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Form of workAn exciting opportunity has arisen to become part of the Legal Services team at Sheffield City Council in the role of a Planning and Highways Lawyer.
We are looking for a candidate who is enthusiastic, flexible, and enjoys teamwork. We welcome applications from individuals who are driven to apply their knowledge and experience in delivering practical, solution-focussed legal advice to the Council on Planning and Highways issues.
The successful candidate will manage a wide range of Planning and Highways related matters to include drafting and negotiating all types of Planning and Highways agreements, attending and briefing Planning Committee and have experience of advising on and supporting Planning and Highways officers on policy issues.
The successful candidate will be expected to provide authoritative advice to the Council’s Officers and Members, ensuring that decisions and actions are lawful. Experience of working within the public sector would be useful but is not essential if the candidate can show requisite experience of Planning and Highways law.
In return you can expect a rewarding career in the UK’s greenest city within an organisation that recognises the importance of work/life balance and that offers a range of attractive benefits and a friendly and supportive work environment.
This role is based in Sheffield, but we actively support flexible working arrangements, and the City is centrally located with excellent transport links, and we consider the wellbeing of our employees in the way we design and deliver our legal services. You can expect the ability to work flexibly, including hybrid working, to be a feature of working for Sheffield City Council.
This is a politically restricted post according to the terms of Local Government and Housing Act 1989.
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.
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.
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.
It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.Closing date: 28 June 2024
For further information about the role or to apply, please click opn the 'Enquire/Apply' button below and select the correct role - reference no. REQ002367.
