TV Edwards LLP

Housing Solicitor (3 years+ PQE) – East/South London

We are looking for a Solicitor or Legal Executive who is able to meet the Legal Aid Agency supervisor requirements to join our well-established and friendly housing team.

You will be experienced in all aspects of housing law (including possession proceedings, claims for poor housing conditions and homeless applications). You will need to share our 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 be working with colleagues specialising in housing, community care and public law. Our reputation for good quality advice and representation has been recognised by Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500. We are also proud to be one of the Times’ Best Law Firms of 2023.

Our staff are without doubt our best asset and we reward performance, provide flexible working practices and positively encourage every individual’s contribution as to how we deliver services. As acknowledged in our Lexcel accreditation, we offer excellent support and training opportunities.

For full job requirements please see the information pack available on our website.

Staff benefits include:

• 25 days’ annual leave increasing to 28 days after 3 years’ service and 30 days after 5 years.
  
• Additional day off for your birthday and a range of other benefits.
  
• We have a workplace pension scheme.
  
• Excellent career development opportunities, comprehensive in-house training and supervision.
  

Hours: full-time – 35 hours per week; 9.30am-5.30pm Monday–Friday (alternative working arrangements including part-time hours will be considered).
Salary: £38,000 plus, dependent on experience and fee-earning track record.
Anticipated start: as soon as possible

For further information and to apply visit: http://www.tvedwards.com/site/careers/opportunities

Completed application form together with an equality monitoring questionnaire must be sent by email to: lisa.walton@tvedwards.com

The closing date for applications is Monday 12 December with interviews provisionally to be held via MS Teams on 15/16 December.

TV Edwards is an equal opportunities employer

Citizens Advice

Citizens Advice is recruiting a Housing Expert
Do you want to work for an organisation that makes a difference, every single day, to people from all walks of life? The people that turn to Citizens Advice need help overcoming an obstacle in their lives – from debt to evictions to trouble at work – and you can be key to them getting the support they need in the quickest, easiest, and most effective way.

We are looking for a Housing Expert to join our Expert Advice Team. This is a permanent post, under which you will provide legal and advice expertise in housing law to Citizens Advice internal teams and to the Citizens Advice network of local offices. You will work with colleagues across the organisation to support the delivery of housing advice required to meet our service objectives. The post is being funded in order to provide expert support with a focus on homelessness and eviction advice content prioritised because of cost of living pressures. We are also aiming to build capacity to support the development of the organisation’s advice strategy.

This role is based in a team of high-performing subject matter experts and qualified lawyers. The postholder must have an interest in law and experience of legal research, but a law degree is not a requirement and you don’t need to be a qualified solicitor or barrister. Many of our team come from a casework advice background. Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is of strategic importance within the organisation and recognised as integral to all we do as a service.

Job reference: 001718
Location: Blended between office and home (England and Wales)
Closing date: 05/12/2022
Job posted date: 21/11/2022
Salary: £43,615 + £3520 London weighting if London based
Employment type: Permanent
Department: Expert Advice Team
Hours per week: 36 hours and 15 minutes
Contract Duration: Permanent

Find out more about the role and apply on our website.

Citizens Advice offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person, for free. Through our national network of charities, we give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem.

CAMDEN COMMUNITY LAW CENTRE

seeks

Caseworker/Solicitor-Violence Against Women and Girls Project

Salary- £35,000-£40,000 depending on experience

Key duties:

This is a new post within the organisation part funded by the London Borough of Camden’ Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) project.

The postholder will be required to provide support to families and victims of domestic abuse referred by the local authority. The postholder will be expected to have a strong background in housing casework and a working knowledge of other legal issues concerning VAWG.

Applicants are referred to the job description for this post on our website at www.cclc..org.uk To apply please submit your CV and cover letter explaining your interest in the post. Applications must be submitted to admin@cclc.org.ukwith Subject Caseworker/Solicitor Recruitment by no later than 13 December 2022 @ 12 noon.

Closing date for applications is 13 December 2022 @ 12 noon