Essex County Council are delighted to be supporting West Northamptonshire Council to recruit a Senior Lawyer for Property and Regeneration.
About the role
We are growing our Property Team with the addition of a Senior Property/Regeneration Lawyer within the Place Legal team. This role is ideal for someone with a significant level of technical knowledge and experience in Commercial Property Law and Regeneration Projects. If you are motivated, ambitious, and eager to learn and develop further in this area of law, we want to hear from you. West Northants is a great place to work, offering flexibility, career progression, and a range of benefits.
What will you be doing?
No two days in the Property Team are the same at West Northants. You will work with a large and diverse commercial property portfolio, including acquisitions and disposals of freehold and leasehold premises, landlord and tenant matters, and development projects linked to the Council's dynamic regeneration programme. Recent initiatives include the Market Square Regeneration, major land acquisition transactions, and the Waterside and Marefair redevelopment project.
You will also have opportunities to mentor and support other team members. The Council is actively pursuing regeneration projects, creating exciting and challenging work for the legal team.
About you
We welcome applications from individuals with a passion for delivering excellent legal services in a fast-paced environment. Whether you are looking to develop your local government experience, change sectors, or return to work after a career break, we provide a supportive environment to help you succeed.
While local government experience is not essential, the ideal candidate will possess:
* A strong technical background in Commercial Property Law and Regeneration Projects.
* A willingness to learn and grow professionally.
* A commitment to shaping and delivering exemplary legal services.
We offer mentoring, coaching, and training to help you achieve your goals. Benefits include flexible working arrangements, a holiday purchase scheme, LGPS pension scheme, a Lifestyle Benefits Scheme, and more.
Our benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits to our employees, these include:
* Generous annual leave entitlement starting at 28 days annual leave per year, 29 days for senior managers (pro rata, depending on how many hours per week you work), plus bank holidays. An additional 5 days, linked to continuous service, and ability to purchase up to 6 weeks additional leave per year.
* Cycle to Work scheme.
* Local Government Pension Scheme plus immediate life cover (3 times your annual salary from day one) and ill-health protection.
* Employee discounts with local and national retailers, days out, finance, health and beauty, travel and eating out plus lots more.
* Car Lease scheme via Tusker.
* Payment of professional subscription / membership.
* Employee Assistance Programme.
* Commsave- Free membership to Commsave Credit Union.
* Ongoing training and development opportunities.
* A variety of flexible working options to support your work/life balance.
* Our West Ways of Working.
* Making a difference.
About us
At West Northants Council, it's about our people. People who thrive with ambition, bubble with new ideas, demand better ways of working, caring about every detail, and who never shy away from a challenge.
Our vision is 'to make West Northants a great place to live, work, visit and thrive'. We truly stand by this and work hard every day to make this a reality.
We are committed to ensuring diversity, equality, equity, and inclusion is woven into the fabric of WNC and everything we do.
If you need additional support or would like to see a copy of the full job description, please email thea.towers@essex.gov.uk.
West Northants Council, where careers thrive.
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