Housing Law Solicitor

Gemini Recruitment; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Competitive salary

Job summary

Gemini Recruitment is seeking two Housing Solicitors in Newcastle to join a leading firm. The role focuses on housing disputes, homelessness, eviction, and possession with opportunities for advocacy and client-facing work.

The successful candidates will join a Housing team renowned for its Legal 500 recognition and will benefit from a hybrid working arrangement and a supportive environment with clear progression prospects.

Qualifications

• Must have a valid Practising Certificate at the time of applying.
• Proactive approach with excellent client care and ability to handle sensitive housing matters.
• Previous supervisory experience and ability to work to KPIs.
• Strong networking and business development skills for generating new work.
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of housing work and provide guidance to team members.
• Attend clients, take instructions and prepare cases across homelessness, disrepair, eviction and possession.
• Maintain accurate time costing and file management; ensure recommendations from reviews are implemented.

Skills

Client care

Communication

Team player

Supervisory experience

Advocacy

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Role: Housing Solicitors (x2) - Newcastle

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 judgement
• 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.

About Gemini Recruitment and Equal opportunities

The company is committed to Equal Opportunities and embraces diversity and inclusivity of its staff and strives to ensure that their workforce reflects the diversity of the communities they serve.