Statutory Agreement Manager

Description

Our Statutory Agreement team plays a crucial quality control and specialist support role within the wider team, focusing specifically on reviewing, verifying, and ensuring the accuracy and compliance of complex legal documents such as Section 278 and S38 Highways Act agreements, S104 Water Industry Act agreement, Deeds of Easement, Substation Lease Agreements.

• Providing support and supervision to the wider team;
• Keeping a schedule of statutory agreements and supervising junior team members dealing with statutory agreements.
• Managing a large volume of highway and other infrastructure agreements.
• Checking the legal accuracy, coherence and compliance of the statutory agreements against current legislation, court practice, and internal policies.
• Ensuring all documents are correctly processed and completed.
• Advising the Museum of London on the regeneration of Smithfields for the relocation of the Museum.
• Advising Leicestershire County Council on the CPO and SRO for the A511 Growth Corridor Scheme.
• Advising Clarion on the Merton Estates regeneration programme, including all planning and CPO strategic advice.
• Advising the London Borough of Tower Hamlets on strategic planning and CPO matters for the HAP estate regeneration.
• Advising the London Borough of Enfield on the regeneration of Meridian Water; working with various professionals, including insurers, to develop the Council's strategy for land and groundwater remediation and negotiating the associated apportionment of environmental risk between the parties.
• Advising on the planning and compulsory purchase aspects of the Langarth Garden Village Urban extension in Truro, Cornwall.
• Overseeing accurate file management, ensuring risk is minimised
• Acting for Vistry on the planning, highways and compulsory purchase aspects of their Drakelow Park development comprising 1,500 new homes.
• Building and maintaining effective client relationships
• Acting for the Developers of the Broadwalk Shopping Centre Development in Bristol which will deliver 820 new homes.
• Ensuring files are managed in compliance with Lexcel procedures
• Advising Richmond Housing on strategic planning and CPO matters for the Ham Close regeneration in the London Borough of Richmond.

Requirements

Recent work of the planning & environmental team

As part of our firm recruitment policy our candidates are subject to employment screening background checks. These checks include personal details, education and employment history, professional qualifications and credit and criminal checks as appropriate.

• Excellent communication skills with a collaborative approach.
• Experience in dealing with statutory agreements.
• Strong client focus and a commitment to service delivery.
• Ability to work to deadlines;
• Proven experience in managing a team, supervising transactional casework, and supporting staff development.
• Proven ability to take on responsibility and manage files, independently where appropriate.
• Strong technical and organisational skills.
• Drive, enthusiasm and vision.

Benefits

Our planning and environmental team works as a cohesive national team. Fee earners are exposed to work from across the country, regardless of which office you are affiliated with. By adopting this "one team" national approach, fee earners gain exposure to an exciting and varied range of work, and work with colleagues across all our offices.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance