Legal & Governance Manager & Deputy Monitoring Officer
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About the role
Rugby Borough Council is looking to recruit an experienced and versatile lawyer to the role of Legal & Governance Manager. You will have overall responsibility for the management of the Legal Services team as well as undertaking the Deputy Monitoring Officer role.
You’ll be supporting the Chief Officer of Legal & Governance, acting as an advisor and working in collaboration with other services and senior management to ensure that services are joined up appropriately, and are aligned to the achievement of the Council’s aims and objectives.
You’ll provide comprehensive legal advice to the Council and undertake the legal representation at Council, Cabinet, committees, Member meetings, working groups, task and finish groups, panels, and third party/stakeholder meetings.
This is a varied, impactful and interesting role that will put you at the heart of the Council as an integral part of our organisation.
About you
You will need to hold a Professional Legal Qualification such as a Solicitor, Barrister or FCILEX with extensive post-qualification legal experience.
You’ll need excellent people management skills with a demonstrated ability to motivate, lead and develop a small team.
While not necessarily needing Local Government / Public Sector experience you will need knowledge of Local Government law related to our functions such as procurement, committee procedures and codes of conduct.
Above all you will be a flexible, proactive individual who’s committed to ensuring a high-quality work standard and continually seeks to improve their performance.
Benefits
* 40 days leave (including 8 Bank Holidays and 3 extra days normally applied at Christmas)
* Hybrid working up to 60%
* Annual leave purchase scheme
* Subsidised parking
* Structured Induction Program
* Learning and Development opportunities including Future Leaders programmes
* Payment of a professional subscription for approved professionals
* Family Friendly Policies
* Extra Benefits including Retail Discounts, Car Salary Sacrifice & Cycle to Work scheme and more
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Legal
Industries
Government Administration
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