Job Description

Corporate Governance Lawyer - Sheffield

Contract: 3 months with view to extend

Rate: 60 p/h

Responsibilities:

• advise on the legal requirements and limitations of a committee system of governance (including area committees.
• advise on the legal requirements of the Council's constitution and contributing to a review of the constitution
• review/draft policy documents and protocols connected with the operation of the constitution and the committee system
• advise on the scheme of delegations within the constitution and the requirements for reports to decision-makers
• advise on local government constitutional and administrative law

Candidates must have current experience of advising on/drafting local authority constitutions. Familiarity with the modern committee system would be a definite advantage as would experience of putting complex legal concepts into plain language as we want our constitution to be as easy to understand for a lay person as possible. If all of this applies to your experience, please apply.