Legal Manager

VIVID Housing; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join VIVID Housing as a Legal Manager, providing essential legal support on housing management and landlord issues. This full-time role based in Portsmouth involves managing disrepair cases, offering expert legal advice, and building relationships with stakeholders. Enjoy extensive benefits including a generous pension and training opportunities.

Benefits

27 days holiday plus bank holidays

Productivity-related bonus scheme

Generous contributory pension (6%)

Life assurance paid at x3 annual salary

Private medical insurance

Health care cash plan

Enhanced pay for parental leave

Access to counselling and financial information

Electric car scheme

In-house coaching and mentoring programmes

Qualifications

• Solid experience in managing housing-related legal matters, particularly disrepair cases.
• Ability to communicate complex legal issues clearly.
• Experience in the housing sector is preferable.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice on housing management and landlord-tenant matters.
• Manage a case load with a focus on disrepair cases.
• Recruit and manage a paralegal apprentice.

Skills

Housing law

Legal compliance

Risk management

Communication

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Solicitor or Barrister qualification

Job description

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We’re VIVID! – We offer a vibrant, friendly, inclusive culture that supports, develops, and attracts the best people!

We’re dedicated to ensuring that we provide high quality homes and consistent, reliable services that deliver the outcomes that truly matter to our customers.

We’re looking for a Legal Manager who can provide legal advice and support on housing management and landlord and tenant matters. You’ll be involved in recruiting a paralegal apprentice to support you in this role.

Contractually based out of our Portsmouth office, this is afull-time, permanent position, working37 hoursper week, with a minimum of 20% of this to be office-based to promote collaboration and team working. We could offer reduced hours for the right candidate.

Want to know what we can offer you?

• 27 days holiday (plus bank holidays), with the opportunity to buy or sell annual leave
• A productivity-related bonus scheme to enhance your take-home
• A generous contributory pension of 6%. We’ll match employee contributions between 7% and 10%
• Life assurance paid at x 3 annual salary
• Private medical insurance
• Health care cash plan called Medicash
• Enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave
• Access to counselling, legal and financial information
• Electric car scheme
• Huge variety of in-house & e-learning courses and a range of coaching and mentoring programmes
  

Here’s the facts about the role:

As an experienced legal professional, you’ll have solid experience in managing a case load of housing-related legal matters with a focus on disrepair cases. You’ll be adept at identifying and mitigating legal risks and ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and regulations.

You’ll provide expert legal advice and guidance on housing-related issues. And build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders including colleagues, customers and legal professionals.

You’ll be able to effectively communicate legal advice and information to various stakeholders. And be able to analyse complex legal issues and identify/implement solutions.

You’ll be an experienced Solicitor or Barrister with solid experience in housing law and property disrepair claims. Experience working in the housing sector would be preferable.

Please see attached JD for more information on the requirements and person specification.