Solicitor (Housing Litigation)

JR United Kingdom; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading housing provider in the UK is seeking a Housing Solicitor/Legal Executive to join their in-house legal team. Ideal candidates will have substantial experience in housing law and provide legal services related to tenancy and leasehold management. Benefits include 28 days leave, hybrid working, and supportive family policies. This role promotes equality and diversity within the workplace.

Benefits

28 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays

Enhanced pension plan

Health cash plan for everyday healthcare needs

Career progression opportunities

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Substantial post qualification experience in housing law acting on behalf of social landlords.
• Detailed knowledge of housing and leasehold legislation, case law, litigation practice and procedure.

Responsibilities

• Provide a comprehensive in-house legal service on tenancy and leasehold management law.
• Represent the Trust within court proceedings and act as advocate in various courts.
• Contribute to drafting housing management policy and deliver legal training.

Skills

Experience in housing law

Knowledge of housing & leasehold legislation

Court representation skills

Education

Admission as a Solicitor in England & Wales or FILEX

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04.08.2025

Expiry Date:

18.09.2025

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Job Description:

This Role: Housing Solicitor/Legal Executive

Permanent Role based on a 37.5hr week - Hybrid based with the expectation to be office based 3 days per week

About Us

Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing is one of the UKs leading providers of affordable housing and care and support services. We employ over 1900 people to manage and develop our large portfolio of nearly 60,000 homes serving over 75,000 customers across London, East Midlands, Southern and the East of England.

Were on the look out for a self-motivated and enthusiastic Housing Solicitor/Legal Executive with proven experience in housing law to hit the ground running in a close-knit, busy in-house legal team dealing with all aspects of tenancy and leasehold management law including; possession, disrepair, anti-social behaviour plus other tenancy and leasehold issues including service charge disputes.

This is an opportunity to join a team of lawyers who are passionate about social housing law in an environment where your ideas are valued and where you could help shape the future of the Legal Services provision within the organisation.

The role

To work as part of the in-house Legal Services Team.

• To provide a comprehensive in-house legal service to the Housing Services and Property Directorates on all aspects of tenancy and leasehold management law including possession, disrepair, anti-social behaviour, other tenancy and leasehold issues including service charge disputes.
• To represent the Trust within court proceedings and to act as its advocate in the County and Magistrates Courts and Residential Property Tribunal.
• To contribute to the drafting of housing management policy, the preparation of training materials and delivery of in-house legal training on issues of tenancy and leasehold management to the Trusts staff.

What you'll need to succeed

• Admission as a Solicitor in England & Wales or a Fellow of The Institute of Legal Executives (FILEX).
• Substantial post qualification experience in housing law acting on behalf of social landlords and tenants gained in private practice, local authority or in-house RP legal team.
• Detailed knowledge of housing and leasehold legislation, case law, litigation practice and procedure.

Please note :- we do not currently offer visa sponsorship.

Whats in it for you?

Our benefits include:-

• 28 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata for part time) per year
• 2 volunteering days per year for things like helping out in local communities
• An additional Beliefs day once a year to have an extra a day off
• Supported family friendly approach with extended parental leave
• Enhanced pension with matched contributions of up to 9%
• Option to buy or sell up to 5 days annual leave per year
• Life assurance cover 3 x your salary
• Hybrid Working - Dependent on job role and department
• Health cash plan scheme for your everyday healthcare needs which you can add your family members too
• Tenancy deposit interest free loan to help with rental deposits and season Ticket loan
• Access to extensive learning and training opportunities with Wisebox platform
• Colleague virtual social platform with our workplace pages where you can keep up to date with the organisational activity and link in with colleagues
• Career progression across the organisation with our mentoring/coaching programmes, apprenticeships and career planning support
• Employee Assistance Programme- We are committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues and support this as an organisation

About us

We are committed to developing and implementing or maintaining sustainability initiatives to reduce environmental impact and promote sustainable practices within MTVH.

Learn more about our benefits and organisation by viewing our attached document

Here at Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTVH) we want to capture the value that difference brings and are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We work collaboratively Serving people better every day to educate, support and develop all of our diverse employees and the communities that we serve. We are also part of the disability confident employer scheme.

We want every employee and every customer to feel comfortable enough to be their true self and are working tirelessly in the background to create an environment that encourages our employees to challenge non-inclusive behaviours and to be mindful of their own and others wellbeing.

We provide a platform of Network groups for employees to share views, tell us what were doing well and recommend improvements. We want to create a real sense of community and a workforce who feel that their opinions are valued. Our Networks groups are:-

• LGBTQ+
• Disability

Our core values of Dare, Care and Collaborate demonstrate that we are a people focused business, solving social issues by working together!

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found so we do encourage you to complete the application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.