Property Locum Lawyer - Legal Services
| Posting date: | 25 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £23.10 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | per hour PAYE |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 May 2024 |
| Location: | OXFORD, OX1 1BX |
| Company: | Triumph Consultants Ltd |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | OCC 0008 C934 / 1 |
Summary
What's involved with this role:
Interim Property Locum Lawyer - Legal Services
Reference no: OCC 0008 C934 / 1
Pay Rate: £23.10 per hour PAYE
37 Monday to Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 6 months
City: OXFORD
Hybrid working
Due to an increase in the level of instructions currently being received, the Legal Services team require an additional property lawyer to undertake commercial and residential property matters for the Council.
The successful candidate will be required to handle a broad range of property transactions allocated by their line manager, and must be able to work independently with minimal supervision. They should have experience of handling asset management work (licences to assign etc.), lease renewals and general landlord and tenant advice, and be comfortable reviewing title documents in order to provide advice on a variety of commercial and residential matters.
The majority of instructions will be provided by the Council’s Corporate Property team, with some work also arising from the Housing Strategy and Regeneration teams. On occasion, the role may also include undertaking work for the Council’s wholly owned companies.
Key Responsibilities:
Handle acquisitions and disposals of land and property and all associated non-contentious work arising out of the council’s residential and commercial property portfolio including leases, licences, deeds and agreements.
Deal with residential right to buy disposals (freehold and leasehold), residential acquisitions, and some residential lease extensions.
Deal with commercial lease renewals and new lettings, and to prepare site access licences.
Draft and negotiate licences to assign, licences to underlet, licences to alter and ancillary asset management documentation.
Undertake reports on title and relevant searches across development schemes and project proposals.
Advise on and undertake property work relating to the Council’s wholly owned housing development company, to include the negotiation and drafting of sale agreements, transfers, easements, utility agreements and other ancillary documentation.
As and when required, to assist with the appointment of external lawyers to undertake work on behalf of the Council.
Work collaboratively with all members of the Law and Governance Service to deliver excellent quality services across the full range of functions provided by the Service.
Perform in an effective, timely, courteous, professional and flexible manner the duties of a qualified lawyer.
Attend and provide legal advice and assistance to officer meetings of the Council and other clients.
NB: Please feel free to apply to us direct via jobs@tclrec.com by quoting the job reference and job title exactly.
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If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, we cannot, unfortunately, respond to all applications. If, therefore, you have not heard from us within 3 days please make a working assumption that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
Qualifications:
Qualified Solicitor, Barrister or CILEx Conveyancing Practitioner with current practising certificate
Knowledge:
Knowledge of relevant legislation and case law and good practice.
Experience:
Previous experience of working within a local government legal services team would be beneficial.
Previous experience of handling property work within a local government setting.
Skills & Abilities:
High quality inter-personal and team skills.
Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).
Good organisation and communication skills.
Ability to advise in new areas of law.
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Job Ref: OCC 0008 C934 / 1
Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
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