1. Great opportunity to join the UK's largest housing association
2. Varied scope of interesting work
About Our Client
One of the UK's Largest Housing Associations
Job Description
You will work closely with colleagues across Housing, Property Services, Compliance, and Customer Engagement to provide timely legal advice, manage pre-action and litigated matters and help reach practical resolutions to housing management disputes.Key Responsibilities
3. Manage a caseload of housing management matters, including injunction applications and possession claims
4. Draft and review pleadings, witness statements, instructions to counsel, and settlement agreements.
5. Liaise with internal client teams, external solicitors, and local authorities when required.
Legal Advice & Support
6. Provide clear, pragmatic legal advice to internal stakeholders on Anti-social behaviour and housing management matters.
7. Advise operational teams on legal risks.
8. Support early intervention strategies to reduce the risk of counterclaims.
Internal Collaboration and process improvements
9. Work with the Housing teams to ensure timely instructions, accurate evidence and effective legal work.
10. Contribute to the development and improvement of internal policies, procedures, and training.
11. Assist in implementing learning from cases across the business to improve the resident experience and prevent problems from reoccurring.
Risk & Compliance
12. Ensure legal compliance with legislation.
13. Maintain accurate and detailed case records.
14. Monitor legal trends and emerging risks across the housing sector to support organisational risk management
The Successful Applicant
Essential
15. Qualified Solicitor /CILEX lawyer (England & Wales) with a current practicing certificate
16. Experience in housing law or civil litigation either in-house or in private practice
17. Excellent drafting, communication, and negotiation skills
18. Ability to balance legal risk with practical operational realities
19. Strong organisational and case management abilities
Desirable
20. Experience working with or within a social housing provider or local authority
21. Experience providing training to non-legal colleagues
22. Strong knowledge of landlord and tenant law
What's on Offer
23. Salary between £55,000-£58,000
24. Hybrid working of 2 days in the office in Basingstoke or Bristol.
25. Flexible working hours
26. Part time working available
27. 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays (with an extra day every year up to 30 days)
28. Option to buy or sell holiday as part of our flexible benefits package
29. 3 extra paid Wellbeing days and 2 paid volunteering days
30. Generous matched pension scheme up to 12% and Life cover at 4x salary
31. Enhanced maternity/adoption pay
32. Enhanced paternity pay - 6 weeks full pay (after 26 weeks' service)
33. Options for private medical insurance, dental insurance and critical illness cover
34. Wellbeing discounts, including Gym Memberships and access to a 24/7 virtual GP service