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Senior Planning Lawyer

Employer
Royal Borough of Greenwich
Location
Greenwich, London (Greater)
Salary
£44.607 - £47.511
Closing date
31 Jul 2019

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Sector
Corporate Services, Legal
Contract Type
Full time

Job Details

Are you a Senior Planning Lawyer with local government experience and looking for variety and challenge?

The role

An excellent opportunity exists for a Senior Planning Lawyer to join a small team of lawyers within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The role will involve handling a varied caseload of planning, CIL, highways, and enforcement matters as well as regeneration projects, and will involve providing legal advice and support to committees, members and senior officers.

The main work will include:

  • Advising on, negotiating and drafting planning and highways agreements
  • Advising on breaches of planning permissions and dealing with enforcement action
  • Commenting on reports to planning and highways committees and advising at committees
  • Advising on CIL, assets of community value and conservation issues
  • Dealing with miscellaneous enquiries on the interpretation of existing and proposed legislation, regulations and codes and giving advice to staff in client departments
  • Liaising with managers in client department, keeping them informed of the progress of matters and taking any other appropriate measures to ensure continued legal service delivery.

Rewards and Benefits of working for us:

  • 28 days annual leave, rising to 31 days annual leave after 5 years’ service.
  • Excellent pension scheme
  • Learning and development opportunities to maximise your potential
  • Annual season ticket loan
  • Cycle to Work Scheme
  • Childcare Vouchers

Closing Date: 31st July 2019

 

Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.

Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date should there be a high volume of applications received.

All vacancies close at midnight unless otherwise stated

Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statement addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role. Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they meet the specific points within the Person Specification. The Person Specification is supplied with the job advert. When completing your application, please use the supporting statement section to tell us how you meet each of the points on the Person Specification. We need to have this information in order to consider your application.

Company

Why work for the Royal Borough of Greenwich?

The Royal Borough Of Greenwich supports equality and diversity in the workplace. The borough has a clear commitment to the LGBT community, mental health issues, race equality and disability.

Greenwich offers a diverse range of roles, from junior to senior positions, spanning service sectors from children’s services to engineering.

With the main council offices based in the heart of Woolwich, employees also benefit from an excellent transport links, while central London is just 20 minutes away.

Excellent benefits

  • Up to 31 days leave per year.
  • Flexible working hours.
  • Developing opportunities to maximise employee’s potential.
  • Annual season ticket loan.
  • Greenwich One Card which entitles employees to discounts at local businesses.

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