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Are you enthusiastic, flexible and enjoy teamwork?  If so, we have a fantastic permanent opportunity as a Commercial Lawyer, and in addition we can offer some fantastic benefits:

• Salary from £44,428 to £48,474 per annum
• Full-time – 37 hours a week
• Hybrid / Flexible working
• Pension scheme – 19% total contribution (you pay approximately 6.5%) and by joining the scheme this includes Death in service cover of 3 x your salary
• Annual leave – 26 days plus bank holidays increasing to 31 days after 5 years’ service plus bank holidays AND you can buy additional leave should you need to!
• Employee Assistance scheme, store discounts, flexi hours scheme, cycle to work scheme and much more!

This exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Legal Services team at Sheffield City Council as a Commercial Lawyer.  The team operates in a fast-paced environment providing legal advice in relation to a full range of commercial matters relevant to local authorities, including contract, procurement and subsidy control, and is heavily involved in much high profile work including the dynamic redevelopment of the city.  

The successful candidate will:

• Be responsible for providing authoritative advice to the Councils Officers and Members, ensuring that decisions are lawful.
• Manage their own caseload, which will include complex and interesting areas of law.

For the role, you would need to have:

• Recognised Legal qualification (Solicitor, Barrister or FCILEX)
• Understanding of legal case management systems and process knowledge
• Technical knowledge in the specialist area of Commercial Law

For an informal discussion, please contact Patrick Chisholm on 0114 273 4063

It is a great time to join us, and we welcome your application.

We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.

Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.

If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.

Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.