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More about your role
As a Disrepair Solicitor, you will provide specialist legal support to help resolve and manage housing disrepair claims brought against the business. You will manage your own litigated caseload, provide clear and risk-based advice, and work closely with colleagues across the Disrepair team and wider business. You will anticipate emerging legal challenges, help improve business processes and deliver training that builds colleagues' understanding of disrepair claims and their impact on the organisation.
Please note: While this role is primarily home-based, there may be occasional travel required to our regional hubs in London, Leeds and Preston.
Essential criteria
- Qualified as a Solicitor or Chartered Legal Executive in England and Wales, with post-qualification experience in housing disrepair litigation.
- Extensive experience of managing disrepair and related matters, including drafting, negotiation, interpretation and resolving disputed issues.
- Demonstrable experience of managing a litigated housing disrepair caseload and providing authoritative, risk-based legal advice.
- Evidence of assessing complex information, identifying legal and business risks, and recommending appropriate action.
- Experience of presenting technical legal information to audiences with different levels of knowledge and working collaboratively with colleagues across a wider organisation.
- Subject to the needs and demands of the business you will be required to attend Court to represent the business in litigated matters.
More about you
You will be an experienced housing disrepair legal professional who can manage competing priorities accurately and work effectively under pressure. You can work independently while remaining a collaborative member of the wider Legal team, building productive relationships with colleagues and external parties. You will be comfortable translating complex legal information into practical advice and will bring a flexible, customer-focused approach to your work.
At Places for People, we are committed to a safe working environment, so a basic DBS check is mandatory.
Benefits
We are a large diverse and ambitious business, which will give you all the challenge you could wish for.
We know that there's always more we can do to make you smile, that's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package with each role, yours will include:
- Pension with matched contributions up to 7%
- Bonus scheme for colleagues at 2%
- 35 days holiday (including bank holidays) with the option to buy or sell days
- Healthcare cashback plan for everyday medical costs, with private GP and health support services available
- Comprehensive wellbeing support including counselling, flu jabs, our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and access to our Wellbeing Hub, supporting your mental, physical and financial wellbeing
- Access to Our Place Rewards, offering discounts and savings on groceries, travel, shopping, home products and other lifestyle purchases
- Ongoing training, professional qualifications, internal development programmes and career progression opportunities
- Recognition programmes including Star Awards and Colleague Awards, celebrating achievements and recognising great work
- Strong focus on inclusion, wellbeing and colleague engagement
- Free membership to Places Gyms
- Life Assurance to provide financial security for your loved ones, alongside access to will writing services to help you plan for the future with confidence
