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LEGAL TEAM LEADER - HOUSING

WORCESTER, HYBRID

£37,000-£39,000

Our client is looking for a Legal Team Leader to join their Housing Litigation team. You’ll be joining an established team that run pre-action and litigated claims including housing conditions, disrepair, possession, and injunctions.

BENEFITS

This opportunity comes with a range of benefits, including: 25 days annual leave (rising to a max of 30 days), a pension scheme, health and well-being plans, discounted products and services, counselling, family-friendly arrangements, tax efficient benefits and generous annual leave.

RESPONSIBILITIES

As a Legal Team Leader you will:

* Provide legal services to operational teams including high quality, accurate and timely legal advice and support to ensure that corporate compliance is maintained

* Effectively manage, develop and support a small team to ensure SLAs and customer expectations are met

* Assist in managing external providers, including spend and invoice management, ensuring compliance with relevant regulations and organisations financial procedures

* Ensure that legal services are delivered in a cost-effective way that limit risk to the Group

* Develop and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders, identifying any shortfalls in service and ensuring corrective actions are carried out

* Monitor corporate compliance, reviewing and updating relevant policies and procedures to ensure continued compliance with legal and regulatory requirements

REQUIREMENTS

As a Legal Team Leader you will bring:

* Recent experience undertaking a similar role, ideally within housing association or local authority

* Have excellent knowledge of housing law and the civil procedure rules, including disrepair

* Proven experience of working to deadlines and prioritising workloads

* A soliton focussed approach with experience of analysing and diagnosing problems and implementing solutions

* Proven experience of advising senior managers and staff on legal issues

* Experience of managing a team

If you are interested in the Legal Team Leader apply with you CV today! Our team will review your application to see if it’s a match and get in touch to learn more about you. If you aren't contacted within 7 days, please assume your application was not selected.

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