Housing Law Director

3 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom GEMINI RECRUITMENT SERVICES LTD Full time

**Role: Housing Law Director / Solicitor**
**Leading law firm looking to recruit dedicated and experienced Social Housing Solicitor / Director for highly sought permanent positon.**

**Salary: Competitive. Accountability within a remote working culture is the norm within this business.**

**Gemini Recruitment** are currently partnering with a large and established law firm. Our client serves corporate entities and private individuals in over 25 practice areas from offices throughout London and across England and Wales. Our client’saccomplishments are acknowledged and recommended in The Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners, as a top tier firm.

Our client holds the Investors in People Gold Accreditation Quality Standard Mark and is LEXCEL, Cyber Essentials Plus and ISO 27001-2013 accredited and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

**The Role**

**Main Responsibilities of the Role**
- Report directly to Department Director
- Report directly to and collaborating with the Board to ensure performance targets are met
- Responsible for all aspects of Housing work including providing technical expertise and guidance to other team members
- Ability to manage and supervise Solicitors, Trainee Solicitors and Caseworkers to manage appropriate caseload types and complexities
- Assisting with delivery of appropriate training and development in the department
- Variety of duties including dealing with a range of Housing cases including Homelessness; Disrepair; Eviction; Possession; Property Ownership Disputes; Succession for Tenants; Housing adaptations; Social Housing; Neighbourhood Problems matters as well asundertaking your own advocacy
- Dealing with emergency cases and identifying and carrying out strategic litigation.
- Preparing draft documents including witness statements and processing evidence
- Attending conferences and court including under Housing Possession Court Duty Scheme
- You will have a professional pro-active approach, strong client care skills and be interested in Business Development and Marketing to supplement the substantial work volumes brought in by the company

**Key Skills Required**
- 3 Years+ PQEwith proven experience of Housing and Litigation, including court representation essential
- Ideally have experience in Duty Advisor under Housing Possession Court Duty Scheme
- Must meet the 2013 SQM Supervisor standard in Housing, or willing to work towards this
- Experience in welfare rights and community care issues is an advantage
- Must have a clean, valid Practicing Certificate at the time of applying
- Strong management skills
- Committed team player with ability to approach team concerns fairly, foster culture of positive change and encourage cross referrals
- Previous proven supervisory experience and working to key performance indicators
- Professional with a pro-active approach; excellent client care skills and ability to deal with vulnerable client matters in a sensitive manner and resolve complicated practicalities involved in Housing issues
- Excellent networking and communication skills with the ability to successfully market the Company and generate new business
- Working knowledge of the publically funded Housing work including legal representation and legal helpand have the ability to service privately funded cases
- Have extensive experience in dealing with all Housing related work
- Experience in own advocacy is an advantage

On offer is an attractive salary package, a supportive team environment and real prospects for promotion. The Company will consider applicants wishing to work part time, full time or with flexible working hours. The Company will allow working from home.

The company is committed to Equal Opportunities and embraces diversity and inclusivity of its staff and strives to ensure that their workforce reflects the diversity of the communities they serve.

**About Gemini Recruitment and Equal Opportunities**:
Gemini Recruitment is a leading recruitment agency specialising in legal recruitment. We provide a highly focused service specialising in placements for Solicitors, Legal Executives, Trainee Solicitors, Paralegals and Legal Support Staff. We have intimateknowledge of specific opportunities in the legal market across the UK.

Our primary aim is to deliver a quality bespoke service to our clients. We are currently handling the careers of a number of experienced legal professionals ranging from legal support staff to Solicitors. Our clients are based across the country and havevacancies covering numerous areas of law. If you are looking for your first job or want to move up the career ladder, we can help.

The recruitment process will fully comply with GDPR and other applicable laws. Background checks including CRB / DBS checks will establish your eligibility to work in the UK and suitability to the role.

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