The role Join Our Team as a Legal Services Manager We are seeking an exceptional Qualified Solicitor, CILEX Lawyer or Chartered Legal Executive with conveyancing practice rights to join our growing in-house legal team. As a Legal Services Manager (Transactions), you will work closely with the Head of Legal Services (Transactions) to shape the Disposals workstream and ensure consistently excellent service delivery. Key Responsibilities: Leadership: Inspire and manage a fantastic team of lawyers in the Legal Services team, demonstrating Southern Housing's HEART values and our commitment to residents. Focus Area: Serve as the single point of excellence for the disposals work of the Legal Services team. The team's work supports Southern Housing's disposal programme at auction and open market sales, helping to generate funds from poor quality properties that can be reinvested to improve current stock and services for the benefit of Southern Housing's residents. Case Management: Manage a personal caseload of property and conveyancing matters, across the full range of transactional work carried out by the Legal Services team. Training & Development: Provide training for the Legal Services team and Southern Housing colleagues, developing tools and precedents, and ensuring consistency and efficiency in the disposals workstream. What We're Looking For: Fully Competent Qualified solicitor, CILEX lawyer, or chartered legal executive with conveyancing practice rights. Passion for excellent service and efficiency in conveyancing. Proven track record in conveyancing and other, ideally in the Social Housing sector. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. IT proficiency, including Microsoft Office and Outlook. Highly Desirable (but not essential if candidate is willing to develop) : Experience in managing other lawyers. Experience in drafting templates and providing training. Experience in managing client relationships. Location: Based at our main offices in Farringdon, with hybrid working options when appropriate and as agreed with your manager. Travel between offices and occasional visits to other Southern Housing office locations may be required. Closing date: Sunday 22nd February 2026 at 23:59 Shortlisting: w/c 23rd February 2026 Interview dates: w/c 2nd March 2026 Note: We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications. About us At Southern Housing, our residents are at the heart of everything we do. As one of the largest housing providers in the UK with over 77,000 homes across London, the Southeast, the Isle of Wight, and the Midlands, we give over 167,000 people somewhere affordable to call their own!We also understand the difference that safe, secure, and affordable homes can make to people's lives. A career at Southern Housing will allow you to make a difference every day you come to work. Working in the housing sector with us will bring fresh challenges and give you the opportunity to grow and develop, too. One team together Internal mobility In line with our Recruitment Policy, colleagues are able to apply for internal roles once they've passed their probation. Interviews will only be arranged once this has been confirmed. Colleagues who have recently started a new internal role won't be able to apply for another internal move for at least 12 months. Please refer to the Recruitment Policy for more detail.