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Property Lawyer – Commercial Team, Brighton & Hove City Council

Location

Hove

Description

Property Lawyer - Commercial Team, Brighton & Hove City Council

About the role

Are you an able, motivated lawyer who is interested in property work? Come and join our award-winning Legal Services team by the sea!

You will have a real impact by helping the Council provide affordable housing through its buy back scheme and by maximising the Council’s income from its significant commercial property portfolio. Our Team has worked on many exciting projects recently such as the Sea Lanes Outdoor Swimming Pool, the city’s Kingsway to the Sea redevelopment and the acquisition of a block of 38 new build apartments.

We are looking to recruit a qualified lawyer with relevant residential conveyancing and commercial / development experience to support this area of work, working as part of a supportive and dynamic property legal team.  Public sector work experience is ideal but not necessary.

We can offer you a comprehensive benefits package including flexible working arrangements, a local government pension, minimum 26 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) and employee discount benefits. In line with the Council’s corporate policy, we operate hybrid working arrangements with 60% of the time based in the office at Hove Town Hall (or other Council premises) and the option of 40% of your working week from home.

We take diversity and inclusivity seriously and are looking to build a service which reflects the community which we represent. We are committed to attracting, retaining and developing our employees. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates.

Please contact Hannah Bassett, Senior Property Lawyer, (hannah.bassett@brighton-hove.gov.uk) if you would like to discuss the role.

Please read our Apply for a job at the council (brighton-hove.gov.uk) pages carefully. They give you all the guidance you need to complete your application as well as information on what will happen after you’ve submitted your application and at interview.

As part of your application, you will need to upload your CV and a supporting statement. Your supporting statement is the most important part of your application as it will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview. Before you start your application, please read our guidance here (CV guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) and Supporting statement guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process.

Additional information

This is a permanent role.

Salary – £37,336 -£48,474 plus £8,000 Market Supplement.  Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.

Please note that this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and is subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Check.

We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration. These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining.

For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us (brighton-hove.gov.uk)

Company information

Encouraging a diverse workforce

Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it’s what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans.

Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our fair and inclusive actions, our anti-racism strategy and the work we are doing to encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-hove.gov.uk).

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Closing Date – Apply by 19/08/2024

Interviews – Thursday 12th and Tuesday 17th September 2024

Job Reference orbis/TP/1664/41871

To apply for the job visit Job Details | Brighton & Hove City Council (brighton-hove.gov.uk)