At a Glance
- Tasks: Assist clients with housing issues and manage a diverse caseload.
- Company: Join a top-tier law firm recognised for its excellence in legal services.
- Benefits: Attractive salary, supportive team, career progression, and hybrid working options.
- Other info: Dynamic environment with opportunities for professional recognition and development.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in people's lives while advancing your legal career.
- Qualifications: Newly Qualified Solicitor with strong communication and teamwork skills.
The predicted salary is between 45000 - 55000 £ per year.
A Legal 500, leading law firm is looking to recruit dedicated Newly Qualified Housing Solicitors for a highly sought permanent position. Gemini Recruitment is currently partnering with a large and established law firm. Our client serves corporate entities and private individuals in over 25 practice areas from offices throughout London and across England and Wales. Their accomplishments are acknowledged and recommended in The Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners as a top tier firm.
Housing Department Background: Our client's Housing team, ranked by The Legal 500 directory for its services across England and Wales, provides assistance to both landlords and tenants on all housing issues. Their practitioners are highly experienced in finding solutions to housing disputes and aim to address the issues quickly and effectively. Our client offers lawyer-supported dispute resolution or alternative dispute resolution (ADR) as a means to resolve housing disrepair matters. Their department also regularly represents clients in the courts for unlawful eviction, possession proceedings and prepares applications for judicial review in cases of homelessness.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Report directly to Department Director
- Responsible for all aspects of Housing work and, on occasions, providing technical expertise and guidance to other team members
- Ability to manage appropriate caseload types and complexities
- Assisting with a diverse caseload of public and private housing matters, such as:
- Homelessness applications and appeals
- Disrepair claims
- Eviction and possession proceedings
- Property ownership disputes
- Unlawful eviction cases
- Succession rights for tenants
- Neighbourhood and anti-social behaviour issues
- Conducting your own advocacy where appropriate
- Attending clients, taking instructions and preparing cases
- Dealing with correspondence
- Maintaining accurate time costing procedures
- Implementing any recommendations made by your supervisor following monthly file reviews ensuring that these are dealt with promptly
- Ensuring compliance with file management
This list is not exhaustive and there may be other duties as reasonably required.
Key Skills Required:
- Newly Qualified (NQ) Solicitor with a valid Practising Certificate at the time of application.
- Strong team player with excellent communication skills and a collaborative approach.
- Adaptable, proactive, and eager to take on new challenges while contributing to high-quality legal services and client care.
- Previous proven supervisory experience and working to key performance indicators.
- Professional with a pro-active approach; excellent client care skills and ability to deal with vulnerable client matters in a sensitive manner and resolve complicated practicalities.
- Excellent networking and communication skills with the ability to successfully market the Company and generate new business.
- Excellent analytical and organizational skills.
- Ability to use own initiative and sound judgment.
- Working knowledge of the publicly funded Housing work and have the ability to service privately funded cases.
- Extensive experience in dealing with Housing related work.
- Experience in own advocacy is an advantage.
- Excellent IT Skills - familiar with Microsoft Office applications and document management skills.
This list is not exhaustive and there may be other duties as reasonably required.
What we offer:
- A fantastic supportive team
- Strong career progression with support for legal awards and professional recognition
- Attractive salary package with supervision bonus
On offer is an attractive salary package, a supportive team environment and real prospects for promotion. The Company will allow hybrid-working in accordance with the company policy.
About Gemini Recruitment and Equal opportunities: Gemini Recruitment is a leading recruitment agency specialising in legal recruitment. We provide a highly focused service specialising in placements for Solicitors, Legal Executives, Trainee Solicitors, Paralegals and Legal Support Staff. We have intimate knowledge of specific opportunities in the legal market across the UK.
Housing Solicitor - NQ in London employer: GEMINI RECRUITMENT SERVICES LTD
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Contact Details:
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