- Competitive Salary
- Hybrid working arrangement
- Career progression in a welcoming and friendly team
This renowned law firm is noted for its "sustained legal conviction combined with outstanding advocacy", particularly conveyed in their housing team. It is ranked and recommended by The Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners UK for its services in social housing UK-wide, providing assistance to both landlords and tenants on all housing issues. We handle both publicly funded (legal aid) and privately funded legal services in homelessness, disrepair, eviction, succession for tenants, neighbourhood problems, debt issues and possession proceedings.
Main Responsibilities of the Role
- Report directly to Department Director
- Responsible for all aspects of 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
- 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
- Working knowledge of the publicly funded Housing work
- Have extensive experience in dealing with all Housing related work
- Experience in own advocacy is an advantage
If you think this role could be a good match for your experience/skill set and you are ready to take the next step in your career, apply today!
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