Job Description

Are you a great team player but with the ability to work on your own initiative too?
The Opportunity
Salary: 44,075 to 58,829 per annum
Working Pattern: Full time, 37 hours per week
Location: County Hall, Chichester and hybrid working
Interview date: w/c 17 November 2025
As our Lawyer, you will join a dynamic team and have access to an established career progression scheme offering scope for future development.
Your primary focus will be to provide clear and balanced advice on commercial property, residential property and land law matters within the Property Team in Legal Services. You will run a mixed case load, drafting, and providing advice on leases, licences, easements, reviewing less complex titles and writing title reports, and conducting small sales and other land law related matters.
You will work within the Property Team in Legal Services to provide a quality legal service to client groups across the County Council. Key areas include leases, licences, easements, less complex title checking and writing title reports and conducting smaller sales and other work areas as required by the Principal Solicitor.
Legal Services aims to give the best possible legal and insurance service to the Council. As an organisation we have a simple goal - to deliver the best possible services to the people of West Sussex. We do this through the people who work for us so it's paramount to us to ensure that our employees are supported and valued.
This role is within a career progression scheme which is aimed at solicitors or legal executives from one year's post-qualification experience up to five years post qualification experience.
Qualified lawyers will be expected to complete any formal post-qualification training and examinations required by their regulatory body. Progression through the grade will be achieved by successful performance of specific and general work areas.
What are we looking for?

• You will be a qualified solicitor, or legal executive, or have equivalent experience with some practical knowledge and experience of commercial property, residential property, and land law, but absolutely with an ability to analyse legal issues and having a good eye for detail.
• You will be confident dealing with in-house and external clients using a professional but friendly fashion.
• You will be a good team worker when required, but with the ability to work on your own initiative too.
• You will be part of a team providing commercial property, residential property, and land law advice to a wide range of client departments across the Council and external clients and you will have good IT skills to be able to use the case management system.
• You will be able to work flexibly to meet the demands of the team and be able to travel independently around the county to various offices and establishments.

For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the attached.
Working for us
As well as adding real value to our service users and our communities, as an employer we recognise our employees are central in being able to achieve this. To recognise this, we want to help support your development and provide a great place to work ensuring you can fulfil your full potential, have access to a range of benefits including:

• an excellent
• generous holiday entitlement of 30 days (plus opportunity to buy additional leave)
• a range of flexible working options, depending on your job role
• maternity, paternity, dependency, and adoption leave
• volunteering opportunities
• training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring
• a range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers; groceries, travel, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities, high street retailers and the opportunity to save over 1,000 a year through our West Sussex Choices benefits platform (see our

if you are a business looking to offer a discount) * health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and Voluntary Health Cash Plans
For a full list this can be found at our
Further information
The reference number for this role is .
For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Jonathan Brown (Principal Solicitor) at For issues or queries regarding your application please contact .
To apply, please follow the links below to upload your CV and Cover Letter. In your cover letter please outline your motivations for applying and explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role (please refer to the key skills) ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to a reference from your current manager and health check (if applicable).
Equity, inclusion, and accessibility is very important to West Sussex County Council. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, as this helps us build a diverse and talented workforce, that reflects the communities we serve. We ensure our approach to recruitment is flexible and supportive to enable all applicants to be at their best and to ensure they have the best possible chance of success.
We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants that have a disability, are a veteran or are a care leaver. More information can be found on our page.
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