Housing Solicitor / Barrister / Caseworker / Paralegal

FQPS Academy Ltd.; Birmingham; Híbrido; GBP 35 000 - 45 000; Tempo integral

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Resumo da oferta

FQPS Academy Ltd. in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced housing lawyer to join our team. You will handle a caseload of housing matters, including legal aid work, with supervision from senior staff and a focus on delivering justice and client outcomes.

The role requires billing proficiency on Leap, strong communication, and IT skills. You should be able to manage private and legal aid files, negotiate settlements, and contribute to a busy practice based in Luton with a clear path to

Qualificações

• Experience handling housing matters, including legal aid billing.
• Ability to manage own caseload with supervision.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills; proficient IT skills.

Responsabilidades

• Handle own housing casework with supervision from senior staff.
• Negotiate settlements and offers with clients.
• Draft correspondence and documents.
• Manage billing and time costing on Leap.

Conhecimentos

Housing experience

Billing experience

Legal aid experience

Client management

Ferramentas

Leap

Descrição da oferta de emprego

We are a reputable practice committed to helping and contributing to our community by achieving justice and positive results for our clients. We are committed to providing an excellent service and have taken on some ground-breaking work.

We are specialists in Housing, Civil Litigation, Immigration, Conveyancing, Personal Injury, and Family Law.

We are an expanding firm with innovative and progressive policies and practices. We also have a branch in Birmingham.

If you are a candidate with existing Housing experience and you have run a caseload of your own files with extensive experience in handling all kinds of housing matters, particularly legal aid matters i.e. submitting applications on Legal Aid Portal on behalf of clients as well as legal aid billing, then we are definitely interested in hearing from you.

About the role

You will handle casework of your own files with supervision from senior members of staff, manage clients' expectations and negotiate settlements and offers.

The successful candidates must have knowledge of billing client files and conducting work in private as well as legal aid cases. A high level of verbal and written communication skills, as well as competency in IT skills are required.

CORE TASKS (not an exhaustive list):

• Dealing with a range of public and private housing cases including Homelessness; Disrepair; Eviction; Possession; Property Ownership Disputes.
• Dealing with landlord/tenant issues, covering various areas of law from criminal damage to breach of contract. Forfeiture, unlawful eviction.
• Drafting correspondence and documents
• Manage own work, billing on Leap and maintaining accurate time, costing.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: £35,000.00-£45,000.00 per year

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Ability to commute/relocate:

• Luton LU1 3LU: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

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