Job Introduction
Legal Assistant (Housing Litigation Team)
Salary: £31,777 - £34,398 per annum plus excellent benefits
Location: Walsall, West Midlands
Contract: full-time, 37 hours per week. (min two days in the office however could be more depending on business needs)
Closing Date: 20th August 2024
Interview Date: 30th August 2024
We have an exciting opportunity for a Legal Assistant to provide high quality support to the Housing Litigation Team. In this role you will assist in the preparation and progression of housing related matters, including tenancy breach and housing condition and cases.
Main job responsibilities:
- Provide professional, accurate and high-quality support to the Housing Litigation Team in relation to preparing and progressing housing matters; in particular, tenancy breach cases including anti-social behaviour; and housing condition claims
- Supporting the preparation of routine court applications, legal notices, pleadings, defences, witness statements and correspondence, under the supervision of the housing solicitors.
- Organise and update legal files, databases and the case management system in accordance with compliance regulations
- Produce and dispatch invoices and legal documents to a high standard within strict timescales.
- Extract and collate data to enable performance reporting and case analysis.
- Ensure all work contributes to safeguarding the organisation against risk, including reputational and financial risk,
- Provide ad-hoc legal and administrative assistance to the Team where required on any other litigation and tenancy issues
We're looking for someone who has:
- A minimum of two years’ experience working in a similar role.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- A good understanding of court procedures.
- Attention to detail when dealing with written communications and reports.
- The ability to plan own workload to achieve targets and deadlines.
- The ability to work in a team environment and be supportive of others.
- The ability to show resilience when dealing with challenging situations.
What’s in it for you?
In return, you will receive a competitive salary, 27 days annual leave (plus Christmas shut down), a defined benefit pension scheme, health cash plan, a range of shopping and leisure discounts.
We are output focused and flexible and believe in giving colleagues the right balance of autonomy and support to enable them to work to their full potential. Despite the high expectation for performance and delivery, we are committed to ensuring colleagues have a healthy work-life balance and able to work in agile ways which support them.
About us
As a proud member of the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024, we are committed to creating an inclusive and dynamic workplace culture. Our dedication to excellence extends beyond providing quality housing solutions; we strive to empower our employees to make a meaningful impact in our communities.
Equality, diversity and inclusion
It is important to us that we have a diverse workforce, representative of the communities we serve. Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) to us means colleagues living our values, dedicated to doing the right thing and exercising good judgement. This will encourage a culture where all can thrive, acknowledging that everyone is different; what matters to us is that everyone can come to work and feel comfortable to be themselves.
We are proud to be accredited as a Disability Confident Employer and ensure that disabled people and those with long term health conditions have the opportunity to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations while working with us. We want to make it clear that we welcome disabled applicants for all our roles. If in doubt look out for the Disability Confident logo.
We will ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, and we will interview applicants with a disability if they meet the essential criteria for a role. We will also support existing colleagues with a disability or long-term health condition enabling them to stay in work, making reasonable adjustments if necessary.
For more information, read the full job description, visit www.whg.uk.com and read Our 2030 Plan.
