THE DIVISION

The Housing Management team advise and assist Registered Providers of Social Housing and Local Authorities to manage their tenancies, particularly with a view to enforcement by way of injunctions and possession action through the County Courts, including seeking access injunctions, and taking action to prevent anti-social behaviour, tenancy fraud, rent actions.

SKILL SET

Candidates should have:

• a 2:1 undergraduate degree;
• ideally an LPC or BVC qualification (LPC would be preferred but is not essential)
• strong IT skills;
• ability to adhere to and manage deadlines;
• strong written skills;
• good administration skills; and
• excellent communication skills;

The main role and responsibilities will include helping a partner and solicitors in aspects of their casework including (although, this is not an exhaustive list):-

• assisting fee earners;
• working to a chargeable hours target;
• running a caseload of access injunctions
• drafting general correspondence and documents;
• undertaking research;
• liaison with clients and analysing evidence received in order to advise the client;
• liaison with third parties, including Counsel, defendants and their representatives and the Courts;
• preparing pleadings;
• liaison with witnesses and drafting witness statements;
• preparing disclosure
• administrative tasks such as invoicing

Supervision, support and relevant training will be provided although the successful applicant will also be encouraged, where appropriate, to use their own initiative.