- West Suffolk Council
- Address: Bury St Edmunds, IP33 3YU
- Salary: £32,115 - £37,035 per annum (pay award pending), Qualified Lawyer range £39,513 - £44,711 per annum (pay award pending)
- Hours: 37 hours per week
- Contract: Permanent
- Reference: 0334
About the roles:
The legal service provides high quality legal advice across several areas of law to include commercial, property, planning and regulatory. The service also supports the administrative framework alongside the governance service ensuring that the council’s dealings are lawful, and decisions are taken correctly.
As lawyers in the commercial and property teams, you will be supporting the Service Manager and Business Partners whilst providing advice to officers and members on statute, case law and policy in all aspects of commercial and residential property law, project work, development work and commercial contracts.
What you will need:
We are seeking two skilled and motivated Lawyers with a strong background in commercial and/or property law to join our legal team. You will provide expert legal advice and support on a wide range of commercial and property related matters, ensuring the council’s interests are protected and its objectives are achieved efficiently and lawfully. Whilst experience of working within a political environment is not essential, the ability to develop strong relationships with colleagues and key stakeholders both internally and externally to make things happen certainly is.
If this is an opportunity that you are interested in, we would like to hear from you. We would also welcome applications from those not qualified, but who have experience, interest and abilities in the type of work this role covers. This would be on a career pathway. We would support you in gaining experience and learning from a supportive team. Enthusiasm and a willingness to learn are vital.
Please refer to the job description and person specification for full details of this exciting opportunity.
Why work for us? Our benefits include:
- Holiday entitlement of 25 days, increasing to 29 days after 5 years (pro rata if part time) plus bank holidays (with an option to buy up to 10 extra days each year subject to approval)
- Generous pension scheme – contribute between 5.5% and 6.8% (depending on your salary) and the council will contribute 26%
- Life assurance – a payment of three times your annual salary
- flexible working options to enable work/life balance
- agile working - ability to work in the office and from home
- access to a unique employee benefits package which includes discounts and cashback on supermarkets, high street shops, holidays, mobile phones, electrical goods, savings and loan schemes and many other products and services
- Salary sacrifice benefits including Cycle to Work scheme, Tusker Leased Car Scheme and SmartTech (buy the latest tech products interest free and repay through your monthly salary)
- Rail and bus staff discounts
- A range of Health and Wellbeing initiatives including an employee assistance programme
- Discounted membership at Abbeycroft Leisure centres
- A culture of learning inspiring staff to focus on continuous learning
- Modern office accommodation
For more information:
For an informal discussion and further information please contact Reema Battu, Property Business Partner [email protected] or Sam Antwi, Commercial Business Partner [email protected]
Please note, we are unable to accept CVs, please follow the online application process to apply.
Closing date: 3 August 2025
West Suffolk Council has been rated in the top 10 councils for climate action and as a member of UK100 has demonstrated its commitment to a rapid transition to Net Zero with Clean Air in our communities. The council has declared a climate and biodiversity emergency and is committed to working towards net zero emissions by 2030.
