Legal Team Leader - Housing

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

Job summary

A reputable recruitment agency is seeking a Legal Team Leader for their Housing Litigation team located in Worcester. This hybrid role offers a salary of £37,000-£39,000 and entails providing legal advice, managing a team, and ensuring compliance with housing law. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in a similar role and the ability to lead effectively. Benefits include 25-30 days annual leave and various health plans.

Benefits

25-30 days annual leave

Pension scheme

Health and well-being plans

Discounted products and services

Counselling

Qualifications

• Recent experience in a similar role within housing associations or local authorities.
• Excellent knowledge of housing law and civil procedure rules.
• Proven experience of advising senior managers on legal issues.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal services to operational teams with accurate legal advice.
• Manage and develop a small team to meet SLAs and expectations.
• Monitor compliance, reviewing relevant policies and procedures.

Skills

Knowledge of housing law

Team management

Problem-solving skills

Ability to work to deadlines

Job description

Overview

Legal Team Leader - Housing
Worcester, Hybrid
£37,000-£39,000

Our client is looking for a Legal Team Leader to join their Housing Litigation team. You’ll be joining an established team that run pre-action and litigated claims including housing conditions, disrepair, possession, and injunctions.

Benefits

This opportunity comes with a range of benefits, including: 25 days annual leave (rising to a max of 30 days), a pension scheme, health and well-being plans, discounted products and services, counselling, family-friendly arrangements, tax efficient benefits and generous annual leave.

Responsibilities

As a Legal Team Leader you will:

• 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

As a Legal Team Leader you will bring:

• 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 focused 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

If you are interested in the Legal Team Leader apply with your CV today! Our team will review your application to see if it’s a match and get in touch to learn more about you. If you aren’t contacted within 7 days, please assume your application was not selected.

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