Assistant Borough Solicitor Head of Legal
3 weeks ago
**Advert**
**Interim Deputy Borough Solicitor/Deputy Monitoring Officer
- London - 3-6 months - Hybrid -**
Venn Group’s specialist legal team is currently working with an established Local authority in the South East of England who are recruiting for an **Interim Deputy Borough Solicitor/Deputy Monitoring Officer**to join their department.
This is a full-time position for 35 hours per week. The role is offered for an initial period of 3-6 months. However, this may be extended. This is a hybrid job with the expectation of a minimum of 1 day per week in the office.
**Management**:
- a small legal team comprising 2 planning lawyers, 3 property lawyers and 1 litigation lawyer and 1 legal admin assistant (full and part-time staff).
- 1 x FOI officer (F/T)
- 1 x DPO officer (F/T)
**Work/ Duties**
- Allocation of legal work
- 121s and Performance Management
- Leading on high-profile commercial transactions
- Client liaison
- Acting as DMO (there is one other DMO)
- Assisting the Executive Head of Legal & Democratic Services & MO
- Some committee attendance (full Council and Executive) primarily when the Executive Head of Legal & Democratic Services is on leave.
**Key experience**:
- Experienced Local Government Solicitor, Barrister or CILEX.
- Preferably been a MO or DMO.
- Managing a team of lawyers at a senior level in local government.
- Has a commercial background that has ideally covered property, planning and contracts
- Will need to be hands on and prepared to handle various commercial legal work.
- Preferably able to advise on local authority corporate governance issues and handle standards allegations.
- Clearing committee reports.
For further information, please contact Alexander Rasaq at Venn Group, by responding to this advert.
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