Solicitor - Housing and General Litigati WCC623617 in London

Salary range: £56,436 - £62,742 per annum. Salary negotiable depending upon experience.

Work location: Westminster City Hall, 64 Victoria Street, Westminster, SW1E 6QP and Hornton Street, London W8 7NX.

Hours per week: 36.

Contract type: Permanent.

Closing date: 12 April 2026.

Interview date: Week commencing 20 April 2026.

About Us: The Bi-Borough Legal Services Department at Westminster City Council is a world of extraordinary stories. Our ambition is to improve the quality of life for everyone in the area, and we aim to do this by building 1,750 high quality homes, creating new green spaces and playgrounds, and providing services that will support the community’s health and wellbeing.

Your main role will be to provide professional, procedural and technical legal guidance, including routine advocacy on tenancy management, temporary accommodation and other local government housing, civil litigation, commercial and regulatory matters. Working alongside the Housing and General Litigation Team, you’ll undertake routine legal cases, deal with more complex cases, and assist more experienced Solicitors on high profile, politically sensitive and financially weighted cases.

A qualified Solicitor, Barrister or Fellow of CILEx with demonstrable knowledge of childcare law and related legislation and case law, you’ll have experience dealing with and advising on local authority’s duties and powers in relation to children and young adults. With a broad knowledge of Local Government law, or a willingness to learn, you’ll be committed to your continuous professional and personal development.

On a personal level, you’ll be a natural communicator with excellent negotiating and influencing skills. You’ll be diplomatic, enterprising and detail focused, with the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.

This is a fantastic opportunity to put people across Westminster first, and to supercharge your career in the process. Westminster City Council is committed to supporting Care Leavers into the workplace. Care Leavers seeking their first job and who wish to be considered under our scheme, will automatically be invited to interview should they meet the essential criteria for the role.

The Council is committed to achieving diverse shortlists to support our desire to increase the number of staff from underrepresented groups in our workforce. We especially encourage applications from a Global Majority (GM), people who are Black, Asian, Brown, dual-heritage, indigenous to the global south, and or have been racialised as 'ethnic minorities' background.

What We Offer: Westminster is an amazing place. We are home to more than 200,000 residents from all backgrounds, over 50,000 vibrant and vital businesses and three-quarters-of-a-million people work in Westminster. Westminster City Council’s strategy is to work towards a Fairer Westminster. By working directly with our communities and other partners, we can build a more inclusive city that celebrates our diverse communities, and where residents, workers and visitors from all backgrounds will feel welcome and safe.

At Westminster City Council, we pride ourselves on being an inclusive workplace and employer of choice. We encourage and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that, at all levels, represents the communities we serve. We champion equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging and is empowered to be their best, that is the Westminster Way.

As a forward-thinking Council we appreciate that people work in different ways, therefore our staff benefit from working a range of flexible working patterns as well as Agile working. The Council is a Disability Confident Employer. If you have declared a disability in your application, we guarantee an interview if you meet the essential criteria of the job.