Legal Team Leader

Brite Recruitment; Worcester; Hybrid; GBP 37,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency in Worcester is seeking a Legal Team Leader for a hybrid position. The role requires expertise in housing law and offers a salary between £37,000-£39,000. Responsibilities include providing legal services, managing a small team, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. The position also offers numerous benefits including generous annual leave and a pension scheme.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Pension scheme

Health and well-being plans

Discounted products and services

Qualifications

• Recent experience in a similar role, ideally within a housing association or local authority.
• Proven ability to manage a team effectively.
• Experience advising senior management on legal issues.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality legal services to operational teams.
• Manage and develop a small team to meet SLAs and expectations.
• Ensure legal services are delivered cost-effectively.

Skills

Knowledge of housing law

Problem analysis skills

Team management

Deadline management

Legal advisory experience

Job description

Overview

LEGAL TEAM LEADER - HOUSING

WORCESTER, HYBRID

£37,000-£39,000

Responsibilities

• Provide legal services to operational teams including high quality, accurate and timely legal advice and support to ensure that corporate compliance is maintained.
• Effectively manage, develop and support a small team to ensure SLAs and customer expectations are met.
• Assist in managing external providers, including spend and invoice management, ensuring compliance with relevant regulations and organisations financial procedures.
• Ensure that legal services are delivered in a cost-effective way that limit risk to the Group.
• Develop and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders, identifying any shortfalls in service and ensuring corrective actions are carried out.
• Monitor corporate compliance, reviewing and updating relevant policies and procedures to ensure continued compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.

Requirements

• Recent experience undertaking a similar role, ideally within housing association or local authority.
• Have excellent knowledge of housing law and the civil procedure rules, including disrepair.
• Proven experience of working to deadlines and prioritising workloads.
• A solution focussed approach with experience of analysing and diagnosing problems and implementing solutions.
• Proven experience of advising senior managers and staff on legal issues.
• Experience of managing a team.

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave (rising to a max of 30 days).
• Pension scheme, health and well-being plans, discounted products and services, counselling, family-friendly arrangements, tax efficient benefits and generous annual leave.

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