Title: Legal Administrative Officer Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time, 35 hours Salary: £32,000 per annum (London weighted salary) or £28,000 per annum (Regional salary) Grade: 5 Reporting Office: London, Stratford or Manchester, Trafford Persona: Agile Worker: 20% - 40% of contractual hours to be worked from reporting office/working location (hybrid working) Closing Date: 9th October 2026 Interview Date: TBC
Benefits include: Excellent pension plan (up to 6% double contribution), 28 days Annual Leave rising to 31 days with length of service + Bank Holidays, Westfield Health Cash Plan, non-contributory life assurance, up to 21 hours volunteering paid days, lifestyle benefits, Employee Assistance Programme and many more …
Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated.
L&Q reserves the right to not progress applications for candidates who have had one unsuccessful application/interview process with L&Q for the same or similar role in the previous 12 months.
Join our Legal Team at L&Q:
L&Q is one of the UK’s largest housing associations and providers of social and affordable homes. We house around 250,000 people primarily across Greater London and Greater Manchester. Our purpose is simple – to provide social homes and landlord services that everyone can be proud of.
This role is a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic and proactive individual to join our dynamic in house legal team.
You will provide a high standard of administrative support across the board to solicitors and paralegals in the legal team managing a high volume mixed litigation caseload that includes service charge disputes, tenancy breach enforcement action, judicial review challenges, leasehold disputes, tenancy fraud, possession proceedings, injunctive proceeding for anti-social behaviour and access and a range of other complex litigation disputes.
You will report to the Managing Solicitor for Leasehold & Housing Disputes.
Your impact in the role:
Your main duties will include the following:
- Opening and closing electronic files
- Raising purchase orders and carrying out financial reconciliations
- Maintaining up to date financial records
- Liaising with the finance team to ensure the timely and efficient processing of legal invoices
- Liaising with colleagues in the legal team and in other business areas across the organisation as well as our external panel solicitors on our legal services framework
- Monitoring online legal referrals and ensuring legal referrals are allocated in a timely manner
- Managing diaries
- Photocopying and scanning documents, collating documents and preparing court bundles
- Updating case spreadsheets
- Sorting and allocating legal post
- Requesting title documents from the land registry
What you'll bring:
- Excellent communication skills
- Good Knowledge of Microsoft software
- Experience with a invoicing or purchasing order system
- Some experience working in a legal environment
- Excellent organisational skills
If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage during this process, including application stage, please email lqcareers@lqgroup.org.uk
About L&Q:
We’re one of the UK’s leading housing associations and developers. We were founded on a simple belief: high quality housing is vital for people’s health, happiness and security. Our purpose is simple – to provide social homes and landlord services that everyone can be proud of.
At L&Q, we know that diversity and inclusion make us stronger – and they’re at the heart of everything we do.
When we recruit, we look at what really matters: your skills, experience, and potential. We’re proud to be recognised for creating an inclusive workplace. We’re a Disability Confident Leader (Level 3) and we’ve introduced our own Recruitment Advocate scheme to make sure every step of our hiring process is fair, transparent, and consistent. It’s all part of our commitment to ending discrimination and making L&Q a place where everyone feels welcome.
Sustainability is also at the heart of what we do. We recognise the responsibility we hold as one of the UK’s largest housing associations.
Location: London - Stratford or Manchester - Trafford
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