Interim Director of Law

3 days ago

Wirral, United Kingdom Eden Brown Education Full time

I am working with a Local Authority based in Merseyside who are looking for an **Interim Director of Law & Governance**.

The role is full time, to start ASAP and paying £600 PAYE per day or £757.98 Umbrella per day. The role is in scope of IR35.

The Authority offer hybrid working and you will be expected in the office for committee meetings etc.

**Role Purpose**:

- Lead, co-ordinate and manage the law and governance functions of the Council ensuring the Council has the capacity to deliver its current and future objectives.
- To act as the Council's statutory Monitoring Officer to ensure that the Council, its Officers, and its Elected Members, maintain the highest standards of conduct in all they do, and report any matters that are likely to be illegal or amount to maladministration.
- To ensure that, in the delivery of its services, the Council is compliant with relevant law, frameworks, guidance, policies and procedures - identifying issues of non-compliance and, where this is the case, ensuring that the appropriate remediation is undertaken.
**Key Accountabilities**:

- To inform, support and advise Members of the Council so that they can perform their executive, scrutiny and representational responsibilities and ensure that decisions are appropriately informed and services delivered according to Council priorities.
- To be responsible for the operation of the Council's Constitution.
- To provide strategic and professional advice on legal, constitutional and corporate governance issues.
- To promote and ensure compliance with corporate governance.
- To support the election and committee processes and to promote and maintain high standards for conduct by Council Members, officers, partners and contractors.
- To ensure effective management of Council resources in accordance with best practice and the Constitution to meet needs of stakeholders and delivery of the Council's Plan.
- To lead and manage legal and governance strategies to ensure that the Council delivers its plans for reform.
**Knowledge, skills & experience required**:

- A qualified, practicing solicitor.
- Full membership of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx) or equivalent.
- Knowledge of 'current thinking' and approaches relating to strategic law and governance.
- Experience in successfully leading the delivery of legal and governance strategies in a large complex environment.
- Experience of establishing robust systems for the delivery of effective legal, constitutional and governance management.
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to negotiate, influence and generate confidence, trust and respect.
- Ability to demonstrate resilience and flexibility of approach and manage uncertainty and ambiguity for themselves and others.
- Ability to identify and implement effective governance systems and constitutional arrangements.
- Ability to develop and encourage innovative ideas to drive improvement.
- Ability to identify appropriate legal trends and developments to maximise opportunities and realise improvements and efficiencies.

Thank you

Charlotte

Eden Brown Synergy is an equal opportunities employer.

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