Assistant Director Legal and Assurance

Job Title Assistant Director Legal and Assurance

Rate of Pay: Hay grade (however open to negotiation) Inside IR35, please specify rate on CV.

Hours: 37 hours per week

Location: Sandwell Council House, Oldbury

Start Date: ASAP

Contract type: Temporary

Job Description and Personnel Specification are attached, which also provides more information above the role.

Brief description:

We are looking for an Interim Assistant Director & Deputy Monitoring Officer who will support the Director of Law and Governance & Monitoring Officer, lead and manage our Legal and Information Governance Team. This is an exciting time to join our team following the successful delivery of the Commonwealth Games, during which Sandwell hosted the swimming events at its new, purpose built Sandwell Aquatics Centre. Sandwell is in the Heart of the West Midlands and boards and area steeped in history, industry and great local pride. Deputising as required for the Director, you will provide expert advice and support to the Chief Executive, Corporate Leadership Team, other senior officers and of course all Elected Members in their various roles. You will be a qualified Solicitor/Barrister with extensive experience of managing legal and governance functions, responsibilities and teams. We are looking for someone who is driven, hardworking and commercially minded and an inclusive interim leader who will nurture and develop a legal team striving to provide the very best for the communities, businesses, and people of Sandwell. Please see attached JD. The post hold needs experience in legal, Governance, Information Governance,. Litigation experience. Previous experience of been a DMO required. The individual will be highly motivated and organised and have at least 3 years experience of managing a team. This role is temporary until 31/03/2023. The role is 37 hours per week. The role is based at Sandwell Council House.

Please can the agencies send over a CV, 2x up to date references and a copy of Terms and Conditions. You will also need to include your agency on cost details to each submission. Stated rates must be inclusive of all known costs.

No DBS is required for this role.

Please note this advert is also out with our Master Vendor

You will receive further information regarding invoice terms if your candidate is appointed to this role. Invoices must be sent electronically on a weekly basis to templink_1@sandwell.gov.uk along with your workers authorised timesheet supplied by your agency. Payments are then released 14 days from the date of the invoice.

The Council will be using the In-tend e-Tendering System for this Procurement opportunity, please visit https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sandwellmbc to access the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal.

From here you will be able to register your company, express an interest in the opportunity, and gain immediate access to the related documents.

To submit your documents...

Additional information:

The Quotation Document(s) will be made available to suppliers who Express Interest on the Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council Tendering Portal. To access the portal please click the following link https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sandwellmbc

You will be required to log into an existing account or register a new one. Once logged in, from the top menu bar click on 'Tenders' to list all the current opportunities. Once you have found the relevant opportunity you should click on 'View Details' in order to Express Interest.

Closing date for submission of quotations is Tuesday 27th September 2022 12 noon.

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No