Worcester based with a balance of home and office working
£56,110 - £59,059 per year
35 hours per week
We have an opportunity for a Solicitor - Housing Management to join our Legal Services team, based in Worcester. The Legal Services team provides legal assistance and support to the Group to ensure compliance and regulatory requirements are met
The role of Solicitor - Housing Management will include:
- Manage own caseload of legal work, mainly non contentious and contentious housing management work in line with legal and regulatory requirements and in support of business objectives
- Support the development and delivery of high quality legal services in relation to all areas of housing management to Sanctuary Housing Association and its subsidiaries and operations
- Provide support to the senior team within Legal Services in overseeing the in house legal teams responsible for the Group's legal work
- Liase with the Group’s external legal providers and support the senior legal team in managing legal spend and invoice analysis, ensuring compliance with relevant regulations and Group financial procedures
- Develop and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring the delivery of a quality service that represents value for money, identifying any shortfalls in service delivery
Skills and experiences:
- Qualified Solicitor or barrister or equivalent. Must have additional practising rights if CILEX (LSA 2007 exemption)
- Proven experience of delivering legal services
- Experience of housing litigation or relevant contentious work
- Proven experience of managing projects with strong project management skills
- Experience of commercial contracts, negotiation and data protection
- Ability to present advice, options and legal issues to non-legal audiences in both verbal and written formats
- Intermediate Microsoft 365
Why work for us?
We provide homes and care for more than 250,000 people in England and Scotland. Our customers are at the heart of all we do. With around 14,000 colleagues, we foster a diverse and inclusive culture, and nurture and reward talent.
As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary a great place to work, where your wellbeing is of genuine importance, we have developed an attractive employment package. The package recognises your contribution, supports your physical, mental and financial health and gives you the flexibility to tailor your employee benefits by offering:
- 25 days annual leave (rising to a maximum of 30 days) plus public holidays
- A pension scheme with employer contributions from Sanctuary
- Life Assurance
- Employee Advice Service including counselling
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Voluntary health plans
- Wellbeing support and tools
- Staff Networks, with a shared interest in inclusion, and who provide invaluable support to colleagues
- £56,110 per annum (rising to £59,059 per annum after 12 months, subject to satisfactory performance)
