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Commercial Lawyer – Procurement, Contracts & Governance

Posting date:	27 July 2024
Salary:	£39.37 per hour
Additional salary information:	per hour PAYE
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	25 August 2024
Location:	EALING, London, W5 2HL
Company:	Triumph Consultants Ltd
Job type:	Temporary
Job reference:	Ealing 7926-1

Summary

What's involved with this role:

Interim Commercial Lawyer – Procurement, Contracts & Governance

Reference no: Ealing 7926-1

Pay rate: £39.37 per hour PAYE

Hours per week: 35 Monday – Friday, normal working hours

This opening assignment is for 3 months

City: EALING, London

A Commercial Lawyer is required to join the team and provide advice on procurement, contracts and governance. To advise on and deal with all legal matters relating to UK and EU contract and public procurement law and other general legal matters affecting the Council.

Key responsibilities:

Give legal advice on and prepare straightforward and complex documentation relating to all contracts and public procurement matters (including TUPE and public/private partnerships) and to assist in the development of policy.
Attend committees, working parties and other member level panels or meetings as required and to advise on procedural and specific legal issues.
Instruct counsel as necessary, arrange case conferences and attend to counsel at hearings / inquiries as required.
Manage case work and advise on strategic case management with a view to cost effectiveness.
Represent the Council in meetings with other authorities, government departments and other bodies.
Draft reports and legal implications of reports to Cabinet and committees.
Familiarise and keep up to date with changes in the law and legal practice, and bring this to the attention of relevant client departments.
Assist the Head of Legal (Contracts) in identifying the training needs of clients in the field of contract and procurement law and to participate in the provision of appropriate training for those clients.
Supervise and manage the performance and development of junior staff in the Contracts Section.



NB: Please feel free to apply to us direct via jobs@tclrec.com by quoting the job reference and job title exactly.

To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF

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:

An admitted solicitor, a barrister or a legal executive.



Experience:

At least two years relevant contracts and procurement experience as an admitted solicitor, barrister or a legal executive.
Relevant experience in a local authority legal services division desirable.



Knowledge:

Knowledge and understanding of law and procedure relating to contracts, local government, public procurement, public/private partnerships and the Private Finance Initiative or ability to acquire the same.



Skills & Abilities:

Ability to draft and settle original documents and clauses to give effect to special circumstances and new statutory provisions.
A clear and systematic approach to problem solving, including the ability to research new law and policy effectively and to apply that research to meet the client’s needs.
Ability to allocate and supervise the workload of staff in the Contracts team.
Ability to represent the Council at meetings of the Cabinet/Committees and at meetings with other public authorities, Government departments, contractors etc. and give advice on matters of law and procedure.
Ability to communicate with and advise in writing and orally, at all organisational levels, including Members, Directors and others.
Ability to contribute to the continuous improvement of Legal Services.
Competent ICT skills including basic keyboard skills, familiarity with word-processing packages, case management systems and simple databases or ability to acquire the same.



***Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the job role to help support your application (and help us to help you!) – please give full details within your CV document.

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Job Ref: Ealing 7926-1


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.

Please do try to resist contacting us with requests for progress updates.

We really do read every CV sent to us. All applications will be acknowledged by a human, not a robot, provided the job remains live and provided your CV meets the “Essential Requirements” listed.

Please note that we do our level best to take down ads as soon as roles have been filled. We are not in the business of harvesting CVs.

Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary.