Company: 4RECRUITMENT SERVICES
Job Type: Permanent, FullTime
Salary: £52,116 per annum
Brent - Lawyer (Planning)Salary: £52,112.00Job Type: Permanent This is a three days per week in the office role. Job Purpose:
• To actively support the management of the department.
• To provide high level and proactive expert legal advice to the Council, its members and officers and to be a point of contact for members and senior officers on legal matters in respect of Planning, Regeneration and highways. Qualifications and Professional Membership requirements:
• Qualification as Solicitor, Barrsiter or FILEX Knowledge (please specify all essential criteria):
• Evidence of significant relevant Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
• Full understanding of risk management in the context of corporate governance Experience (please specify all essential criteria):
• Track record of achievement at a management level in a similarly large and complex organisation (desirable).
• Well developed understanding of planning law and practice.
• Comprehensive knowledge of the law affecting local government and its trends in the UK and EU.
• Experience of providing advice to members of a Council / Board Members on legal issues both in public meetings, through presentation briefing reports etc
• Experience of contributing to corporate decision making and development of corporate policy and strategy.