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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.
