Property Lawyer (Residential and Commercial) | £40,444 - £51,928 ( Career Grade)
Position reference: 50140411
Directorate: Core Services | Service: Legal Services
Salary: £40,444 - £51,928 ( Career Grade)
Working Arrangements: Hybrid Working
Hours per week: 37
Contract type: Permanent
We are happy to talk flexible working arrangements with you, please get in touch.
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Closing date: 11/12/2026 at 23:59
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At Barnsley Council you can start a career that makes a real difference to people’s lives, helping our council and residents to be the best they can be.
We’re an award-winning council and one of the biggest employers in the borough, supporting around 243,000 people. We put people at the heart of everything we do, and that includes our employees. As part of the team, we offer lots of benefits and rewards to support you to thrive and grow, like flexible working, employee discounts, support for your health and wellbeing, and opportunities for training and development to grow your career and develop your skills.
There’s so much happening in our thriving borough, and now’s the perfect time to join our excellent Legal team as we work to make Barnsley the place of possibilities.
- We’re an award-winning team and one of the biggest employers in the borough supporting around 243,000 people.
- Working at Barnsley Council means being part of a team that makes a real difference to people’s lives, where you can develop the skills you need to make change happen.
- If you join the team you’ll receive great pay alongside an excellent pension scheme. With flexible working we’ll also support your work/life balance, helping you to adjust your hours and take time off when you need it.
- We’ll help you to develop your career and grow your skills with opportunities for training and development.
- There’s so much happening in our thriving borough and your talent and skills will help us make Barnsley the place of possibilities.
- Key to our success is working with our residents, partners, businesses and organisations and building these partnerships to bring about change in Barnsley.
About the Post:
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council are recruiting an experienced property lawyer into its legal team. The role offers a varied caseload across commercial property asset management and residential property and housing matters, reflecting the changing demands and priorities of the Council.
Key responsibilities of the Property Lawyer role:
Depending on the successful candidate’s experience, the role will involve a broad range of commercial property work, allowing the postholder to work across both commercial property asset management, residential and housing matters:
- Supporting major Council projects and property transactions, with recent examples including the Alhambra Shopping Centre, The Glassworks and the Goldthorpe Housing Scheme.
- Drafting, negotiating and reviewing contracts, transfers, leases, easements and wayleaves..
- Conduct due diligence including reviewing and reporting on title documents, searches and planning consents and other property information.
· Advising on landlord and tenant matters, including lease renewals, agreements for lease and licences, surrenders, rent reviews and break clauses including security of tenure issues.
- Working closely with the housing, asset management, regeneration, procurement and other Council services to provide practical property advice.
- Advising on residential property and housing transactions including the acquisition of new-build homes, together with commercial acquisitions, disposals and asset management matters.
Benefits of the Property Lawyer role:
- Legal assistant support.
- Fantastic training and development opportunities.
- Competitive salary.
- Excellent local government pension scheme, including the option to contribute to an Additional Voluntary Contribution Scheme.
- Flexible and hybrid working.
- Generous annual leave allowance, increasing with length of service and an additional 5 discretionary days used for Christmas shutdown.
- Flexi time and use of up to 5 banked flexi days per year.
- Car lease scheme, salary sacrifice for a brand new car!
- Salary sacrifice scheme for extra annual leave, cycle to work, home electronics and childcare vouchers.
- Discounts on car parking, rail travel, eating out, leisure attractions and gym memberships.
- Family friendly policies including; excellent maternity, paternity and adoption entitlements.
- Discounts on parking.
We would be particularly interested in hearing from experienced property solicitors who have handled acquisitions of new-build homes and who also have commercial property experience. Candidates may come from private practice or the public sector. The successful candidate should be a well-rounded property lawyer who is comfortable moving between residential and housing transactions and commercial property asset management work as the Council’s workload and priorities change. Barnsley Council offers excellent training and development opportunities.
Please use the documents below to help support you with your application form.
Job Profile: Lawyer Job Profile.pdf
Vacancy Exposure Profile: Exposure Profile LOW.pdf
Help with your application form
Please ensure you view the job profile for this role, as you will need to demonstrate in your CV & statement in support (no more than 2 sides A4, setting out your experience for the role) how you meet the required criteria.
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Salary range
- £40,444 - £51,928 per year