Lawyer - Regeneration and Property

Job Introduction

Royal Borough of Greenwich: Property and Regeneration Lawyer Vacancy

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Are you a Property & Regeneration Lawyer with local government experience and looking for variety and challenge?

Royal Greenwich is proud to be a borough synonymous with first class modern services. A world heritage site, our communities are vibrant and diverse, and our elected members are ambitious to realise the potential of the borough whilst working within a challenging financial environment.

The job

An excellent opportunity exists for a Property & Regeneration Lawyer to join a small team of lawyers within the Royal Borough of Greenwich.  The role will involve handling a varied caseload of Property and Regeneration matters and will provide legal advice and support to committees, members and senior officers.

Greenwich Legal Services is committed to being a high performing in-house legal service which plays an essential part in the achievement of the Royal Borough of Greenwich priorities and objectives for the benefit of our community. 

You will join us at an exciting time as the Royal Borough of Greenwich continues with its on-going ambitious regeneration programme.

Utilising skills and experience gained within a similar position, you will report to the Senior Property & Regeneration Lawyer and work with them, being responsible for your own caseload covering a wide range of Regeneration and Property matters and advising on Cabinet and other decision reports. 

You must be a qualified solicitor or barrister holding a current practising certificate, or CiLex/ equivalent experience. We would consider newly qualified applicants who demonstrate that they have relevant experience in local government and a keen interest in Property law. 

If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you and we’re happy to discuss our range of flexible working arrangements too.

Rewards and Benefits of working for us:
 

• Commitment to provide development opportunities to staff
• Agile working 
• 28 days annual leave, rising to 31 days annual leave after 5 years’ service. 
• Excellent pension scheme
• Learning and development opportunities to maximise your potential
• Annual season ticket loan
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Childcare Scheme
• Hybrid working arrangements 

Closing Date:  8th September 2025 
 

For an informal conversation please contact Lachlan Atcliffe on 0208 921 5204 

Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.

Diversity Statement: Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.

Advert Close: All vacancies close at midnight unless otherwise stated. 

Early Advert Close: Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any job advert earlier than the advertised closing date where there is reason to do so (for example high volume of applications).

How Applications are Scored: Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statements addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role. Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they meet the specific points within the Person Specification. The Person Specification is supplied with the job advert. When completing your application, please use the supporting statements section to tell us how you meet each of the points on the Person Specification. We need to have this information in order to consider your application.

Salary: Salaries advertised are for a standard working week of 35 hours unless otherwise stated. Please use this 'Salary Calculator to help you calculate a pro rata salary.

Our Staff Values: Our Staff Values are important to us. Candidates will be continuously assessed against our staff values throughout the recruitment process. Where candidates demonstrate views and behaviours that do not meet the standards of our staff values, we reserve the right to reject their application/ registration.