Please Note: The application deadline for this job has now passed.
Job Introduction
What you’ll do
As a not-for-profit housing organisation providing more affordable homes for Londoners, we’re on a mission to work better together for our residents and make London home for those who live in our capital, whatever their personal circumstances
We are looking for a highly skilled and passionate Legal Services Team Leader within our Repairs Team at Notting Hill Genesis to be the voice to the business on legal matters relating to Disrepair on a fixed term contract of 1 year.
You will manage a team to lead on resolving disrepair claims for the organisation and work collaboratively with operational and repairs teams to ensure placing the resident at the centre of decisions made
How you’ll do it
You will have prior knowledge, expertise and experience in housing litigation with a particular focus on disrepair to ensure that your team are equipped and accountable to manage disrepair claims.
You will provide training and advice on proactively managing legal cases to empower operational teams to understand wider legal implications and make informed management decisions.
Specific duties will include:
- Lead and empower a team of Paralegals to ensure assigned casework is managed effectively and to high quality.
- Ensure high risk disrepair cases (particularly EPA claims with criminal liability) are flagged and prioritised. Anticipate risks to the organisation and propose recommendations to mitigate this.
- Manage a caseload of legal cases as required, providing specialist advice to support the overall capacity of your team.
The Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate will have experience working with a legal department of a housing association, local authority or similar organisation with a proven record of successfully resolving disrepair cases.
Essential:
- Significant experience of managing your own caseload of housing management litigation cases with a particular focus on disrepair.
- Experience of supervising others and managing a high-functioning team
- Sound understanding and application of the Civil Procedure Rules and the Pre-Action Protocol for Housing Conditions Claims.
- A Law degree, LPC, CILEX (level 3 and above) or equivalent.
Desirable:
- Qualified Solicitor or Legal Executive with a valid Practising Certificate.
What’s in it for you?
Once you join us, you’ll find plenty of opportunities to grow within our organisation. You’ll also have access to a wide range of learning opportunities to help you achieve and maximise your potential.
Benefits include:
- Excellent annual leave allowance and flexible working opportunities (qualifying period may apply)
- Generous pension scheme
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay in addition to statutory entitlements (qualifying period may apply)
- Employee assistance - free confidential advice and counselling services provided by independent specialist organisations.
- Health cash plan
- Staff discounts - we give our staff access to discounts at hundreds of major retailers, gyms, restaurants, entertainment, days out, insurance, and much more.
- Interest free loans - season ticket loan, tenancy deposit loan, and training loan
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Life Assurance x 4 annual salary
All about us
Notting Hill Genesis is a not-for-profit organisation providing affordable homes for Londoners and it is now one of the largest housing associations in London. We are both a landlord and a developer, with more than 60,000 existing homes and 10,000 more in our pipeline and we employ around 1,500 staff.
For more information on what we do and what makes us different please visit:
We welcome applications from everyone. We actively monitor the diversity of our workforce and strive to show equal representation throughout all levels of the organisation. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident employer amongst other diversity commitments. To find out more about our approach to equality, diversity and inclusion please visit: https://group.nhg.org.uk/careers/diversity-is-our-strength/
Selection Process
Step 1: If you are interested, please send your application now! Closing date is 14th May at 23:59pm.
Step 2: Successful candidates will be asked to do an assessment
Step 3: Successful candidates will be invited to interview - w/c 20th May 2024
Please apply for this role online. If you are not able to apply online or if you have any reasonable adjustment requirements arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with our hiring team via jobs@nhg.org.uk.
Should a redeployee apply for this role, their application will be considered before any others.
NHG reserves the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role, so we advise you to submit your application at your earliest opportunity.
