Senior Solicitor (Commercial) (A0129N)
Homes England
Apply before 11:55 pm on Sunday 12th May 2024
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Working in a team with the Head of Legal Regeneration and Commercial, the Senior Solicitor (Commercial) will play a critical role in helping to deliver Homes England’s objectives by handling its commercial contracts. You will be joining our small, friendly and approachable team who are committed to providing first class legal advice to Homes England.
Job description
Key responsibilities of the role include:
- Preparing bespoke and standard form contractual documents, including framework call off agreements and IT contracts;
- Providing advice on contractual issues such as remedies for breach of contract, termination and variation, and mitigation strategies to manage risk;
- Deputising when required for the Head of Legal Regeneration and Commercial; and
- Managing and prioritising a high volume caseload, including those of a complex nature, efficiently and professionally.
This is a rare chance to be part of a fast growing, national organisation with real social purpose. Working with key stakeholders and a professional legal team you will ensure efficient, consistent and effective resolution of commercial law issues.
Person specification
As well as being able to draw on substantial legal experience in commercial contracts you’ll need real energy, be highly motivated and able to demonstrate your ability to work and succeed in an ever-changing and fast-paced environment. You will be curious, adaptable, unfazed by ambiguity, and have strong intellectual and analytical skills.
Whilst the role will primarily focus on commercial contracts, an understanding of (or willingness to learn) public procurement law and other public sector regulatory regimes would be advantageous.
Delivering on a mission as bold as ours isn’t always easy. You will need to be resilient and comfortable managing stakeholders at a senior level and your discussions will always be shaped by a good understanding of the commercial and operational impact of what we do as a legal team. You will enjoy working in an innovative, fun and engaging way and be able to negotiate and persuade.
As an experienced Legal professional you’ll understand how to manage colleagues and be able to demonstrate you can work with others as part of a team in a collaborative, inclusive way.
Benefits
Homes England is an executive non-departmental public body with its own terms and conditions, benefits and pension scheme. We are a government agency working in partnership with the private sector and want to employ and retain great people. In return we offer a range of excellent benefits, some of the key benefits include:
Holiday - Homes England offers all staff 33 days annual leave per year in addition to 8 statutory bank holidays.
Working Flexibly - At Homes England we have a strong culture of flexible working and encourage all employees to have a healthy work/life balance. We offer a wide range of potential working patterns, including part time, job share and compressed hours.
Health and Wellbeing - We offer health screening with Nuffield Proactive Health Clinics, a free Employee Assistance Programme which offers confidential support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week as well as access to Occupational Health.
Professional Development - At Homes England we are committed to your continued professional and personal development with learning as one of our core values. We pay for one job-related professional membership subscription per year for our employees.
We also offer an excellent range of family friendly benefits, for example, maternity, paternity, shared parental leave.
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To apply please follow the links to our careers page.
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Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.
Selection process details
For more information on the role, please see the attached Job Description.
Successful applicants will be advised of the outcome of their application and interviews held as soon as practical after the closing date. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in this role and Homes England.
Please note – Homes England has a responsibility to ensure compliance with HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard to address the potential problems of identity fraud, illegal working and deception generally. To ensure compliance we will carry out a pre-employment Personal Identity and Vetting Report through Experian to meet the standard and you will therefore be asked to provide certain information in order that the verification check can be carried out if you are successful in your application.
Homes England are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer that values and respects the people who work for us. Our aim is to be an employer of choice, enabling everyone to reach their full potential.
Homes England is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal data. For further information please refer to our Privacy Notice which can be viewed here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/homes-england/about/personal-information-charter
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Open to UK, Commonwealth and European Economic Area (EEA) and certain non EEA nationals. Further information on whether you are able to apply is available here.
Working for the Civil Service
Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a guaranteed disability confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
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Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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- Name : Recruitment team
- Email : Recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : Recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk
