Cheshire West and Chester Council is a place where everyone can Thrive – through our core values of Teamwork, Honesty, Respect, Innovation, Value for Money and Empowerment. We are looking to recruit an experienced lawyer to primarily support the Council’s family of arms-length delivery companies, involving a wide range of contentious and non-contentious legal work such as advising on the governing documents, company procedure and governance, contracts and grant agreements, conflicts of interest and information management. Other more general Council matters will be required alongside. Prior local government experience is desirable but not essential. The current areas of work of the team which are relevant to this post are: Support to the company boards Procurement Contracts, contract management and dispute resolution TUPE and pensions Governance and decision making Information management Conflicts of Interest Subsidy Control The postholder will work in a specified Council office and may also work from home on an occasional or more frequent basis. Many services and customers span across the Borough and therefore you may be required to work at any location in Cheshire West and Chester. Please contact Gemma Williams via email - gemma.williamscheshirewestandchester.gov.uk for any informal discussions. To find out more information about what it is like to work for Cheshire West and Chester Council including our rewards and benefits please see www.cwcrecruitment.co.uk No candidate will meet every single requirement - if your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you Cheshire West and Chester Council are committed to equality and diversity in employment. Please see the Equality Policy for more information. Cheshire West and Chester Council have adopted a Local Living Wage for our employees which means that all employees will receive a minimum of £12 per hour for all contracted hours. For any technical enquiries please email Sourcingteamecwip.co.uk and quote job reference number in all correspondence.