Solicitor

Citizens Advice Ltd; Gateshead; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Negotiable hours

22 days' leave + bank holidays

Practising certificate renewal fee pay

Specialist training and development

Job summary

Citizens Advice Gateshead is seeking a qualified Solicitor to deliver life-changing legal advice and handle legal aid casework across housing, discrimination, education and employment law.

You will manage a varied caseload with autonomy, support from an experienced team, and specialist training. We offer negotiable hours and hybrid working, generous leave, and ongoing professional development.

Qualifications

• Qualified as a Solicitor with a current practising certificate, or eligible to apply.
• Knowledge of the Civil Procedure Rules, court processes and practices.
• Advocacy experience and a strong focus on client outcomes.
• Excellent communication, relationship-building and organisational skills.
• Experience in housing, discrimination or education law, or the legal aid system, is desirable- transferable expertise and a strong commitment to access to justice matter just as much.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality legal advice and casework across our legal aid services.
• Manage a varied caseload, case files, follow-up activity and time recording.
• Advise clients by telephone, email and face to face.
• Use advocacy, Civil Procedure Rules and court-process knowledge to secure strong outcomes.
• Share legal expertise with colleagues and contribute evidence to research and campaigns.

Skills

Solicitor with PC

Civil Procedure Rules

Advocacy experience

Communication skills

Relationship-building

Organisational skills

Job description

Use your legal expertise to change lives.

Join Citizens Advice Gateshead as a qualified Solicitor and use your expertise to deliver life-changing legal advice and casework. You'll manage meaningful legal aid cases, help people facing complex challenges secure better outcomes and make justice more accessible.

This varied role covers housing, discrimination, education and employment law. You'll have autonomy over your caseload, support from an experienced team and specialist training in areas that are new to you.

What you'll do

• Deliver high-quality legal advice and casework across our legal aid services.
• Manage a varied caseload, case files, follow-up activity and time recording.
• Advise clients by telephone, email and face to face.
• Use advocacy, Civil Procedure Rules and court-process knowledge to secure strong outcomes.
• Share legal expertise with colleagues and contribute evidence to research and campaigns.

About you

• Qualified as a Solicitor with a current practising certificate, or eligible to apply.
• Knowledge of the Civil Procedure Rules, court processes and practices.
• Advocacy experience and a strong focus on client outcomes.
• Excellent communication, relationship-building and organisational skills.

Experience in housing, discrimination or education law, or the legal aid system, is desirable- transferable expertise and a strong commitment to access to justice matter just as much.

What we offer

• Negotiable hours and hybrid working.
• 22 days' leave, rising to 24 after two years, plus bank holidays.
• Practising certificate renewal fee paid.
• Specialist training and development.
• Purpose-led work with visible impact.

Why Citizens Advice Gateshead?

We put people first, challenge injustice and embrace better ways of working. If you share our values and want your expertise to make a real difference, we'd love to hear from you.

We're Disability Confident

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