JAMES MURRAY Solicitors

Housing Law Paralegal Vacancy FT or PT

James Murray Solicitors is a large high street law firm with offices in Liverpool and Bootle. The firm has a strong tradition in providing excellent legal provision and service to clients.

The firm is committed to expanding the Housing Department, to provide these important services to as many tenants as possible.

We assist tenants who face housing crises such as Unlawful Eviction, Repossession, Homelessness and Housing Disrepair that poses a risk to health.

The Firm has Legal Aid contracts in the Liverpool and Sefton area. We also hold the Housing Loss Prevention Advice Services (HLPAS) contracts for Liverpool and for Birkenhead including the Housing In-Court Duty Scheme.

This role will be fast-paced and challenging. There will be lots of direct contact with tenants who may be distressed, vulnerable and require urgent assistance. However, the role is rewarding and you will make a positive difference. The Housing Team are passionate about helping to improve housing conditions and challenging unjust practices.

This is a great opportunity for professional development. The successful applicant will do the following:

 Have close contact with clients            Work with Claimants and Defendants

 Undertake advocacy at Court                 Work closely with Counsel

 Become familiar with funding               Receive in-house & external training

Employees in this role often advance to recognised periods of training/training contracts and work would satisfy the SRA QWE arrangements.

The successful applicant should have the ability to organise, monitor and evaluate their own workload in order to meet targets and deadlines. Strength of character is needed to deal with distressed and/or vulnerable clients. Good interpersonal skills are essential. Some administration work to be undertaken as part of the role. Compressed hours or part-time hours will be considered.

Experience in relevant area would be preferred but is not essential, as training will be given. CILEx or Law degree/LPC/SQE desirable.

To apply please send cover letter, CV including salary expectation by 2^nd March 2026 by email to jthomas@jamesmurraylaw.com

Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing

Title: Supervising Solicitor

Salary Banding: £61-531 – £64,769 London – Nottingham £55,378 – £58,292

Location: London, EC1N 8JS or Nottingham, NG9 1LA

Permanent Role – Full-Time Position based on a 37.5hr week

Hybrid role – 3 days to be based in the office

About Us

Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing is one of the UK’s leading providers of affordable housing and care and support services. We employ over 1900 colleagues to manage and develop our large portfolio of nearly 56,000 homes serving over 75,000 customers across London, East Midlands, Southern and the East of England. We are a proud member of the National Housing Federation the G15 – which represents London’s largest housing associations – we influence policy for the benefits of our residents and the wider sector.

We’re looking for a confident and self-motivated Supervising Solicitor with proven experience of supervising and coaching junior lawyers. You will be responsible for supervising and conducting housing management and leasehold cases and leading and mentoring a team of junior lawyers to support all functions of the Legal Services Team.

This is an opportunity to join a high performing in-house Legal Services Team at the beginning of a journey of expansion and to help shape the future of the Legal Services provision at MTVH.

The role

The key responsibilities for the role are:

• To lead an efficient and high performing team of junior lawyers to support all functions of the Legal Services Team
• To supervise, mentor, coach and develop junior colleagues to deliver a cohesive, high performing department, providing a consistent service of the highest standards to protect the interests of MTVH whilst supporting successful completion of training and qualifications
• To manage a varied caseload covering housing management and leasehold disputes and work cross-functionally to protect the interests of MTVH
• To monitor and ensure compliance with KPI’s and SLA standards and make recommendations on best practice to the Head of Legal Services
• To prepare and deliver effective training as required on a variety of housing management, leasehold and property law issues to colleagues

What you’ll need to succeed

• Admission as a Solicitor in England & Wales.
• Substantial post qualification experience (a minimum of 5 years PQE) in housing law acting on behalf of social landlords and tenants gained in private practice, local authority or in-house RP legal team.
• Detailed knowledge of housing and leasehold legislation, case law, litigation practice and procedure and managing complex legal cases.
• Experience in managing and coaching a high performing team and the ability to create a learning culture where knowledge and best practice is shared.
• Proven experience in building and sustaining working relationships with key stakeholders and partners both internal and external and act as a “go to” person

What you need to do now:

If you’re interested in this role, take a look at the Job Description here for more details and if it’s the ideal job for you, click ‘apply now’ to provide a supporting statement and submit an up-to-date copy of your CV.

If you have been successful in your application, we will contact you to formally invite you to attend an interview.

The in-person interview will consist of 45 minutes of competency-based questions with an interview panel of 2 people and a 15 minute presentation which will be sent to you in advance and at the time of the formal invitation to interview.

Closing Date 13 March 2926

Note: A presentation brief will be sent at the time of invite to the in-person interview to allow time for preparation.