Job Description
Housing Lawyer - Fully Remote Working
Looking for more freedom and impact in your legal career?
This sole Housing Lawyer role gives you just that. You’ll support two modern councils on a broad mix of housing work; from possession proceedings and antisocial behaviour cases to regeneration and right-to-buy. All fully remote, and with the autonomy to make the role your own.
What’s On Offer
🌍 Remote Working: Work fully remotely
📆 Annualised Hours: Full flexibility over how you work
⚖️ Autonomy: Design your own systems and processes
🏛 Variety: From strategic housing projects to complex litigation
📈 Impact: Play a key role in affordable housing delivery
💰 LGPS Pension: Secure, defined benefit scheme
🌴 Leave: 25 days (rising to 30) + bank holidays + Christmas shutdown
Your Role
• Advise on all aspects of housing law, including landlord/tenant issues and unlawful occupancy
• Handle housing litigation such as evictions, disrepair, and land disputes.
• Draft and review tenancy agreements, lease terms, and housing-related policies.
• Ensure compliance with legal obligations, especially around affordable housing delivery.
• Deliver training and guidance to housing officers and councillors.
• Work in close collaboration with the housing team, becoming a trusted, embedded legal partner.
What We’re Looking For
✔ A qualified Solicitor, Barrister or Chartered Legal Executive
✔ Strong post-qualification experience in housing law, ideally within or for a local authority
✔ Skilled in litigation, negotiation, and drafting
✔ Confident working solo with a proactive, self-led approach
✔ Collaborative mindset and able to embed yourself into a client team
About Us
We are the shared legal service for South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils, delivering high-quality, solution-focused legal advice across a wide range of public sector work.
Our legal team is in the midst of a transformation: building a modern, collaborative, and outcomes-focused legal service to match the evolving needs of local government. Whether we’re advising on major regeneration schemes or ensuring lawful delivery of housing support, we work with professionalism, care, and purpose.
Apply today
Apply now to join a team where your voice matters, your expertise is valued, and your work has real-world impact. Want to know more? Contact Venn Group for a confidential chat.