Property Solicitor - Milton Keynes (Local Authority role)

6 month contract initially

Hourly rate negotiable

37 hours per week

Would need to attend the office for collection of equipment and logon setups. Thereafter, both would need to attend the office one day a week. The Property team day in the office is Tuesday

• To manage a caseload of medium and occasionally high-level matters in the areas of the areas of Property Law, including commercial, residential property, leases, rights of way, easements, wayleaves, sales and disposals, including RTBs and other related subjects, ensuring that all work is both of a high quality and delivered in a timely manner. All work should be undertaken with the purpose of assisting the Council to achieve its business objectives and operates within the wider policy context.
• Ensure the delivery of value for money services to high practice standards within a culture of continuous improvement
• To provide training and guidance to the client department and legal team in their core area of work
• Ensure through compliance with robust performance standards the delivery of services to best practice standards.
• Maintain effective working relationships with all internal Council departments and other relevant outside organisations to ensure that the Council is best placed to achieve its objectives.
• Through high quality service, advocacy, advice and casework to support the Council, including advice to officers and members in writing as well verbally at committee meetings, in achieving its
  outcomes successfully. To ensure that you have the current skills and competencies to advise on all relevant matters and that you ensure that these skills and competencies develop and adapt over time to meet future business developments.
• As a Lawyer to assist in supervising the advice, advocacy and casework of Trainees and Paralegals as arranged with the Principal Lawyer through supervision or other arrangements.

If you have any questions about this role or wish to apply, please contact isobel@deekay.co.uk who will respond at the earliest convenience.