Senior Lawyer Planning

Neway is seeking a Senior Lawyer Planning to join our client based with Newham Council.

This role is starting asap, working 36 hours a week in an ongoing contract.

To support the Principal Lawyer and Legal Services management team in the provision of strategic, high level legal advice to the Councils, Members and Officers, and support the provision of legal solutions in planning and related areas to enable the Councils to progress with corporate goals.

To lead and manage a team in a shared back office support service. The team will include lawyers, legal officers and support staff, and the Senior Lawyer will support the Team Leader in the delivery of a portfolio of high-quality, solution-focused legal work in more than one discipline and across multiple sites, to customers in different organisations.

To support the Principal Lawyer in meeting the strategic aims of the Legal Services department.

To build positive relationships with customers, assisting the Principal Lawyer in the role as relationship manager, and developing and marketing new and innovative solutions

To support the Principal Lawyer in developing ways of maximising and improving income generation and ,identifying savings