Senior Lawyers - Property and Regeneration
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Senior Lawyers - Property and Regeneration
Mid Kent Legal Services — This is a full-time, hybrid working role.
About Us
Mid Kent Legal Services (MKLS) provides legal services and advice across the Mid-Kent area (to Swale, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells councils). The service covers Property and Regeneration, Planning, Contentious, Contracts & Commissioning and Corporate Governance. Working across multiple councils means a range of high-level, challenging and impactful work, including supporting the delivery of garden communities, redevelopment of large shopping centres, letting very large contracts, and delivering affordable housing. It’s a real opportunity to make a difference in an area with vibrant towns, villages, countryside and leisure and cultural amenities.
MKLS has a reputation for being forward thinking, progressive and innovative and is closely aligned with its partner authorities. It provides a supportive environment, opportunities for internal progression and uses technology to maximise the effective use of lawyers’ time.
We are now looking for Senior Lawyers (Property and Regeneration) to join us on a full-time, permanent basis, working 34 hours per week.
The Benefits
Salary of £48,657 - £54,727 per annum + £7,000 market supplement
Local Government pension scheme
Generous annual leave plus time off office closure between Christmas and New Year (and an option to purchase extra leave)
Wellbeing support, including confidential advice, counselling, and flu vaccines
Discounts on leisure, retail, and fuel and salary sacrifice schemes, including Cycle to Work and car leasing
Generous sick pay
Free parking across the 3 Partner Authority sites
Season ticket loans for rail/bus travel
This is the ideal opportunity for experienced property and regeneration lawyers with a track record of providing high-level legal advice to join our forward-thinking shared service.
With exceptional benefits, a brilliant pension scheme and opportunities for professional growth, you’ll enjoy a rewarding public sector career with more flexibility and development and significantly less commuting. We offer outstanding working arrangements, with the majority of your time spent working from home and a 34 hour working week, including 1pm finishes on Fridays. We offer a number of working options such as compressed hours, nine day fortnights and part-time working, all within an inclusive and supportive environment where your wellbeing is prioritised.
The Role
As our Senior Lawyer (Property and Regeneration), you will manage a caseload of complex property and regeneration work. You will provide high-level legal advice and services to elected members, senior managers and staff across all three local authorities, and supervise less senior fee earners and Legal Support Officers to ensure high-quality support in legal transactions. You will:
Stay updated on legal developments in property and regeneration law and practice
Represent MKLS in internal working groups and external meetings
Deputise for the Team Leader/Practice Area Lead when required
Uphold the Council’s policies
This is an exciting time to join the MKLS Property & Regeneration Team with a number of large and high-profile projects happening across the Partner Authorities.
About You
To be considered as our Senior Lawyer (Property and Regeneration), you will need:
To be a qualified solicitor, barrister, chartered legal executive or have equivalent qualification and experience
Post-qualification legal practice experience in property and regeneration
Experience providing legal advice and support to senior leaders and key decision-makers in property and regeneration law and practice
Experience advising Members on all aspects of property and regeneration law and procedures
Experience operating in politically sensitive environments
Knowledge and understanding of the political nature of local government and the democratic process
A full, valid UK driving licence
Other organisations may call this role Senior Legal Counsel, Lead Lawyer, Legal Services Manager, Solicitor, Barrister, Chartered Legal Executive, or Senior Legal Manager.
Webrecruit, Mid Kent Legal Services and Maidstone, Swale and Tunbridge Wells local authorities are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.
If you would like to discuss this position, please contact Timothy Pyant, Interim Business Manager, on 01622 602155.
Closing Date: 19th October 2025Interview Date: W/C 3rd November 2025
So, if you’re looking for a great new opportunity as a Senior Lawyer (Property and Regeneration), please apply via the button shown.
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- Location:
- England, United Kingdom
- Job Type:
- PartTime