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Head of Legal Services

Employer
Cheshire East Council
Location
Cheshire
Salary
£64,000 - £75,000 + benefits
Closing date
7 May 2019

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The Role

Cheshire East is an amazing place to live and work and where we are able to offer you a wide range of both challenging and rewarding career development opportunities. At Cheshire East Council we are working for a brighter future – together, and our commitment to you is that our workplace culture will provide a shared purpose, be well-led, with valued people succeeding together as one team and one council, to deliver the best service for our customers and communities.  

Join us, as we take the next step in our journey as we build a brighter future together. As Head of Legal Services, you’ll be responsible for leading our legal department to provide a professional service to support and enable the Council to deliver great services to our residents.  The role will focus on managing our Legal Services teams to deliver excellent legal advice and guidance on a wide range of contractual, commercial, regulatory and employment matters, together with adult and children’s safeguarding issues. 

Reporting to the Director of Governance & Compliance, you will support the democratic decision-making process across the Council by identifying the legal implications of Cabinet and Council decisions.  As Deputy Monitoring Officer, you will also play an important statutory role in the Council’s governance framework.  Your professional advice will guide managers to make decisions with a clear understanding of the legal risk and implications, whilst supporting innovation, pace and service improvement.

As a qualified solicitor or barrister, you’ll bring a good balance of commercial and local authority understanding and experience. With this background, you’ll know how to deliver effective governance and compliance frameworks through professionally qualified teams. Your expert leadership skills will be backed up by in-depth knowledge of relevant legislation and an understanding of key issues. With integrity, dedication and excellent legal expertise, you’ll enable us to deliver excellent services across Cheshire East.

We’re committed to “working for a brighter future together” – and we expect you to be too. Through teamwork, we’re creating a better Cheshire East for all. If you have the ambition, passion and drive, share your expertise with us and we will provide you with the opportunity to influence, develop and grow with an exceptional team.

For an informal discussion about these exciting roles, please contact our consultants at Penna: Rebecca Rampat on 07739 985332, Nick Raper on 07715 690463.

Visit cheshireeastleaders.com to find out more.

Closing date: Tuesday 7th May 2019

Company

As a low cost, high performing local authority, Cheshire East Council is responsible for providing more than 500 local public services to over 378,000 residents.

We employ around 3,500 staff and they are our most important asset. Getting our organisational culture right has been a real focus for us over the last two years.

In 2017 the council asked the LGA to undertake a review of workplace culture. We've addressed the recommendations of that review through a comprehensive, organisation-wide programme. We now have a clear vision for the workplace, a set of values and behaviours and an employee deal that have been agreed by staff and members across the organisation.

Our organisation is financially independent and we have a particular focus on enabling residents and communities to become more self-sufficient.

“Working for a brighter future together” is our promise and speaks about our ambitions and our hopes, and those we share with our communities and partners. Our priorities are shaped by a clear vision for our organisation and Cheshire East the place and set out in our Corporate Plan and our strategies for people and place services.

Our journey continues to ensure that Cheshire East Council is a great place to work, where staff are well led, feel valued, have a shared purpose and succeed together.

Leader of Cheshire East Council 
Councillor Rachel Bailey

We are an aspiring, high performing organisation which seizes opportunities for the benefit of all our residents, businesses and visitors. We have an ambitious corporate plan, a thriving economy, beautiful surroundings and close network with our partners to enable the absolute delivery of successful outcomes for our local authority.

We are on a journey and understand there will be many challenges along the way. But if you are successful at securing one of these exciting roles, you will be given an unparalleled platform, to be part of our new vision and help shape our plans – working for an even brighter future together.

To find out more about opportunities please visit cheshireeastleaders.com

Chief Executive Kath O’Dwyer introductory video

Company info
Website
Telephone
0300 123 5500
Location
Cheshire East Council
c/o Municipal Buildings
Earle Street,
Crewe
CW1 2BJ
GB

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