At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage legal cases in housing management and support high-quality legal services.
- Company: Join a diverse and inclusive organisation dedicated to making a difference.
- Benefits: Enjoy 25-30 days annual leave, pension scheme, and wellbeing support.
- Other info: Flexible home and office working in a dynamic environment.
- Why this job: Make a real impact while working with a supportive and talented team.
- Qualifications: Qualified Solicitor or barrister with experience in housing litigation.
The predicted salary is between 56110 - 59059 £ per year.
Inclusion is one of our core values. Our goal is to be a diverse, inclusive organisation where our people thrive and meet our customers’ needs with fairness and empathy. We know having a range of ideas and opinions makes a difference. We encourage and welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support this mission. We will make adjustments throughout your application process, in line with Sanctuary’s commitment to our Disability Confident employer status.
We have an opportunity for a Solicitor - Housing Management to join our Legal Services team, based in Worcester. The Legal Services team provides legal assistance and support to the Group to ensure compliance and regulatory requirements are met.
The role of Solicitor - Housing Management will include:
- Manage own caseload of legal work, mainly non-contentious and contentious housing management work in line with legal and regulatory requirements and in support of business objectives.
- Support the development and delivery of high quality legal services in relation to all areas of housing management to Sanctuary Housing Association and its subsidiaries and operations.
- Provide support to the senior team within Legal Services in overseeing the in-house legal teams responsible for the Group's legal work.
- Liase with the Group’s external legal providers and support the senior legal team in managing legal spend and invoice analysis, ensuring compliance with relevant regulations and Group financial procedures.
- Develop and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring the delivery of a quality service that represents value for money, identifying any shortfalls in service delivery.
Skills and experiences:
- Degree, management qualification or relevant professional qualification.
- Qualified Solicitor or barrister or equivalent. Must have additional practising rights if CILEX (LSA 2007 exemption).
- Proven experience of delivering legal services.
- Experience of housing litigation or relevant contentious work.
- Proven experience of managing projects with strong project management skills.
- Experience of commercial contracts, negotiation and data protection.
- Ability to present advice, options and legal issues to non-legal audiences in both verbal and written formats.
- Intermediate Microsoft 365.
Why work for us?
We provide homes and care for more than 250,000 people in England and Scotland. Our customers are at the heart of all we do. With around 14,000 colleagues, we foster a diverse and inclusive culture, and nurture and reward talent.
Our Benefits:
- 25 days annual leave (rising to a maximum of 30 days) plus public holidays.
- A pension scheme with employer contributions from Sanctuary.
- Life Assurance.
- Employee Advice Service including counselling.
- Cycle to Work scheme.
- Voluntary health plans.
- Employee discounts.
- Wellbeing support and tools.
- Employee recognition scheme.
- Staff Networks, with a shared interest in inclusion, and who provide invaluable support to colleagues.
56,110 per annum (rising to 59,059 per annum after 12 months, subject to satisfactory performance).
Closing Date: 19 August 2026.
If you're unsure about any details, have questions about the role or want to discuss a need for adjustments, our fantastic talent team will be happy to help you - corporate.recruitment@sanctuary.co.uk.
We reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application.
Sanctuary Group is a trading name of Sanctuary Housing Association, an exempt charity.
Solicitor - Housing Management employer: Sanctuary
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