Head of Legal

Job title:

Head of Legal

Company:

City of York Council

Job description

This is a fantastic opportunity to join the Council as our Head of Legal Services, to lead and develop our successful Legal Services Team.The successful candidate will maintain a culture of accountability, transparency, and empowerment, enabling the team to deliver high quality, outcome-focussed, risk based, and pragmatic advice, whilst bringing their own personality, creativity, and experience to the role.Working closely with the Director of Governance and Monitoring Officer, and the Head of Democratic Governance, as part of the Governance Department Senior Management Team you will help to deliver the Council’s priorities and provide technical expertise on complex and sensitive governance issues.Part of the role will be to act as Deputy Monitoring Officer for the Council, supporting the Monitoring Officer in the performance of their statutory functions.The successful candidate must have experience of leading multi-professional teams at a senior level, contributing legal advice and problem solving, and be adept at innovative thinking.If you are a qualified solicitor or barrister, have knowledge of working in local authority or a similar complex political organisation, and are looking for an exciting new challenge, we would welcome your application.This post is deemed as politically restricted. As designated politically restricted officers, employees will not be allowed to undertake certain activities. Please refer to the guidance attached for further information.Hybrid working arrangements are available for this role. Each role at CYC is different and your working arrangements will be determined based on the requirements of the role and in collaboration with you and your needs as part of the recruitment process. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team.Please note, we do not have a sponsorship licence to sponsor individuals for visas to work in the UK, therefore we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.The Council is committed to investing in the talent and wellbeing of our staff and can offer a generous annual leave allowance, access to the Local Government Pension Scheme, comprehensive Health & Wellbeing initiatives and a reward package which recognises your contribution. We can offer flexible working practices, community engagement and volunteer activities and, as part of our commitment to you, promote continuous Learning & Development. In addition we also offer a growing range of discounts, rewards and savings.For further information or an informal discussion please contact Bryn Roberts, Director of Governance atClosing date: Friday 28 March at 12 midnightInterview date: Thursday 10 April

Expected salary

£65503 – 74555 per year

Location

York

Job date

Fri, 07 Mar 2025 00:13:36 GMT

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