Housing Solicitor

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

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking an experienced Housing Litigation Solicitor for a hybrid role in Manchester. This permanent position offers an attractive salary package and a supportive team environment with real prospects for promotion. The ideal candidate will have a valid Practising Certificate, proven experience in housing law, and strong client care and communication skills. The role involves managing various housing cases and ensuring compliance with file management protocols while working closely with the department director.

Benefits

Attractive salary package

Supportive team environment

Opportunities for promotion

Hybrid working policy

Qualifications

• Must have a clean, valid Practising Certificate at the time of applying.
• Committed team player and adapt well to new challenges.
• Professional with pro-active approach and excellent client care skills.
• Working knowledge of publicly funded Housing work.
• Extensive experience in dealing with Housing related work.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for all aspects of Housing work.
• Assist with casework including various housing cases.
• Maintain accurate time costing procedures.
• Ensure compliance with file management.
• Report directly to Department Director.

Skills

Practising Certificate

Client care skills

Networking skills

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

IT skills

Job description

Role: Housing Litigation Solicitor (Hybrid Role)

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

Gemini Recruitment are currently partnering with a large and established law firm pitä. 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 relocate with 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 Himuth®; capable 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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