Title: Supervising Solicitor/Legal Executive
Salary Banding Range: £61,531 - £64,769 (Dependent upon experience)
Location: London, EC1N 8JS
Permanent Role - Full-Time Position 37.5hrs Hybrid role – 3 days to be based in the office
About Us
Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing is one of the UK’s leading providers of affordable housing and care and support services. We employ over 1900 colleagues to manage and develop our large portfolio of nearly 56,000 homes serving over 75,000 customers across London, East Midlands, Southern and the East of England. We are a proud member of the National Housing Federation the G15 – which represents London’s largest housing associations – we influence policy for the benefits of our residents and the wider sector.
We’re looking for a confident and self-motivated Supervising Solicitor/Legal Executive with proven experience of supervising and coaching junior lawyers. You will be responsible for supervising and conducting housing management and leasehold cases and leading and mentoring a team of junior lawyers to support all functions of the Legal Services Team.
This is an opportunity to join a high performing in-house Legal Services Team at the beginning of a journey of expansion and to help shape the future of the Legal Services provision at MTVH.
The key responsibilities for the role are:
To lead an efficient and high performing team of junior lawyers to support all functions of the Legal Services Team
To supervise, mentor, coach and develop junior colleagues to deliver a cohesive, high performing department, providing a consistent service of the highest standards to protect the interests of MTVH whilst supporting successful completion of training and qualifications
To manage a varied caseload covering housing management and leasehold disputes and work cross-functionally to protect the interests of MTVH
To monitor and ensure compliance with KPI’s and SLA standards and make recommendations on best practice to the Head of Legal Services
To prepare and deliver effective training as required on a variety of housing management, leasehold and property law issues to colleagues
What you'll need to succeed
Admission as a Solicitor in England & Wales or a Fellow of The Institute of Legal Executives (FILEX).
Substantial post qualification experience (a minimum of 3 years PQE) in housing law acting on behalf of social landlords and tenants gained in private practice, local authority or in-house RP legal team.
Detailed knowledge of housing and leasehold legislation, case law, litigation practice and procedure and managing complex legal cases.
Experience in managing and coaching a high performing team and the ability to create a learning culture where knowledge and best practice is shared.
Proven experience in building and sustaining working relationships with key stakeholders and partners both internal and external and act as a “go to” person.
Our benefits include:-
28 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata for part time) per year
2 volunteering days per year for things like helping out in local communities
An additional ‘Beliefs day’ once a year to have an extra a day off
Supported family friendly approach with extended parental leave
Enhanced pension with matched contributions of up to 9%
Option to buy or sell up to 5 days annual leave per year
Life assurance cover 3 x your salary
Cycle2work scheme
Hybrid Working - Dependent on job role and department
Health cash plan scheme for your everyday healthcare needs which you can add your family members too
Tenancy deposit – interest free loan to help with rental deposits and season Ticket loan
Access to extensive learning and training opportunities with Wisebox platform
Colleague virtual social platform with our workplace pages where you can keep up to date with the organisational activity and link in with colleagues
Career progression across the organisation with our mentoring/coaching programmes, apprenticeships and career planning support
Employee Assistance Programme- We are committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues and support this as an organisation
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