Litigation Solicitor

Position: Housing Litigation Solicitor
Role:
Housing Litigation Solicitor - Manchester   Leading law firm looking to recruit dedicated and experienced Housing Solicitor / Supervisor for highly sought permanent position.
Gemini Recruitment  are currently partnering with a large and established law firm. Our client serves corporate entities and private individuals in over 25 practice areas from offices throughout London and across England and Wales. Our client's accomplishments are acknowledged and recommended in The Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners, as a top tier firm.
Our client holds the Investors in People Gold Accreditation Quality Standard Mark and is LEXCEL, Cyber Essentials Plus and ISO  accredited and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
Housing Department Background:
Our client's Housing team, ranked by The Legal 500 directory for its services across England and Wales, provides assistance to both landlords and tenants on all housing issues. Their practitioners are highly experienced in finding solutions to housing disputes and aim to address the issues quickly and effectively. Our client offers lawyer supported dispute resolution or alternative dispute resolution (ADR) as a means to resolve housing disrepair matters.

Their department also regularly represents clients in the courts for unlawful eviction, possession proceedings and prepare applications for judicial review in cases of homelessness.
Main Responsibilities of the Role:
Report directly to Department Director
Responsible for all aspects of Housing work and on occasions, where appropriate providing technical expertise and guidance to other team members
Ability to manage appropriate caseload types and complexities
Assisting with casework including dealing with a range of public and private housing cases including Homelessness;
Disrepair;
Eviction;
Possession;
Property Ownership Disputes;
Unlawful eviction;
Succession for Tenants;
Neighbourhood Problems matters as well as undertaking your own advocacy
Attending clients, taking instructions and preparing cases
Dealing with correspondence
Maintaining accurate time costing procedures
Implementing any recommendations made by your supervisor following monthly file reviews ensuring that these are dealt with promptly
Ensuring compliance with file management
Key

Skills Required:

Must have a clean, valid Practising Certificate at the time of applying
Strong management skills
Committed team player with ability to approach team concerns fairly, foster culture of positive change and encourage cross referrals
Previous proven supervisory experience and working to key performance indicators
Professional with a pro-active approach; excellent client care skills and ability to deal with vulnerable client matters in a sensitive manner and resolve complicated practicalities involved in Housing issues
Excellent networking and communication skills with the ability to successfully market the Company and generate new business
Excellent analytical and organisational skills
Ability to use own initiative and sound judgment
Working knowledge of the publicly funded Housing work including legal representation and legal help and have the ability to service privately funded cases
Have extensive experience in dealing with all Housing related work
Experience in own advocacy is an advantage
Excellent IT Skills
-familiar with Microsoft Office applications and document management skills
This list is not exhaustive and there may be other duties as reasonably required.
On

Offer:

Salary & Supervision Bonus
NQ:
£46,500   p.a.
(Outside London)
1–3+ PQE:
£48,500–£55,000   p.a.
(Outside London)
5+ PQE:  Negotiable salary, depending on experience
Supervision Bonus:  Up to £8,000 p.a. (London) / £7,400 p.a. (Outside London)
On offer is an attractive salary package, a supportive team environment and real prospects for promotion.
The Company supports hybrid working in line with its policy. Please note that a minimum of three days per week in the office is mandatory.

About Gemini Recruitment and Equal opportunities:
Gemini Recruitment is a leading recruitment agency specialising in legal recruitment. We provide a highly focused service specialising in placements for Solicitors, Legal Executives, Trainee Solicitors, Paralegals and Legal Support Staff. We have intimate knowledge of specific opportunities in the legal market across the UK.
The company is committed to Equal Opportunities and embraces diversity and inclusivity of its staff and strives to ensure that their workforce reflects the diversity of the…