Housing Solicitor - London, United Kingdom - KLEIN HAMILTON EXECUTIVE SEARCH LTD

KLEIN HAMILTON EXECUTIVE SEARCH LTD

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Housing Solicitor, legal Executive, Legal Aid, CILEX, LLA, Solicitor, Permanent, London

Housing Solicitor

A Solicitor or Legal Executive who is able to meet the Legal Aid Agency supervisor is requied to join a well-established and friendly housing team in London.

You will need to share their passion for access to justice, have good knowledge of the legal aid scheme and have the skills to provide supervision to a growing team of junior lawyers. Experience of private client work would be an advantage.
You will have a desire to grow as a lawyer and enhance the department. Marketing and networking skills are important to continue to develop the team.
You will take on a wide range of housing law cases and act for a variety of clients including private individuals.

Description of role:

Carrying out all allotted casework, promptly and efficiently.
Communicating clearly and regularly with clients, complying with 'client care' requirements.
Keeping up to date with general legal developments, particularly relating to own specialist field(s).
Ensuring that time spent on all casework is promptly recorded and on conclusion of cases that they are billed, and payment is recorded promptly.
Dealing with all routine correspondence, negotiations and advocacy, where appropriate.
Working closely with colleagues in other departments to provide a holistic service to clients.
Analysing legal matters and advising clients of appropriate course of action.
Undertaking appropriate administrative tasks in accordance with the Office Manual to help to ensure smooth functioning of department and efficient casework and billing.
Providing supervision where appropriate and/or reporting to supervisors when supervision required.

Person specification

Essential Characteristics:

Experience and knowledge of a full range of housing law (possession, disrepair and tenancy dispute proceedings)
Able to meet the LAA supervisor requirements
Good working knowledge of the legal aid scheme and CCMS
Ability to communicate effectively with the firm's client group
Willingness to be involved in business development
Good track record of creating and maintaining client contacts
Excellent oral and telephone skills
Ability to prioritise and work efficiently under pressure
Excellent written communications skills
Problemsolving ability
Excellent IT Skills
Commercial awareness
Current Practising Certificate (or CiLEX equivalent)
3 years' PQE

Desirable characteristics:

Experience of privatelypaying work with individuals
Knowledge of alternative funding arrangements such as CFAs
Experience of marketing or networking in previous legal roles

Terms and conditions:

Hours: 35 per week; 9.30am5.30pm Monday-Friday (alternative working arrangements including parttime hours will be considered).
Salary range: £38,000 plus in accordance with experience and track record of feeearning. IE it is likely that those with less experience will receive an offer at the lower end of the range, and those with more experience and a track record of achievinga good fee income will receive a higher offer.
25 days' annual leave plus an additional day for your birthday.
You will be based in either of their two offices in Clapham Junction or Whitechapel.
The firm offers family friendly policies.
Hybrid working available

- workplace pension scheme.
- performance-related bonus scheme.

Medicash cashback health scheme
Excellent career development programme

You will be working with colleagues specialising in housing, community care and public law. Their reputation for good quality advice and representation has been recognised by Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500. They are also proud to be one of the Times'Best Law Firms of 2023.

Their staff are without doubt their best asset and they reward performance, provide flexible working practices and positively encourage every individual's contribution as to how they deliver services.

As acknowledged in their Lexcel accreditation, they offerexcellent support and training opportunities.

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