Head of Law - Commercial presso London Borough of Brent
London Borough of Brent · London, Regno Unito · Onsite
- Senior
- Ufficio in London
Salary range: £77,264 - £90,186 p.a. inc. London weighting
Brent is a tremendously vibrant London borough where the iconic arch of Wembley Stadium dominates the skyline. Spanning both inner and outer London, it is a borough of huge contrasts in terms of its economic, environmental, ethnic and social make up. Brent’s diversity is evident to all who visit our borough and our long history of ethnic and cultural diversity has created a place that is truly unique and valued by those who live and work here.
The post will include:
- Securing the continuous development, improvement, efficiency and success of the Department and Council as a whole.
- Providing expert legal advice to the council, its members and officers.
- Leading on the development, planning and delivery of a high profile professional service, focussing on key Council priorities.
- Having overall responsibility for Commercial (Including but not necessarily limited to) Property, Planning Contracts and Regeneration with an emphasis on local government and administration law.
- Representing and acting on behalf of Brent Council at meetings of key national and local government bodies.
- Managing a team of professional staff within the team to ensure the delivery of a high quality legal service and to contribute to the management of legal services.
- Contributing to and co-ordinate the Legal Services business planning and work programming activities and effective integration of the service development and budget planning processes.
- Holding responsibilities for a Budget of around £2.m and to keep spend on external legal services to a minimum, responsible for effective performance of external lawyers.
The post is for a lawyer who is looking for the next step in their legal career and really wants to come on board to make a difference within Legal Services. The postholder will lead the commercial arm of the Service – The expectation is that the postholder will build on the award winning success of the Service and undertake the requirements of the job description.
The Postholder is expected to have experience at a Senior Leadership level and have proven experience of working collaboratively to help supervise and run a large team in a complex organisation
Our Offer to You
In addition to your salary, you will also get to enjoy the following benefits:
- 27 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays, increasing to 31 days plus 8 bank holidays after 5 years continuous service
- Very generous employer pension contribution
- Flexible working hours and the opportunity to work from home 2 days per week (laptop provided)
- A wide range of family friendly policies such as parental leave
- Access to affordable parking nearby
- Access to our Zipcar scheme
- Access to our Employee Assistance programme for free confidential counselling
- Season ticket loan for public transport
- Cycle to work scheme and good onsite facilities
- Access to My Brent Rewards for big brand discounts, local offers and money off for travel, cinema and shopping vouchers.
If you are interested in applying for this job, please start by clicking the "Apply Now" button below. You must provide a supporting statement as part of your application that clearly shows how you meet the criteria on the Person Specification. We will accept a CV in support of your application, however, you should still provide a supporting statement.
Brent Council values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this and therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community. We positively encourage all applicants to self-identify their characteristics in the diversity survey section in the application.
Brent has a positive approach to flexible working.
As a disability confident employer Brent welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including “non-visible” disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the essential criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact us on [email protected]
