£52,800 - £53,868 per annum plus an annually reviewable market supplement of up to 10k

Welcome to SLLP

We provide a wide range of legal services to the London Boroughs of Merton, Richmond, Sutton, Wandsworth and Royal Borough of Kingston, making us the largest local authority shared legal service in the country. As such, we are able to offer employment opportunities across all aspects of local government legal work. We take pride in offering a high quality and proactive legal service, bringing all the insight that being an in house service involves and combining that with commercial expertise and a breadth of experience smaller teams may not be able to offer.

We are based in South West London and in normal times, our team can work out of any of 5 locations as well as remotely - agile working has been business as usual for a long time in SLLP. We have a wide range of flexible working options and have developed a number of health and well-being initiatives over the years.

We are looking for energetic and enthusiastic applicants, keen to develop their skills in a public sector environment. Please do not be put off if you don’t have local government expertise – it is your determination to provide a top class legal service which will matter most, the rest can follow.

The SLLP is seeking to recruit a Principal Lawyer with a proven track record in local government matters either working in a council or in private practice with a local government client base. This role will assist in managing a team of procurement lawyers which has a diverse work load dealing with complex and high profile matters including the creation of companies and shared services. The successful candidate will have excellent communication, drafting skills and the ability to provide legal advice to a variety of audiences, including senior officers and Members.

Closing date: 16 March 2021

Interviews will be held on 25th March 2021.

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