Disrepair Support Lawyer

<p><strong>Salary up to £40,000 pa negotiable based on skills and experience, and great benefits including Health Cash Plan</strong></p><br>If your skills, experience, and qualifications match those in this job overview, do not delay your application.<br> <p><strong>Permanent, Full time (37.5 hpw), hybrid working</strong></p> <p><strong>Newcastle upon Tyne</strong></p> <p><strong>We can’t offer a CoS for this role</strong></p> <p><strong>Home, a place where you belong</strong></p> <p>This role suits an experienced <strong>Disrepair Paralegal</strong> or <strong>Disrepair Support Lawyer </strong>to a qualified <strong>Disrepair Lawyer</strong>, and we also welcome applications from people with civil litigation experience. We’ll shape the role and level of responsibility around your experience, while supporting you to grow in the role.</p> <p><strong>What you’ll do:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Give advice on disrepair claims, including getting court proceedings and paperwork ready.</li> <li>Help our maintenance teams to understand and respond to disrepair claims.</li> <li>Oversee work given to outside firms, making sure it's done well and effectively.</li> <li>Get applications ready for court or tribunal, doing research, collecting proof, and writing statements. Sometimes, you might represent the company in court or ask another lawyer to do so.</li> <li>Occasionally, you help with other property legal issues, like anti-social behaviour or possession cases, preparing court proceedings and paperwork for these cases.</li> <li>You’ll partner with other internal teams to deliver and ensure effective legal support for their related activities.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Why join us</strong></p> <p>This is more than a job – it’s a place where you feel valued. With our learning and development offer, and support from friendly colleagues, you’ll make a real difference every day! If you’re ready to leave behind the ordinary, do something that really matters. Be part of one of the UK’s Great Places to Work!</p> <p><strong>You have:</strong></p> <ul> <li>A legal background – which could be anything from being a qualified Legal Executive, qualified solicitor or barrister with rights of audience, to someone with a legal qualification and significant experience of disrepair.  </li> <li>Have experience in housing litigation, in particular disrepair cases and are able to manage your own caseload.</li> <li>Able to provide a responsive and comprehensive housing management support service to enable colleagues to tackle disrepair claims.</li> <li>Have experience drafting and preparing court or tribunal papers, including witness statements and orders, as well as attending Court and Tribunal when necessary.</li> <li>Experienced in dispute resolution to prevent cases going to court and the ability to negotiate of out of court settlements.</li> <li>You’re a well organised, proactive self-starter who strives to get it right first time.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Stronger together</strong></p> <p>We do our best work when we’re ourselves. That’s why inclusion, wellbeing, and our diversity networks help make <u>!</u> </p> <p><strong>The practical bits:</strong></p> <ul> <li>You’ll manage your own diary.</li> <li>This is a hybrid role, and you’ll likely spend at least 2 days in the office and up to 3 days working at home</li> <li>We anticipate this to be a full-time role, but are also open to discuss and consider a working pattern that may suit you better.</li> </ul> <p><strong>What’s in it for you?</strong></p> <ul> <li>25 days annual leave (increasing to 30), the option to buy 5 more, a me day (to take off for whatever you fancy) and time off for volunteering too!</li> <li>Health cash plan saving you from £1140 per annum. We’ll cover your costs (and kids if you have them) towards dental, optical, prescriptions, alternative therapies and lots more.   </li> <li>Over 800 high street discounts on groceries, holidays and days out. Looking for a new phone, bike or car?  Save money with us.</li> <li>We’re Investors in People Platinum employer, a Great Place to Work <i><strong>and </strong></i>10th Best place in the UK for Wellbeing”</li> <li>We Grow Our Own colleagues (not literally of course!), when you’re ready for the next step in your career, you can grow with us!</li> <li>Generous pension scheme with life insurance of 3x salary. Explore our full range of <u>benefits</u> on our website. xwzovoh  </li> </ul> <p><strong>Find out more</strong></p> <p>Click<strong> APPLY NOW </strong>to see our , us, for and .</p> <p>Roles can close early, so don’t wait.</p> <p>For reasonable adjustments email </p>