Position: Social Housing Solicitor
Department: Housing
Location: London
Salary: £42,000 -£50,000 per annum (DOE)
Job Type: Permanent/Hybrid
About Our Client:
Our client's Housing Department is known for its unwavering commitment to the law and exceptional advocacy skills. With esteemed rankings and recommendations from The Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners UK, they excel in providing exceptional services in social housing across the UK. Their expertise extends to assisting both landlords and tenants in various housing matters, spanning from publicly funded (legal aid) to privately funded cases. These include homelessness, disrepair, eviction, succession for tenants, neighborhood issues, debt concerns, and possession proceedings. The department is home to seasoned solicitors who specialize in efficiently and effectively resolving housing disputes. They regularly represent clients at all court levels, including the Higher Courts, and handle various housing-related judicial review claimant matters at the High Court.
Main Responsibilities:
* Report directly to Department Director
* Responsible for all aspects of Social Housing work and on occasions, where appropriate providing technical expertise and guidance to other team members
* Ability to manage appropriate caseload types and complexities
* Assisting with casework including dealing with a range of public and private housing cases including Homelessness; Disrepair; Eviction; Possession; Property Ownership Disputes; Succession for Tenants; Neighbourhood Problems matters as well as undertaking your own advocacy
* Attending clients, taking instructions and preparing cases
* Dealing with correspondence
* Maintaining accurate time costing procedures
* Implementing any recommendations made by your supervisor following monthly file reviews ensuring that these are dealt with promptly
* Ensuring compliance with file management
Key Skills Required:
* Must have a clean, valid Practising Certificate at the time of applying
* Strong management skills
* Committed team player with ability to approach team concerns fairly, foster culture of positive change and encourage cross referrals
* Previous proven supervisory experience and working to key performance indicators
* Professional with a pro-active approach; excellent client care skills and ability to deal with vulnerable client matters in a sensitive manner and resolve complicated practicalities involved in Housing issues
* Excellent networking and communication skills with the ability to successfully market the Company and generate new business
* Excellent analytical and organisational skills
* Ability to use own initiative and sound judgment
* Working knowledge of the publicly funded Housing work including legal representation and legal help and have the ability to service privately funded cases
* Have extensive experience in dealing with all Housing related work
* Experience in own advocacy is an advantage
* Excellent IT Skills -familiar with Microsoft Office applications and document management skills
What They Offer:
* Competitive salary
* A fantastic supportive team
* Excellent progression opportunities
* Support for appropriate legal awards/recognition