We wish to recruit an experienced Planning and Highways Lawyer as the council’s Head of Commercial Law (Contracts, Property and Planning). The postholder will play an integral role in delivering the Council’s corporate strategy, the Bexley Plan, and various transformation agendas.
Our Legal Services Department is Lexcel accredited, offering a modern working environment and practices, which include flexible and remote working. The post holder will have direct and indirect management of a number of staff and will be a key member of the Legal Services Management Team.
You will be a confident and self-assured lawyer with substantial experience in all aspects of planning and highways law, You will possess excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Main duties and responsibilities will include:
- Manage your own caseload of planning and highways files and provide legal advice (written and verbal) to the client officers across the whole of the Council.
- Provide strategic and legal advice (written and verbal) across of variety of issues.
- Directly manage and supervise the Contract Lawyers, Planning Lawyers, and the Principal Property Lawyer. Indirectly manage and supervise the team of property lawyers.
- Be an integral part of the Legal Services Management Team providing leadership and ideas to ensure the Legal Services is effective and impactful
- To deputise for the Monitoring Officer as and when the need arises with the potential to be appointed as the Deputy Monitoring Officer
Please refer to the Job Description for more information.
The work is high profile and your advice and support will make a real difference for the residents and stakeholders of the London Borough of Bexley.
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Patricia Narebor, Deputy Director of Legal and Democratic Services, Tel 020 3045 3983 or by email [email protected]
Candidate Profile
You will have substantial post qualification experience in planning and highways with excellent supervisory experience of managing a team or teams of lawyers is required.
You will be a qualified Solicitor, Barrister or Legal Executive with a proven track record of delivering excellent client service.
For the full list of essential and desirable criteria for this role then please refer to the Person Specification within the Job Description attached.
Additional Information
Deadline: 9 November 2025
Anticipated interviews: week beginning 24 November 2025
We reserve the right to close the advertisement early so please ensure that you apply as soon as possible. We also reserve the right to interview early than the anticipated interview dates.
No agencies, please.