Legal Assistant/Paralegal (Disrepair) needed in Lewisham, £26.10ph PAYE - Reference: RQ1535292 This is maternity cover for the paralegal in the housing and disrepair team, the post will be between 6-12 months duration. The job is hybrid, 2 days a week in the office and 3 days working remotely. They will ideally have some knowledge of housing, disrepair and EPA prosecutions The role will require the candidate to:. Manage a caseload of 40 mixed disrepair and housing cases (supervised by the Principal Lawyer/Senior Lawyer. Drafting defences, witness statements and application notices, settling claims and dealing with costs issues. Attending legal, income and housing management meetings. Ensuring that an accurate log is kept of all existing and new housing and disrepair cases. Arranging for the payment of external invoices. Entering hearing dates into the Legal Housing Calendar. Sharing the monitoring of the dedicated Legal Housing inbox (with the Legal Assistant in the team) to deal with enquiries relating to new and existing cases and assisting external solicitors with clients and escalating matters when necessary. This is a full time role on a Temporary basis. If you are interested in the role please apply on our website with your CV, alternatively you can email your CV to katie@essentialemploy.co.uk quoting the reference number. Essential Employment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer. All our roles may be subject to pre-employment checks including references so please be prepared. Due to high volumes of CVs received we are not able to respond to all unsuccessful applications. You will always however hear from us by phone if we are able to take your CV forward to the next stage. You can also follow us at Twitter/Facebook/LinkedIn or via our website www.essentialemploy.co.uk.