About the role
Hours: 37 Mon- Fri, some meetings outside of regular hours may be required
Salary: up to £42,708 (dependent on experience)
Are you a legal professional looking for a challenging and rewarding role where you can use your skills to make a real difference? If so, we want to hear from you.
This is an exciting time to be joining Bury Council; a growing Council and an equally growing legal services team, we are undertaking a number of exciting development plans across our six townships.
Bury Legal Services plays a vital role in supporting the Council's vision for the borough, and we are looking for a Lawyer Lawyer to join our team and contribute to delivering high quality legal services to our several client departments.
What you'll be doing
As a Lawyer, you will lead upon and manage a variety of complex Housing matters across the Council. You will also have the opportunity to provide significant input to the development and implementation of our legal compliance policies and procedures.
Your experience of handling Housing queries including proceedings whilst prioritising a full personal caseload of legal matters/cases within these areas of law will put you in good stead for success in this role.
At Bury Council, we are advocates of developing our teams, especially in terms of apprenticeships, and you will be helping supervise junior members of the team in these roles. We are an organisation that looks to promote collaborative working styles.
What our clients say about us
“I find that staff members are approachable, knowledgeable and I feel that I have a good working relationship and I value their continued support.”
“In my experience, our legal services are extremely professional, well managed and work tirelessly to sort things out. They never lose sight of the important issues for their clients and always give the right advice”
“I think our legal team are fabulous and wonderful.”
What our team say about us
“I have been at Bury for over 6 years and have found it extremely rewarding to work in such a warm and friendly environment. I have been able to build strong working relationships with client departments and have enjoyed the challenge of an extraordinarily wide variety of commercial legal matters.”
"Within a few years of working with Bury Council, I've had the privilege of witnessing first-hand the power of team-driven initiatives and the profound changes they bring. It has been a work culture that we do not just navigate challenges; we embrace them as opportunities for progress. Whether it's crafting policies that promote social equity, ensuring efficient service delivery, or engaging with other departments within the service to co-create solutions, every task is infused with passion and dedication."
“I have worked for Bury for 20 years in various departments, I moved to the legal team just over 12 months ago. Having never worked in a legal environment before it was a huge encouragement to feel accepted, like I finally belonged somewhere. There is a huge wealth of knowledge here with people from all different fields and backgrounds, everyone is eager to share their experience and knowledge.
The work in legal is varied and interesting, management ensure I know I am encouraged to further my career, in fact I am currently studying on an apprenticeship which will give me great scope to branch out to other sections.
Everyone is a huge support, we all lean on each other for guidance and assistance, especially those with vast experience.”
“I have worked for Bury Council since last October and my experience is that it is a fantastic place to work. My team are friendly, supportive and really good fun; the fun element is absolutely crucial whilst dealing with a pressured workload and tight deadlines. Having the support of my team and a manager that is knowledgeable, supportive and appreciative has been amazing and I am thankful to have been selected to work here. In addition to this, Bury Council’s strong emphasis on staff mental health and a good work life balance really adds to the sense that we are not just employees but part of a community; and that is absolutely crucial to happiness at work.”
What you'll need
To be successful in this role, you will need to have:
- A strong track record of success in a legal role.
- Knowledge of Housing law and procedures.
- Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
- The ability to build and maintain relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
What we offer
- Generous Pension Scheme.
- Generous annual Leave, including additional days for Volunteering as well as the option to purchase extra leave.
- Bespoke Management development programme.
- Flexible and agile working arrangements.
- Supportive and inclusive environment.
- Personal Development plan to support career growth.
- Proud Living Wage employer.
- Variety of discounts and benefit schemes.
About Bury
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare or children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.
As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way
Benefits of working for Bury Council
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We support employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements.
We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.
Next steps
We hope you will be encouraged to apply. For more information, please contact Rosalind Thorpe on rosalind.thorpe@bury.gov.uk or via telephone 0161-253-5740 or Ruth Whittingham on r.whittingham@bury.gov.uk or telephone 0161-253-5219.
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