Team Leader - Commercial

Job Description

Based at Angus House, Orchardbank Business Park, Forfar.

This job is workstyle 5 - Hybrid

You will have the opportunity to benefit from our flexible and agile working
practices. This means you will work from home for part of your week and spend
some time in council buildings to best suit your work, meetings and collaboration.

Angus Council is inviting applications from talented, adaptable and enthusiastic legal professionals to complement our legal services team.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a Team Leader to lead our Contracts & Governance Team, which is a key role within the Legal, Governance and Change Directorate.

In addition to joining a talented, supportive and welcoming team within Legal Services, the post also offers a competitive salary and all the benefits of working for a public sector organisation, including Flexitime, hybrid working and entry to the Local Government Pension Scheme.

Angus Council is committed to working flexibly and equipment will be provided to support working from home.

We are looking for applicants with a positive attitude, a willingness to learn, the desire and ability to work collectively and become a key team member. The workload will be varied, challenging and interesting. You will be supported in a collegiate environment and encouraged to develop a full range of legal and other skills to advance your career with us.

You will have post-qualified and recent experience of commercial law and contract work and be able to demonstrate a sound understanding of a wide range of commercial law matters. You will undertake and oversea the provision of advisory work to senior management, ideally with a wide range of experience of major projects, commercial contracts, procurement, state aid/state subsidy, public law and corporate law.  

You will be able to motivate and inspire the members of your team and will provide direction and give a sense of purpose, whilst creating an environment in which people can do their best work.

In addition, you will establish systems to gather and analyse information to ensure the work of the team remains focused and customer orientated. All the while supporting the development of efficient working practices and the implementation of digital service delivery wherever possible, ensuring the cost-effective use of resources.

Please note interviews will be held - week commencing 11 May 2026.

Requirements

You must have the ability to obtain a satisfactory Standard Disclosure Certificate.

Please refer to job outline and person specification for further details and requirements for this job.

About Angus Council

In addition, please refer to the "applicant guidance" document when completing your application form and to the "welcome to Angus" document and our website https://www.angus.gov.uk/jobs_and_training/working_for_angus_council for more information about working for Angus Council.

The Individual

We are happy to discuss flexible working during the recruitment process for this position. This means we are open to a conversation about working patterns and the flexibility that is available for this role whilst managing the workload.

We offer a guaranteed job interview to the following people who meet the essential criteria on application for a job:

Those with disabilities, recognised caring responsibilities, care experienced young people and ex-armed forces personnel. This also applies to our own employees with caring responsibilities, young people on apprenticeships and placements who meet the essential criteria for the job.