Title: Supervising Solicitor Salary Banding: £61-531 - £64,769 London – Nottingham £55,378 - £58,292 Location: London, EC1N 8JS or Nottingham, NG9 1LA Permanent Role - Full-Time Position based on a 37.5hr week Hybrid role – 3 days to be based in the office About Us Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing is one of the UK's leading providers of affordable housing and care and support services. We employ over 1900 colleagues to manage and develop our large portfolio of nearly 56,000 homes serving over 75,000 customers across London, East Midlands, Southern and the East of England. We are a proud member of the National Housing Federation the G15 – which represents London's largest housing associations – we influence policy for the benefits of our residents and the wider sector. We're looking for a confident and self-motivated Supervising Solicitor with proven experience of supervising and coaching junior lawyers. You will be responsible for supervising and conducting housing management and leasehold cases and leading and mentoring a team of junior lawyers to support all functions of the Legal Services Team. This is an opportunity to join a high performing in-house Legal Services Team at the beginning of a journey of expansion and to help shape the future of the Legal Services provision at MTVH. The role The key responsibilities for the role are: To lead an efficient and high performing team of junior lawyers to support all functions of the Legal Services Team To supervise, mentor, coach and develop junior colleagues to deliver a cohesive, high performing department, providing a consistent service of the highest standards to protect the interests of MTVH whilst supporting successful completion of training and qualifications To manage a varied caseload covering housing management and leasehold disputes and work cross-functionally to protect the interests of MTVH To monitor and ensure compliance with KPI's and SLA standards and make recommendations on best practice to the Head of Legal Services To prepare and deliver effective training as required on a variety of housing management, leasehold and property law issues to colleagues What you'll need to succeed Admission as a Solicitor in England & Wales. Substantial post qualification experience (a minimum of 5 years PQE) 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 and managing complex legal cases. Experience in managing and coaching a high performing team and the ability to create a learning culture where knowledge and best practice is shared. Proven experience in building and sustaining working relationships with key stakeholders and partners both internal and external and act as a “go to” person What you need to do now: If you're interested in this role, take a look at the attached Job Description for more details and if it's the ideal job for you, click 'apply now' to provide a supporting statement and submit an up-to-date copy of your CV. If you have been successful in your application, we will contact you to formally invite you to attend an interview. The in-person interview will consist of 45 minutes of competency-based questions with an interview panel of 2 people and a 15 minute presentation which will be sent to you in advance and at the time of the formal invitation to interview. Expected Interview Timeline Between 9th February – 20th February 2026 Note: the presentation brief will be sent at the time of invite to the in-person interview to allow time for preparation.