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Richmond upon Thames is a high achieving London Borough recognised by its residents as one of the best places to live. The vision of this four star – and strongly improving – Council is to remain at the forefront of London local authorities and to ensure exceptional value and excellent customer service for the borough and its residents. With several major projects, including a new secondary school, a £32m. primary school investment programme, a riverside redevelopment and consultation on academy schools, Richmond is at the forefront of innovative and exciting local authorities. We are
looking to recruit an ambitious Assistant Head of Legal Services to help us maximise opportunities and achieve our objectives. The Role: • Assisting the Head of Legal & Electoral Services in effective strategic
management of the department.
• Plan and manage the provision of legal services for the
commissioning of services and of works, shared services initiatives,
partnering, contracts and property across the Council.
The Candidate: • You will be an admitted solicitor or barrister with experience/
exposure to the public sector and of management.
• Experience of service contract design, partnering, procurement,
shared services and of commercial and property law.
For further detail please contact Nick Hodan on 020 7518 2649
To apply please visit www.odgersselect.com/28899 or email
quoting ref: NMH28899. Closing date Friday 24th July