Senior Housing and Disrepair Lawyer

Sellick Partnership (Legal) Limited; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A local authority in the City of London is seeking an experienced Senior Housing and Disrepair Lawyer. This role involves managing a caseload of disrepair matters, providing strategic advice, and supporting team management. Candidates should have over 5 years PQE and ideally local authority experience, with a salary range of £58,752 - £64,032 and a hybrid working arrangement.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Local Government Pension scheme

Flexible working policies

Bicycle loans

Subsidised gym memberships

Supportive staff networks

Qualifications

• Over 5 years PQE in housing litigation.
• Substantial experience in housing disrepair and statutory nuisance.
• Ability to manage a caseload and provide strategic advice.

Responsibilities

• Handle a caseload of mainly disrepair matters and statutory nuisance claims.
• Assist with management of the team.
• Allocate cases to team members.

Skills

Housing disrepair

Statutory nuisance

Management

Excellent communication

Education

Qualified Solicitor, Barrister or Chartered Legal Executive

Job description

Permanent Senior Housing and Disrepair Lawyer

London Borough Council

Hybrid Working Arrangement

£58,752 - £64,032

We are delighted to be exclusively recruiting to this Senior Housing and Disrepair Lawyer with our London Borough client. They are seeking an experienced lawyer with over 5 years PQE who has strong experience in housing litigation and ideally management. Our client is ideally seeking someone with local authority experience but candidates from different sectors with transferrable skills are encouraged to apply.

The successful candidate will be joining a busy but supportive team, carrying a caseload of mainly disrepair matters and statutory nuisance claims as well as assisting the principal lawyer with the management of the team. They will also be required to provide strategic advice in housing and disrepair matters and allocate cases to other members of the Housing and Disrepair Litigation team.

What's in it for the successful Senior Housing and Disrepair Lawyer?

Excellent training and development opportunities, plus a range of benefits including:

• Generous holiday allowance
• Local Government Pension scheme
• Flexible working and family friendly policies
• Season ticket and bicycle loans
• A range of staff discounts including local subsidised gym memberships
• Supportive staff networks

What the successful Senior Housing Lawyer will possess:

Our client is seeking a qualified Solicitor, Barrister or Chartered Legal Executive with substantial experience of housing disrepair and statutory nuisance. As well as managerial responsibilities, you will also be required to maintain a heavy caseload of your own cases, primarily of housing disrepair, although there will also be opportunities to provide high quality legal advice in other housing litigation areas as well as disrepair.

Please apply as soon as possible to be considered for this position, or contact Elleyn Hewitt in our Manchester office for an informal discussion about the role.

Sellick Partnership is proud to be an inclusive and accessible recruitment business and we support applications from candidates of all backgrounds and circumstances. Our advertisements use years' experience, hourly rates, and salary levels purely as a guide and we assess applications based on the experience and skills evidenced on the CV.