Cambridge House Law Centre
Housing Solicitor
Salary up to £49,000 per annum (depending upon experience)
Excellent benefits including:
✓ 30 days holidays plus bank holidays and long service increments
✓ Flexible/Hybrid working and excellent work/life balance
✓ Employee Assistance Programme
✓ Pension Scheme
✓ We prioritise growth and offer excellent training opportunities for career progression
✓ An inclusive working culture and staff team in terms of cultural diversity and lived
experience
Cambridge House is looking for motivated people who are willing to go the extra mile to create a
more just society. Our innovative, London-based, and multi-service charity has been tackling
poverty, social inequity, and social injustice since 1889. We provide a range of services that are
designed to improve people’s lives as well as transform society through research and social
action.
The successful candidate will:
▪ Deliver specialist housing law services for the Law Centre including advice and casework in
areas of possession, homelessness and disrepair.
▪ Be able to meet the Legal Aid Agency supervisor requirements for Housing law or to attain
this standard within 6 months of starting in the post.
▪ Be able to generate income for the Law Centre from housing cases to meet annual financial
targets and objectives.
▪ Be client focused with a results orientated approach and a commitment to our corporate
vision.
We value diversity and warmly encourage applications from disabled and LGBTQIA+ people,
candidates who share lived experiences with our service users, and people from Black, Asian
and ethnically minoritised communities.
For an informal discussion about the role please contact: gbirdi@ch1889.org
Closing date for applications: 23:59 on Friday 16th August 2024
For more information and to apply, please visit: http://ch1889.org/jobs/
Southwark Law Centre
Housing Caseworker/Solicitor
Salary range NJC scale SP 28-37 £40,389 – £49,071
35 hours per week
Part time considered
We are seeking to recruit a housing caseworker/solicitor to join our housing team of
10 who are based in our offices in Southwark and Lewisham.
The successful applicant will have:
At least 2 years’ recent experience of providing LAA Contract housing advice
and representation under the legal help and legal aid schemes in particular in
the areas of disrepair, possession and homelessness
Ability to meet the Legal Aid Agency supervisor requirements for Housing law
or to attain this standard within 6 months of starting in the post
Experience of working to legal deadlines/time limits and managing a sizable
and complex caseload
Southwark Law Centre is committed to promoting Equality Diversity and Inclusion.
We welcome applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless
of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy or
maternity, race, religion or belief, sex (gender) and sexual orientation.
SLC has adopted an agile working policy and all staff are set up to be able to work
partly from home.
If you would like an informal discussion about the role please contact:
Terms and conditions include:
Excellent Pension Scheme
Flexible working policy
30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
Closing date for applications: Monday 29 th July 2024
Interviews will take place on Thursday 8 th August 2024
Our policy re starting salary in the range- NJC scale SP 28-37 £40,389 – £49,071
1 extra scale point for a solicitor qualification
Relevant casework experience 0-2 years SP28 (SP29 if qualified)
Relevant casework experience 2-3 years SP29 (SP31 if qualified)
Relevant casework experience 3-4 years SP30 (SP31 if qualified)
Relevant casework experience 4-5 years SP31 (SP32 if qualified)
Relevant casework of 5 years + SP32 (SP33 if qualified)