Salaryup to£40,000pa negotiable based on skills and experience, and great benefits including Health Cash Plan?
Permanent, Full?time (37.5hpw), hybrid working
Newcastle upon Tyne
We cant offer a CoS for this role
Home, a place where you belong
This role suitsanexperienced Disrepair Paralegal or Disrepair Support Lawyer toaqualified Disrepair Lawyer, and wealsowelcome applications from peoplewithcivillitigation experience.Wellshape the role and level of responsibility around your experience, while supporting you to growin the role.
What youll do
Give advice on disrepair claims, including getting court proceedings and paperwork ready.
Help our maintenance teams to understand and respond to disrepair claims.
Oversee work given to outside firms, making sureit'sdone well and effectively.
Get applications ready for court or tribunal, doing research, collecting proof, and writing statements. Sometimes, you mightrepresentthe company in court or ask another lawyer to do so.
Occasionally, you help with other property legal issues, like anti-social behaviour or possession cases, preparing court proceedings and paperwork for these cases.
Youllpartner with other internal teams to deliver and ensure effective legal support for their related activities.
Why join us
This is more than a job its a place where you feel valued. With our learning and development offer, and support from friendly colleagues, youll make a real difference every day!If youre ready to leave behind the ordinary, do something that really matters.Be part of one of the UKs top 10 Great Places to Work!
You have
A legal background which could be anything from beingaqualified Legal Executive, qualifiedsolicitoror barrister with rights of audience, to someone with a legalqualificationandsignificant experienceof disrepair.
Have experience in housing litigation, in particular disrepair cases and are able to manage your own caseload.
Able to provide a responsive and comprehensive housing management support service to enable colleagues to tackle disrepair claims.
Have experience drafting and preparing court or tribunal papers, including witness statements and orders, as well as attending Court and Tribunal when necessary.
Experienced in dispute resolution to prevent cases going to court and the ability to negotiate of out of court settlements.
Yourea well organised, proactive self-starter who strives to get it right first time?
Stronger together
We do our best work when were ourselves. Thats why inclusion, wellbeing, and our diversity networks help makeHome Group a great place to work !
The practical bits
Youllmanage your own diary
This is a hybridrole,andyoulllikely spendat least 2 days in the office and up to 3 days working at home
Weanticipatethis to be a full-time role, but are also open to discuss and consider a working pattern that may suit you better
Whats in it for you?
25 days annual leave (increasing to 30), theoptionto buy 5 more, a me day (to take off for whatever you fancy) and time off for volunteering too!
Health cash plan saving you from £1140 per annum.Wellcover your costs (and kids if you have them) towards dental, optical, prescriptions, alternativetherapiesand lots more.
Over 800 high street discounts on groceries,holidaysand days out. Looking for a new phone,bikeor car? Save money with us.
WereInvestors in People Platinum employer, a Great Place to Work and 10^thBest place in the UK for Wellbeing
We Grow Our Own colleagues (not literally of course!), whenyoureready for the next step in your career, you can grow with us!
Generous pension scheme with life insurance of 3x salary. Explore our full range of benefits on our website.?
Find out more
Click APPLY NOW to see our?Disrepair Support Lawyer Job Description,find out about? us and forhelp to apply. Sometimes we close a job early, sodontdelay or you might miss out.
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