Paralegal (3 months FTC)

4 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Goodman Masson Full time

Paralegal
Offering between £10 – £12 per hour
King’s Cross, London
3 months fixed term contract

About the company

Notting Hill Genesis is a housing association formed in April 2018 by the merger of Notting Hill Housing and Genesis Housing Association. Notting Hill Genesis’ primary purpose is to work in the community to provide decent and affordable homes for lower-income

Responsibilities

  • To provide specialist legal support to the temporary housing business
  • Manage a varied caseload of housing legal issues including breach of tenancy matters, rent recovery, disrepair and dilapidations
  • Responsibility for an efficient and cost effective lease end management and possession process which mitigates business risk and ensures contractual obligations to landlords are met.
  • Provide legal advice training and support to officers and managers on solutions available to them related to breach of tenancy matters and other relevant issues that may arise
  • Manage cases referred by officers or managers where legal action is required: including preparing notices and particulars of claim, collating evidence, preparing witness statements, consent orders, eviction applications and stay applications.
  • Personally representing and advocating on behalf of the business in court on a range of housing and lease issues.
  • Instructing and liaising with solicitors and barristers and negotiating with defence solicitors where required
  • Maximising cost effectiveness of the company’s legal budget, by evaluating cases and offering a range of solutions taking into account business need and customer satisfaction, this may include mediation, advising on the appropriateness of legal action and negotiating with defence lawyers to overall reduce costs.
  • Support the work of the team to deliver an excellent standard of customer service, leading to improved landlord and tenant satisfaction across the business
  • Act promptly on complex rent/debt cases referred by housing officers to help them ensure rent collection levels increase and rent arrears decrease

Requirements

  • Will need housing experience
  • Section 21 and arrears experience desired
  • Strong legal knowledge and background

In our company values we aim for equity at all stages of the recruitment process, please let us know if we can do anything to make the process more accessible to you.

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