Litigation and Housing Solicitor

Michael Page; Huddersfield; Híbrido; GBP 53 000 - 58 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Local Government Pension Scheme

28.5 days annual leave rising to 33.5

Practising certificate fees paid

Enhanced family leave

Wellbeing support

Career development programmes

Permanent public sector employment

Resumo da oferta

Michael Page is helping an in-house public sector legal team in West Yorkshire fill a permanent Litigation and Housing Solicitor role. The post oversees housing matters, civil and public law work, and offers exposure to high-profile stakeholders.

It supports flexible working patterns and aims to deliver meaningful outcomes for local services and communities. The role suits a solicitor with strong civil litigation experience seeking varied public sector work and opportunities to supervise

Qualificações

• A solicitor or equivalent lawyer with strong civil litigation experience.
• Experienced in housing litigation and housing management issues or related disputes.
• Able to manage complex caseloads and provide practical legal advice.
• Interested in working across wider public sector legal matters.
• Comfortable supervising or supporting less experienced colleagues.

Responsabilidades

• Advising on housing policy, procedure and governance matters.
• Conducting and overseeing housing litigation and related disputes.
• Supporting matters across civil litigation, commercial litigation and public law.
• Advising officers and stakeholders on complex legal issues affecting service delivery.
• Assisting with supervision, mentoring and development of colleagues where appropriate.

Conhecimentos

Litigation

Housing law

Civil litigation

Public sector experience

Supervision

Formação académica

Solicitor qualification or equivalent

Descrição da oferta de emprego

A Litigation and Housing Solicitor opportunity within a large public sector legal team in West Yorkshire. This permanent role offers responsibility for housing and litigation matters with scope to advise across public law, employment, education and wider local government issues. Hybrid working and high profile stakeholder exposure create an attractive opportunity for lawyers seeking varied and meaningful work.

Our client operates one of the larger in house legal teams in the region and supports a wide range of public services and strategic projects.

The legal function provides visible support to communities and decision makers, offering lawyers varied work, meaningful outcomes and genuine flexibility.

Description

• Advising on housing policy, procedure and governance matters.
• Conducting and overseeing housing litigation and related disputes.
• Supporting matters across civil litigation, commercial litigation and public law.
• Advising officers and stakeholders on complex legal issues affecting service delivery.
• Assisting with supervision, mentoring and development of colleagues where appropriate.

Profile

• A solicitor or equivalent lawyer with strong civil litigation experience.
• Experienced in housing litigation, housing management issues or related disputes.
• Able to manage complex caseloads and provide practical legal advice.
• Interested in working across wider public sector legal matters.
• Comfortable supervising or supporting less experienced colleagues.

Salary of £53,051 to £58,358 plus a £3,000 market supplement, providing total earnings of up to £61,358.

Hybrid working 2 days each month in the office and the remainder working from home.

Benefits include the Local Government Pension Scheme, 28.5 days annual leave rising to 33.5 days after five years, practising certificate fees paid, enhanced family leave, wellbeing support, career development programmes and the security of permanent public sector employment.

Desired Skills and Experience

• Litigation Solicitor
• Housing Solicitor
• Civil Litigation Lawyer
• Property Litigation
• Local Government Lawyer

  About Us

  We are a leading law firm providing support to public sector organisations. Our team is dedicated to delivering high-quality legal services and accessible knowledge across the years in our location offices. We maintain fairly robust support across public service work, and provide professional staff for teaching and training communities and additional hands where required.

  We appreciate your interest in this position, but we will only contact candidates who meet all the key criteria listed above. For web access, you can chat with a team member for more details by scanning the next QR code through the front page of the opensite..

  Thank you for considering our firm. We look forward to learning from you soon.