Interim Head of Legal

3 weeks ago


South West England, United Kingdom Venn Group Full time

**Interim Head of Legal & Deputy Monitoring Officer - £600 - £800 per day - Predominantly Remote Working - East of England
- ASAP Start**

Venn Group’s specialist legal team are excited to be recruiting for an **Interim Head of Legal & Deputy Monitoring Officer**to join a Local Authority legal team in the East of England to start as soon as possible.

The post holder will be responsible for Legal & Democratic Services teams including Children’s Safeguarding, Adult Social Care, Education, Health and Litigation, Procurement and Contracts, and Growth and Regeneration. Democratic Services including MembersServices, Scrutiny Services, Civic Office and Mayoral Support and Elections. This role will report into the Director of Legal and Governance and will have responsible for line managing Principal Lawyers and Team Managers.

**Responsibilities**
- Providing high quality legal advice to the Council, Chief Officers and Elected Members to underpin effective decision making, meet statutory requirements and ensure good general practice.
- Delivering a wide range of sensitive and high-profile cases including new initiatives, policy development, major projects, constitutional issues, standards, ethics, corporate governance, corporate legal issues and other complex administrative areas of publiclaw.
- Providing legal advice to Regulatory Committees, Scrutiny Committees, Audit Committee and in the absence of the Director of Governance to Cabinet and Council.
- Developing and delivering strategies for the delivery of legal services to increase efficiencies and increase external income, as well as strengthen the resilience of the legal advice provided.
- Advising Members and Officers on the constitution and on decision making process for councillors and officers across the shared legal service.

**Interim Head of Legal & Deputy Monitoring Officer - £600 - £800 per day - Predominantly Remote Working - East of England - ASAP Start



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