Housing Law Solicitor - Nationwide

Gemini Recruitment; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading legal recruitment agency is seeking a dedicated Housing Solicitor to join a top-tier law firm in the UK. This permanent position involves managing a caseload related to housing disputes, providing technical expertise, and working collaboratively with a supportive team. A clean Practising Certificate and extensive experience in housing law are essential, alongside excellent client care skills and the ability to navigate complex cases. The role offers an attractive salary package and hybrid working options.

Benefits

Attractive salary package

Supportive team environment

Real prospects for promotion

Qualifications

• Must have experience in dealing with public and private housing cases.
• Proven supervisory experience required.
• Professional with proactive approach and excellent client care.

Responsibilities

• Report directly to Department Director.
• Manage appropriate caseload and provide guidance to team members.
• Assist with casework related to homelessness and eviction.

Skills

Clean, valid Practising Certificate

Excellent client care skills

Analytical and organizational skills

Experience in Housing related work

Excellent networking and communication skills

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Overview

Role: Housing Solicitor

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.

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.

About Gemini Recruitment

Gemini Recruitment is a leading recruitment agency specialising in legal recruitment. We provide a highly focused service specialising in placements for Solicitors, Legal Executives, Trainee Solicitors, Paralegals and Legal Support Staff. We have intimate knowledge of specific opportunities in the legal market across the UK.

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