Senior Assistant Property Lawyer


Company:	ESSENTIAL EMPLOYMENT LTD
Salary:	£46.55 to £46.55 an hour
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Exeter, EX2 4QD
Working pattern:	On-site
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	27 Aug 2026
Closing date:	26 Sept 2026

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Summary

Senior Assistant Property Lawyer needed in Exeter, £46.55ph PAYE - Reference: 5303964

To join the Legal Services Property team on a locum basis through to December 2026. This role offers the opportunity to work within a highly regarded in-house legal team supporting a broad range of client priorities and delivering high-quality legal advice to internal clients.

The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring the continued delivery of legal services, supporting projects, property transactions, governance matters and day-to-day client advice.

The role provides immediate and flexible capacity to support existing workloads, helping to maintain momentum across key projects and transactions. By strengthening the in-house team, the successful candidate will contribute to the delivery of highways and planning agreements, support the wider capital programme and ensure timely legal advice is available where needed.

This is a full time role on a temporary contract basis

If you are interested in the role please apply on our website with your CV, alternatively you can email your CV to katie@essentialemploy.co.uk quoting the reference number.

Essential Employment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

All our roles may be subject to pre-employment checks including references so please be prepared.

Due to high volumes of CVs received we are not able to respond to all unsuccessful applications. You will always however hear from us by phone if we are able to take your CV forward to the next stage.

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