Legal Services Manager in Manchester

Full Time, Permanent (35 hours per week)

Closing Date: 4th March 2026

Support our communities. See the difference you can make in our city. At One Manchester we are passionate about providing good quality homes, great services and real opportunities for customers and communities. We are more than just a landlord. We invest in new and existing homes, provide money advice and wellbeing, employment and training support and build strong partnerships to support inclusive growth.

We have an exciting position available for a Legal Services Manager to join us! You’ll act as the central point of coordination for legal matters across One Manchester, ensuring that legal queries are effectively triaged, appropriately commissioned and managed in line with the organisation’s outsourced legal framework. The role supports the business by securing timely, accurate and proportionate legal advice from external providers, coordinating responses and feeding clear, practical guidance back into teams. While the postholder is not expected to provide legal advice directly, they are responsible for ensuring the organisation receives the right advice at the right time, in a cost-effective and compliant manner.

What we’re looking for:

• Experience working in a legal, governance, compliance or regulated environment
• Proven ability to manage external professional relationships or suppliers
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple matters simultaneously
• Confidence in communicating with senior stakeholders and translating complex information into clear guidance
• Sound judgement around escalation, risk and when specialist input is required
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience

Why take up the challenge with One Manchester? This really is a great place to work. We’ve bags of potential and have huge opportunities waiting to be unlocked. Supportive and flexible, we’re rightly proud of our work and excited about the future. So, challenge yourself to be creative and ambitious and see the difference you can make in our great city.

If this sounds like you then apply today, we’d love to hear from you!

We own and manage over 12,000 homes in central, south and east Manchester. We have one purpose: to provide good quality homes, great services, and real opportunities for our customers and communities. Our role as a trusted Registered Provider of Social Housing goes well beyond putting people in safe and secure homes. That’s not to say it’s not one of our key priorities, it’s simply one of the many things we do to help our customers live happy and fulfilled lives. We put people at the heart of everything we do. We’re constantly evolving as a business to ensure we’re supporting our customers and communities. We focus on improving our communities by offering a range of services, including employment opportunities, building new developments, and ensuring our customers have safe homes to live in.

In accordance with the aims of our Equality and Diversity strategy and organisational commitment to address the employment of underrepresented groups, One Manchester is operating 'the Rooney Rule'. This means that we aim to interview at least one ethnically diverse candidate for all roles. We will also interview at least one female candidate for all our roles within our trades and facilities teams where we experience an under representation. One Manchester strives for equality, diversity and inclusion in all that we do. We positively encourage applications for employment from eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

We are transitioning to a culture where agile working will be a feature of many of our roles. We also try to support and promote a culture of flexible working where possible and practical. If you are interested in a role but require flexibility or part time hours please give us a call and we can let you know if this can be considered for a particular role.