Housing Law Solicitor

Gemini Recruitment; Brighton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

Gemini Recruitment, on behalf of a Legal 500, leading law firm, is recruiting Housing Solicitors in Brighton. Roles are permanent with NQ to 3 years PQE and involve handling landlord/tenant housing disputes and related advocacy.

Hybrid working is offered, with a supportive team environment and clear prospects for promotion. The role requires strong client care, advocacy skills, and expert housing knowledge.

Qualifications

• Must have a clean, valid Practising Certificate at the time of applying.
• Committed team player with ability to adapt to new challenges.
• Proven supervisory experience and ability to meet KPIs.
• Professional, proactive with excellent client care and sensitivity with vulnerable clients.
• Strong networking and business development skills.
• Excellent IT and document management abilities.

Responsibilities

• Report directly to Department Director.
• Manage all aspects of Housing work and provide technical guidance to others.
• Handle a varied caseload with differing complexities.
• Assist with casework including Homelessness, Disrepair, Eviction, Possession, and related matters.
• Attend clients, take instructions and prepare cases.
• Correspondence handling and time costing.
• Ensure compliance with file management and monthly reviews.

Skills

Practising Certificate

Supervisory experience

Client care

Business development

IT skills

Housing law

Advocacy

Tools

Microsoft Office

Document management

Job description

Role: Housing Solicitors (x2) -| NQ to 3years PQE | Brighton

A Legal 500, Leading law firm looking to recruit dedicated and experienced Housing Law Solicitor for highly sought permanent position.

Gemini Recruitment are currently partnering with a large and established law firm. Our client serves corporate entities and private individuals in over 25 practice areas from offices throughout London and across England and Wales. Our client’s accomplishments are acknowledged and recommended in The Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners, as a top tier firm.

Housing Department Background:

Our client’s Housing team, ranked by The Legal 500 directory for its services across England and Wales, provides assistance to both landlords and tenants on all housing issues. Their practitioners are highly experienced in finding solutions to housing disputes and aim to address the issues quickly and effectively. Our client offers lawyer supported dispute resolution or alternative dispute resolution (ADR) as a means to resolve housing disrepair matters. Their department also regularly represents clients in the courts for unlawful eviction, possession proceedings and prepare applications for judicial review in cases of homelessness.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• 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
• Committed team player and adapt well to new challenges
• 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 vulnerabilities client matters in a sensitive manner and resolve complicated practicalities
• Excellent networking and communication skills with the ability to successfully market the Company and generate new business
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills
• Ability to use own initiative and sound judgment
• Working knowledge of the publicly funded Housing work and have the ability to service privately funded cases
• Have extensive experience in dealing with Housing related work
• Experience in own advocacy is an advantage
• Excellent IT Skills -familiar with Microsoft Office applications and document management skills

This list is not exhaustive and there may be other duties as reasonably required.

On offer is an attractive salary package, a supportive team environment and real prospects for promotion. The Company will allow hybrid-working in accordance with the company policy.