Part-Time Private Lawyer

1 day ago


Northampton Northamptonshire, United Kingdom Sellick Partnership Limited - Public Sector Full time €46,731 - €49,764

Planning & Highways Lawyer
Hybrid
Closing Date: Friday 17th January 2025
About the Planning & Highways Lawyer role:
Sellick Partnership is proud to be working with an exceptional legal services team in the heart of Northamptonshire. We are looking for a Planning & Highways Lawyer to join the growing Legal team at North Northamptonshire Council to provide advice and representation to the Council in areas of Planning and Highways.
As a Planning & Highways Lawyer, you will be supported at a senior level and by colleagues in a growing and developing team of professionals. North Northamptonshire Council is committed to developing, nurturing, and growing talent from legal assistants to the managers of the future. As a unitary authority, the opportunities are varied and broad providing a unique opportunity to shape processes and grow with the Council as it develops.
Key responsibilities of the Planning & Highways Lawyer role:
The role will involve delivering comprehensive professional legal advice to the unitary council and client department. Effectively provide legal advice commensurate to experience to Members, Officers and other stakeholders generally and at committee meetings.
Providing general and specialist Planning/Highways legal advice to the in-house service including planning applications, appeals, enforcement, public rights of ways and village greens.
Drafting of documentation including s106 planning agreements/undertakings, planning appeal statements, s38 and s278 highways agreements, licences and easements for highways works, notices, traffic regulation orders and stopping up applications
Representation at Planning Committees.
Advising on law, policy, strategy, statutory requirements and procedure relating to Planning/Highways issues.
Ideal requirements for the Planning & Highways Lawyer role include:
We are looking for candidates with previous public sector planning and highways experience and exceptional relationship building, networking, and influencing skills.
You will need to be a qualified Solicitor, barrister or FCILEx to apply but we are open minded to speaking with candidates of all planning law backgrounds from the public sector to private practice.
Benefits of the Planning & Highways Lawyer role:
Annual leave - generous leave entitlement of 28 days (rising to 33 days), and bank holidays; Local Government Pensions Scheme - considered to be one of the best employer contribution rates.
A flexible work-life balance: flexible working options including working from home where possible and smarter working arrangements.
Training and support : access to development courses, mentoring and support and clear career pathways.
A diverse and experienced team with a wealth of public law knowledge and talent.
This role provides variety in what you do , challenging and high-impact cases to work on, the opportunity to work for the benefit of the wider public and the chance to progress your career within a progressive legal service, where you will learn from some talented and experienced professionals.
A range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.
How to apply for the Planning & Highways Lawyer role:
To apply, please submit your CV and/or cover letter via this page or alternatively, contact Lewis Dainty in the Sellick Partnership Manchester office.
Please note, our advertisements use years' experience, hourly rates, and salary levels purely as a guide and we assess applications based on the experience and skills evidenced on the CV. For information on how your personal details may be used by Sellick Partnership, please review our data processing notice on our website.



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