Corporate Governance Lawyer - Sheffield Contract: 3 months with view to extend Rate: £60 p/h Responsibilities: advise on the legal requirements and limitations of a committee system of governance (including area committees. advise on the legal requirements of the Council's constitution and contributing to a review of the constitution review/draft policy documents and protocols connected with the operation of the constitution and the committee system advise on the scheme of delegations within the constitution and the requirements for reports to decision-makers advise on local government constitutional and administrative law Candidates must have current experience of advising on/drafting local authority constitutions. Familiarity with the modern committee system would be a definite advantage as would experience of putting complex legal concepts into plain language as we want our constitution to be as easy to understand for a lay person as possible. If all of this applies to your experience, please apply