Deputy Principal Lawyer (Property and Planning)

Job description

Contract Terms

Starting salary: PO8 (£66,078- £69,807)
Contract type: Permanent
Working Patter:  Full-time, 36 hours 
Location: Wood Green, Hybrid working
Closing date: Sunday, 18th October 2026
Interviews: w/c 26th October 2026 (TBC)

About Haringey

Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.

Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

About the Role

As Deputy Principal Lawyer (Property & Planning), you will play a key role in supporting the leadership of our Property, Planning and Regeneration team, providing expert legal advice on a diverse and high-profile portfolio of commercial property, housing delivery, regeneration and planning matters.  Working closely with the Principal Lawyer, you will oversee and support a team of lawyers while managing your own complex caseload. You will advise senior officers, elected members and key stakeholders on significant transactions and strategic projects, provide legal input to committees and represent the Council in court when necessary. 

This is an exciting time to join Haringey as we continue to drive forward major regeneration programmes, expand housing delivery across the borough and deliver complex commercial property initiatives. You will have the opportunity to help shape policy, influence decision-making and contribute to the delivery of high-quality, responsive legal services that support the Council’s priorities and the communities we serve.

About the Team

At Haringey Legal Services, you’ll find an exciting and diverse workplace. Here, you get to help our community directly and make a positive impact on people’s lives. Our legal teams are here to support the Council’s goals by advising on various interesting projects and ensuring that our borough’s communities and residents have a say in shaping our future. Join us and be part of a growing team where your work matters, and your contributions are valued.

About You

This role requires a confident and capable legal professional who is ready to take the next step in their career and help shape the future of legal services at Haringey. You will be a qualified Solicitor, Barrister or Chartered Legal Executive (FILEX) admitted to practise in England and Wales, with substantial post-qualification experience in commercial and residential property transactions, regeneration and exposure to some planning policy and transactional work.

You will bring strong technical expertise, excellent drafting and advisory skills and a proven ability to manage complex and high-value legal matters. Comfortable working in a fast-paced and politically sensitive environment, you will be able to provide pragmatic advice to senior officers, elected members and stakeholders. Experience of supervising or developing others is desirable, alongside the ability to build effective working relationships, manage competing priorities and contribute to the leadership of a high-performing legal team.

We’re looking for a lawyer who combines sound legal judgement with strong communication and influencing skills and who is motivated by the opportunity to make a real difference through public service. Whether your experience has been gained in private practice or the public sector, you’ll be a strategic thinker who thrives on complex challenges and enjoys working collaboratively across a wide range of commercial property, housing delivery, regeneration and planning projects.

Working for Haringey

At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community.

Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement of 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.

Please note: we reserve the right to end this advert before the noted deadline if we receive sufficient applications. If you wish to apply for this role, please ensure that you do so as soon as possible.

Additionally, we are aware that automated emails may be diverted through to junk email folders. Please continue to check these through the application process. If you have any questions about the status of your application, please contact ResourcingHub@haringey.gov.uk.