Principal Property Lawyer

Greater Manchester Pension Fund

• Contract Type: Permanent
• Salary: Grade J. SCP 40 £48,474 – SCP 43 £51,515 with a professional bar at SCP 41 £49,498**
• 36 hours per week
• Base location: Guardsman Tony Downes House, Droylsden

The Role

Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF) is looking for an experienced and confident commercial property lawyer interested in working for the UK’s largest LGPS Fund in a prominent role in a service which is at the leading edge of LGPS reform and development.

The areas of work will include complex aspects of legal work arising from the Pension Fund’s day to day activities, mainly focused on complex landlord and tenant commercial property transactions, acting for GMPF in its capacity as a Pension Fund landlord across its portfolio of properties.

About You

This post offers exciting opportunities for development in a dynamic and supportive team environment and would suit a qualified solicitor, barrister or a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives. The suitable candidate will have substantial PQE, with the desire and potential to become a successful LGPS lawyer within a supportive environment.

The property portfolios have over £2bn of AUM and the work involves dealing with senior contacts at major global property firms and their advisers.

The job is based at Guardsman Tony Downes House, Droylsden and offers a high degree of flexibility in working patterns including the ability to work remotely, a varied and interesting workload and the ability to participate in the excellent local government pension scheme. There is also access to the NHS car lease scheme.

About Us

At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.

We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of support, trust, respect, integrity, value diversity, and engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.

Our employees’ skills, experience, and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm, and motivation to be the best they can be.

We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference, and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer.  Reasonable adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the job role criteria.

For further information about this role please contact the recruiting manager Stephanie Parkinson on stephanie.parkinson@tameside.gov.uk.

Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here.

** This post is classified as being in a professional job category.  As such the grade for the job has a professional grade development bar which employees can progress through subject to meeting the following criteria:

1. Relevant professional qualification for the job role at Level 6 or above AND a management qualification, AND
2. Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience in the role, AND
3. Maintained membership of a regulated body where this is a requirement to practice in the role where applicable, AND
4. Professional standards practised to the highest expected level.

This role is employed by Tameside Council.

Reference Number: DPT307

Closing date: 3 October 2024.

Assessment date to be arranged.

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