Job Description
Summary
We are looking for a Team Leader to provide leadership and responsibility for delivering legal services.
You will provide specialist legal support to the general needs housing teams who are responsible for providing a local housing management service. You will ensure individual tenancies are successful and neighbourhoods are safe.
Main Responsibilities
You will be responsible for
- Assist in setting and managing budgets ensuring a commercially viable and profitable business
- Assist in the compilation of reports for the Business and produce reports and statistical information on your work for PTE panels, casework panels or committees as required.
- Support the operational teams to ensure legal risks are identified and managed in processes and procedures at an early stage.
* Support the operational teams by providing constructive challenges to decision making. - Allocate cases both internally to Legal Case Workers and externally to panel solicitors
Ideal Candidate
Leading a team you will provide legal advice and support services to the housing teams on ASB and community safety, breach of tenancy issues, rent recovery, disrepair and tenancy fraud, using your knowledge of housing law and judgement to manage and reduce legal risk, advise on the most practical, creative and cost- effective options required to resolve cases. Additionally, hold a legal qualification and/ or professional membership and manage a caseload.
Benefits
In return we offer:
- Excellent annual leave allowance and flexible working opportunities (qualifying period may apply)
- Generous pension scheme
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay - we offer enhanced maternity and adoption pay in addition to statutory entitlements (qualifying period may apply)
- Employee assistance - free confidential advice and counselling services provided by independent specialist organisations
- Health cash plan
- Staff discounts - we give our staff access to discounts at hundreds of major retailers, gyms, restaurants, entertainment, days out, insurance and much more
- Interest free loans: season ticket loan, tenancy deposit loan and training loan
- Cycle to work scheme
How to apply
- Applications close at 23:59 on 12th February 2023.
Please apply for this role with us online. If you are not able to apply online, please contact our HR team via to discuss your requirements.