Luton Law Centre

Post: Housing Adviser

Salary: £24,000 to £25,000 p. a. (depending on experience)

Hours: Full time – 35 hours per week (job share welcome)

Contract type: 5-year fixed term from February 2025

Closing date for applications: 12pm on Thursday 9 January 2025

Luton Law Centre is seeking to recruit a committed and enthusiastic Adviser to join our small friendly team to deliver housing advice and casework as part of a Lottery-funded collaborative project within the Luton Access Partnership. Ideally the candidate will have experience of working in the advice sector and preferably some knowledge of housing law. We will provide full training.

This opportunity is an exciting opportunity for an Adviser who is looking to gain experience in the legal advice sector and develop their skills. We are looking for individuals who are fired by our ambition to assist people in need and who share our values. The successful applicant must be willing to work hard, be flexible, willing to expand their skill set and above all, want to make a difference.

We are seeking candidates who can offer 35 hours per week. We are open to a job share and/or a certain degree of flexibility. All staff are set-up to be able to work partly from home.

To apply please download the application pack from www.lutonlawcentre.org.uk/vacancies/ or request it by email from pgilson@lutonlawcentre.org.uk.

Yorkshire Legal

Housing Disrepair Fee Earner

Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire / York, North Yorkshire

Job Type: Full-Time – 37 hours per week – (part time applications considered)

Application Deadline: 31st January 2025

Interviews: TBC

About the job

This is an exciting opportunity for the candidate to establish and develop our Housing Disrepair Department. We are seeking an experienced and passionate Housing Disrepair Fee Earner to join our expanding team. The candidate will offer housing law advice and provide court representation to vulnerable clients at risk of losing their homes in the following areas: Bradford, Skipton, Harrogate, York, Scarborough, Wakefield and Huddersfield. Housing Experience is preferred but training will be provided.

About the company

Yorkshire Legal is a growing, dynamic and innovative company committed to excellence, forward-thinking and with a non-target driven approach. Our success is driven by our talented and dedicated team of professionals who work together to achieve our goals and are committed to access to justice for all.

Role and responsibilities

• Provide Court representation to clients at risk of losing their home.

• Advise clients on the validity of eviction notices served by their landlords.

• Draft defences to possession claims for and on behalf of clients.

• Negotiate settlements for and on behalf of our clients where appropriate.

• Conduct a caseload of Legal Aid Funded cases including but not limited to Possession, Homelessness, Injunctions and Disrepair.

• The candidate will be required to manage a range of caseload and complexity types.

• Housing Disrepair Fee Earner / Solicitor. Experienced preferred.

• LAA supervisor accreditation preferred but not necessary.

We offer

Salary up to £40,000. Salary to be discussed depending on experience.

Generous Annual Leave EntitlementPension

Hybrid Working

How to apply

If you are a dynamic and proactive Housing Disrepair Fee Earner looking to contribute to our company’s success, we’d love to hear from you. Please submit your CV to carly.beecroft@yorkshire-legal.co.uk

Please note that if we receive applications from candidates who meet the requirements, we may interview prior to the closing date.

Hopkin Murray Beskine

Vacancies for family paralegals and housing/public law paralegal

Hopkin Murray Beskine has the following vacancies:

(1) Paralegal in the housing and public law team;

(2) Paralegal in the private family law team;

(3) Paralegal in the public family law team.

We are a long established Islington firm with clients from across London and beyond, who come to us because of our expertise in family, housing and public law. We have a thriving legal aid practice alongside our substantial private family work. Our solicitors are leaders in their fields and we are recommended by the Chambers UK and Legal 500 guides.

Paralegals in our housing and public law team support solicitors in a range of interesting work, including judicial review, housing possession and disrepair claims in the County Court, illegal eviction, and homelessness challenges and appeals.

The work carried out by our private family team includes acting in privately funded separation, divorce and financial remedy, disputes relating to child contact, domestic abuse, international and domestic relocation and international child abduction.

Our public family law solicitors are specialists in care proceedings and frequently act for the court-appointed Children’s Guardian on behalf of children. The team also acts for parents and other relatives in care and adoption proceedings.

The role will require someone with an interest in family law and/or housing and public law who is well organised and has good communication skills. You will be expected to work hard, be flexible, produce excellent written work and establish relationships with a range of clients. We provide a collaborative workplace where you will be well supported and supervised, and we have excellent resources including a modern practice management system which you will be trained to use. The role will also include providing some administrative support.

We expect applicants to have a law degree or to have undertaken some post-graduate legal training. It would be a suitable role for applicants who will be completing part-time post-graduate studies towards qualification as a solicitor or barrister. Previous relevant experience would be an advantage but is not essential.

The position will be for a fixed term of 12 months, with a possibility of further progression.

We seek to recruit a diverse workforce and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. We are an accredited London Living Wage employer.

Closing date: 11.59pm on Sunday 5th January 2025.

Please note that interviews for shortlisted applicants will be held on 16th January 2025.

To apply to join our enthusiastic and successful team, download the application information and application form at www.hmbsolicitors.co.uk