Solicitor – Commissioning & Procurement

Description

Our client in Aberdeen are recruiting for a Solicitor ( Commissioning and Procurement ) on an interim basis of 3 months with the possibility to extend up to a maximum of a further 4 months who will be responsible for leading the Commercial Legal Team

The typical working week will be 37 hours ( Monday – Friday ) with a negotiable daily rate based on the skills and experience of the candidate

The Postholder will:

* Be principal point of contact for the commercial legal team
* Appropriately allocate, supervise and assess the priority of work of the team
* Contribute to the development and design of internal policies, risk registers, processes and procedures relating to commercial and procurement aspects of the client’s business
* Represent the business in a professional capacity at meetings of elected members
* Provide the senior management with strategic advice and guidance on potential lawful solutions, including advice on managing risk
* Deputise for the Head of Commercial and Procurement as required
* Take on a share of the Commercial Legal Team’s workload

Duties of the Commercial Legal Team typically comprises of:

* Advising on internal governance arrangements in respect of procurements and commercial contacts
* Supporting non-legal procurement officers with queries re. public procurement legislation and compliance issues
* Drafting terms and conditions for above threshold procurements
* Maintaining standard terms and conditions for use in below threshold procurements
* Maintaining standard terms and conditions for social care contracts
* Drafting bespoke agreements where the standard terms and conditions would not be appropriate, i.e. consultancy services, non-disclosure agreements, agreement for joint working with other organisations, terms and conditions for services, supplies or works where grant funding is being used to fund expenditure, IT software agreement/ licences
* Reviewing third party terms and conditions, where standard terms and conditions are not accepted (mostly purchases of IT software); Reviewing framework agreements which council officers wish to use for legality of use and deviances from the standard terms and conditions
* Reviewing business cases and committee reports that involve commercial and / or procurement elements
* Reviewing grant agreements for incoming grant funding
* Drafting bespoke grant agreements and maintaining standard terms for out-going grant funding
* Providing internal legal support to capital projects
* Attending committee to answer questions on work you have been involved
* Reviewing and advising on contract terms where the organisation is dissatisfied with the performance of a supplier
* Drafting termination notices for contracts

Essential skills and competencies required:

* Admitted as a solicitor in Scotland and holding a Practising Certificate from the Law Society of Scotland
* Detailed working knowledge and experience of relevant current legislation and practice in commercial, contract and procurement law

Desirable skills for the role:

* Experience of working in an inhouse legal team
* Experience of managing people, allocating work and managing workloads

The Postholder will be required to hold a Standard Disclosure

If you are interested in the role of Solicitor in Aberdeen please apply today with an up to date CV

ASA Recruitment is one of Scotland’s largest independent multi-sector recruitment agencies. We specialise in providing effective tailored solutions for permanent, contract and temporary employment requirements for our Clients and Candidates. We are members of the REC and are ISO certified.

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