Salary range: Grade 11 - 16 £48,519 - £64,839 p.a. plus fantastic benefits
Contract: Permanent
Hours of work: 36 hours per week
Location: Croydon
Career grade 11 - 16
Croydon is London's second largest borough - full of brilliant and diverse people, businesses, and places. As a council we are going through tremendous change radically reshaping and renewing our organisation as a result of financial challenges. We are essentially building a brand-new council - one that is focused on getting things right for its residents, while delivering very differently and within a sustainable financial envelope.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is looking for a new and exciting role. We are looking for a full time Property Lawyer to play a key strategic role in the successful delivery of quality legal services to the Council.
The ideal candidate will have experience of property law; as well as a proven track record of building and sustaining effective relationships with directorates and senior leadership.
The successful candidate will be responsible for a varied and intellectually challenging caseload. The ideal candidate will have the expertise to work across all areas of Property, Planning and Local Government Law, including significant experience managing high value and complex matters.
You will be a qualified Solicitor, Barrister or Legal Executive (CILEX), with significant experience in the areas of Property, Planning & Local Government Law. Ideally you will have worked in local government, but we also welcome applications from those who come from the private sector and work with the local government sector.
Croydon Council is a hybrid working organisation and supports flexible and remote working. This role has minimum office attendance requirements.
Please submit an application outlining how your experience and skills meet the requirements for this role.
Interview dates – Planned for w/c 28 September 2026
Croydon Council’s priorities
The Council balances its books, listens to residents, and delivers good sustainable services
Key business plan outcomes:
Equal Opportunities Statement
Croydon Council is an inclusive employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Subject to business needs, we will be pleased to consider applications from candidates seeking flexible working arrangements and support hybrid working, whereby staff attend the workplace for part of their working week and work from home, or elsewhere, remotely for the rest of the time.
As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the advertised role.
Croydon council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.
The Successful candidate will be subject to a DBS check, if the role requires one.
We provide a large number of services for local people, businesses and visitors to the borough, including services for children and adults, and environmental, cultural, sports, housing, planning and benefits services.
The borough is split into 24 electoral wards, and local elections are held every four years.
With a workforce of approximately 3,300 staff, including teachers in schools, Croydon Council is the largest employer in the borough. Spending over £900 million per year, the council makes a significant contribution to the local economy.
The council comprises three main political functions, the Executive (Leader and Cabinet), Committees, and Scrutiny.
The Leader and Cabinet are responsible and accountable for shaping policies and plans and recommending them to the council for approval. Cabinet also gives direction to departmental directors on the way services are managed and the budgets allocated to them.
Six non-executive committees take decisions relating to planning, licensing, standards of behaviour and conduct for members and officers, staffing issues, tenders, property transactions, liaison with local utility companies and internal audit.
Scrutiny holds the council executive functions to account. Examining aspects of council performance, the Overview and Scrutiny Committee also increasingly involves other local agencies which contribute to the economic, social and environmental well-being of the local population.
