Solicitor

SHELTER; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

SHELTER, une organisation caritative de logement, recherche un Solicitor passionné pour rejoindre son équipe en Écosse. Vous aurez une occasion unique de travailler sur des projets juridiques qui aident les personnes en besoin de logement. En tant que membre de l'équipe, vous participerez à des stratégies de litige et fournirez des conseils directement aux clients, tout en contribuant à améliorer le système de logement.

Benefits

30 jours de congés annuels

Politiques familiales améliorées

Prêts de voyage sans intérêt

Assistance pour la location de logement

Programme d'assistance aux employés

Qualifications

• Capacité à gérer un cas et à conduire des litiges.
• Expérience dans des affaires de logement recherchée.
• Passion pour faire une différence pour les clients.

Responsibilities

• Travailler au sein des projets juridiques de Shelter.
• Analyser la législation et gérer des affaires de logement.
• Contribuer à une approche stratégique en matière de litige.

Skills

Communication

Gestion de cas

Analyse législative

Education

Diplôme de Solicitor

Connaissance en droit du logement

Job description

Job Description

Are you a qualified Solicitor who is passionate about standing up for people’s rights and committed to achieving positive outcomes for clients? Then join Shelter as aSolicitorand you could soon be playing a vital role at the heart of our Legal team in Scotland.

About the role

Solicitor within the Shelter Scottish Housing Law Service, where you will have the opportunity to work closely with Shelter Scotland’s digital, online and community advice services on a range of legal projects.

Role specifics

Qualified as a Solicitor, you will have housing law knowledge and the ability to manage your own caseload and conduct litigation. Strong communication and writing skills are essential, as is a commitment to developing your skills and knowledge to improve performance.

You’ll need to have strong case management skills and know what needs to be prioritised. You’ll need to be able to analyse legislation and case authority.

If you have experience of handling housing cases in the public or private sector, and knowledge of housing and homelessness law we’d love to hear about it. But we are most interested in your passion and ability to make a difference to our clients and our fight for a fairer housing system.

Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

Shelter Scotland helps thousands of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

About the team

Shelter Scotland’s Housing Law Service provides direct legal advice and representation to individual clients as well as second tier advice. We support Shelter’s priorities of policy and campaigning on housing law and access to justice issues. A key part of this is strategic litigation.

We work closely with other teams in Shelter Scotland’s services, to ensure that Shelter can provide an end-to-end service to its clients. The team has strong focus on advancing equalities law and have a human rights-based approach embedded in all aspects of the practice

About Shelter Scotland

Shelter Scotland is Scotland’s national housing and homelessness charity. Our vision is of a home for everyone in Scotland. For over 50 years, the way we drive change has remained the same. We advise and support people in housing need today and use the insight we gain to inform our campaigns to change tomorrow. We also raise professional standards for those working in Scotland’s housing and homelessness sector by offering a broad range of training courses.

Home is a human right. It’s our foundation and where we thrive. Yet everyday thousands of people are being devastated by the housing emergency.

We exist to defend the right to a safe home. Because home is everything.

We need ambitious, passionate people to join us. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. To win this fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, equitable and transparent. We are committed to combating racism both within and outside Shelter Scotland. We welcome you on our journey to becoming truly anti-racist.

Safeguarding statement

Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter Scotland is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.

Shelter Scotland does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.