of advice and assistance in the preparation of protocols, policies and procedures.
NB: Please feel free to apply to us direct via
[email protected] by quoting the job reference and job title exactly.
To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF
If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
Qualifications:
A qualified Solicitor, Barrister or Legal Executive with a minimum of 2 years' PQE
Knowledge:
Extensive and strong technical knowledge within the field of Contracts & Procurement Law
Exeperience:
Experience of managing a team of lawyers
Previous local authority / public sector working experience
Ideally have experience of working within local government
ALD
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Job Ref: WNC (HQ) TCL WNC17014
Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
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We really do read every CV sent to us. All applications will be acknowledged by a human, not a robot, provided the job remains live and provided your CV meets the “Essential Requirements” listed.
Please note that we do our level best to take down ads as soon as roles have been filled. We are not in the business of harvesting CVs.
Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary.
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£46.15 per hour
