Housing Solicitor and Team Manager -(Legal Aid)
Solicitor qualification required for this role
Salary: £36,649 p.a
Contract: Full-time, permanent
This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the country’s largest Citizens Advice organisations delivering advice and advocacy services to tens of thousands of people every year. We deliver services by phone, digitally and face to face, in multiple locations and to some of Sheffield’s most vulnerable communities. We also work to influence local and national policy and are committed to increasing the opportunities for those who use or need our services to help shape what we deliver.
We are also a Law Centre giving people, who would otherwise have no access to it, specialist legal advice across a number of areas including Housing.
We’re looking for a Solicitor to supervise our housing advice team and legal aid contract. The team offers complex casework and representation to clients facing possession, eviction, serious disrepair and housing issues related to domestic abuse and violence and to anti‑social behaviour.
You will preferably have 3 years’ PQE in housing law and be able to manage a wide range of cases, as well as experience of working under a legal aid contract, supervising caseworkers, and meeting targets.
We welcome applications from Solicitors with experience in other areas of law as full training will be provided.
We can offer you a supportive culture within a charity setting committed to social justice. We offer an attractive remuneration package with good terms and conditions of employment, including:
* 35 hour working week
* Pension scheme with 4% employer contribution
* Health Plan with integrated employee assistance programme
* Onsite Gym
Job application packs are available to download at www.citizensadvicesheffield.org.uk or you can contact applications@citizensadvicesheffield.org.uk.
Please quote the job reference number in the subject heading. All candidates must submit the application form
(no CVs accepted) to applications@citizensadvicesheffield.org.uk by 5pm on Monday 9th March 2026. For an informal discussion about the post, contact the applications inbox and we will arrange for someone to contact you. Interview date Monday 16th March 2026. This post will be subject to a basic DBS check for work with adults.
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