Legal Assistant

We have come a long way since we were established as a provider of social housing in 2011. We are providing more homes throughout our communities to a wider group of customers than ever before. We’ve created innovative solutions through a new Group structure which gives us the freedom to help communities realise their potential.

This is an exciting role where you will be responsible for managing a varied caseload of property and conveyancing matters for Red Kite and its subsidiaries. Your unrivalled administrative skills will ensure that the external professional firms you instruct, such as solicitors and valuers, complete transactions for us in the timescales required for us to deliver our corporate plan.

What we need you to do
- Case manage the transfer of property assets within our Group structure in line with the Corporate Journey
- Instruct external firms of solicitors to carry out legal work on our behalf
- Instruct valuers where required so we obtain optimal value for our assets
- Manage contractual arrangements with utility providers for substations on our land including the grant of new leases, prompt renewal at the end of their term and timely rent reviews
- Work with solicitors to consider appropriate overage clauses which will protect our future land interests
- Carry out searches on title in relation to development projects and appraisals
- Provide internal advice on development agreements, joint ventures, section 106 agreements and other growth opportunities
- Administer statutory and voluntary requests for a residential lease extension
- Case manage the surrender and regrant of equity share leases at our portfolio of leasehold scheme for the elderly homes
- Case manage residential lease variations required by the Red Kite Group or requested by leaseholders
- Respond to Part Wall Notices received working closely with the Property Pod on technical matters
- Respond to requisition requests received from the Land Registry
- Liaise with the local authority to remove open space restrictions on the title where required
- Assist other teams with the transfer of land in accordance with our disposals policy
- Assist other teams in the management of shared ownership and market sale

transactions
- Work alongside colleagues to resolve cases of encroachment on our land

What you will be responsible for
- Ensuring that the professional firms you instruct, such as solicitors and valuers, provide their services to our expected timescales
- Coordinating internal teams to ensure the intra Group asset transfer period is minimised
- Arranging for all transactions to be signed and sealed in accordance with our Governance Regulations
- Ensuring our assets and boundaries are recorded accurately at the Land Registry and on our GIS system
- Developing and implementing procedures relevant to the tasks carried out by the Legal Assistant
- Maintaining comprehensive and auditable records for all transactions being case managed
- Developing and updating case tracking systems to enable timely and accurate data reporting
- Preparing performance and budget reports for meetings such as those of the Operations Hub, Senior Leadership Team and Board

Where have you come from
- You will be a UK qualified Legal Executive, Professional Paralegal Practitioner or Solicitor with a property background gained in private practice or in a public sector body
- A role where you’ve ensured that regulatory and audit requirements are met
- An environment where you are used to meeting corporate targets
- A role where you have contributed to and implemented policy and procedures
- A service delivery environment where you have been committed to promoting equality and diversity

What our staff will see in you
- A person who balances a commercial approach with commitment to our corporate social purpose
- An excellent time manager with exemplary file organisation and personal organisation skills
- A good communicator who is positive and provides opportunities for feedback
- A person with forensic attention to detail and excellent report writing skills
- A person with good judgement and clear thinking when dealing with ambiguity
- Someone who has the ability to work with a wide range of stakeholders, internal and external, including consultants and external legal firms, to deliver an objective
- A creative thinker, who finds solutions to problems and challenges the norm to generate savings, greater productivity or higher quality
- Someone with good reasoning, logical thought and numerical ability As a person, you will
- Have first class knowledge of residential and commercial property law
- Be financially astute, making business decisions as if it was your own money
- Have good verbal and written communication skills and a particular strength in producing accurate information
- Be able to network and build effective and productive working relationships
- Be skilled at influencing and motivating colleagues
- Be capable of presenting a positive i