Housing Solicitor
Metropolitan Thames ValleyNottingham, Nottingham, UK- Full-time
This Role : Housing Solicitor / Legal Executive
Location : Beeston, Nottingham, NG9 1LA - Onsite parking avaliable
Salary : £50,734 - £53,404 (Dependent upon experience)
Permenant Role based on a 37.5hr week - Hybrid based
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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 people to manage and develop our large portfolio of nearly 60,000 homes serving over 75,000 customers across London, East Midlands, Southern and the East of England.
We’re on the look out for a self-motivated and enthusiastic Housing Solicitor / Legal Executive with proven experience in housing law to hit the ground running in a close-knit, busy in-house legal team dealing with all aspects of tenancy and leasehold management law including; possession, disrepair, anti-social behaviour plus other tenancy and leasehold issues including service charge disputes.
This is an opportunity to join a team of lawyers who are passionate about social housing law in an environment where your ideas are valued and where you could help shape the future of the Legal Services provision within the organisation.
The role
To work as part of the in-house Legal Services Team.
- To provide a comprehensive in-house legal service to the Housing Services and Property Directorates on all aspects of tenancy and leasehold management law including possession, disrepair, anti-social behaviour, other tenancy and leasehold issues including service charge disputes.
- To represent the Trust within court proceedings and to act as its’ advocate in the County and Magistrate’s Courts and Residential Property Tribunal.
- To contribute to the drafting of housing management policy, the preparation of training materials and delivery of in-house legal training on issues of tenancy and leasehold management to the Trust’s staff.
What you'll need to succeed
Interview Diary Date : 9th May 25
Please note : - we do not currently offer visa sponsorship.
What’s in it for you?
Our benefits include : -
About us
We are committed to developing and implementing or maintaining sustainability initiatives to reduce environmental impact and promote sustainable practices within MTVH.
Learn more about our benefits and organisation by viewing our attached document
Our promise
Here at Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTVH) we want to capture the value that difference brings and are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We work collaboratively ‘Serving people better every day’ to educate, support and develop all of our diverse employees and the communities that we serve. We are also part of the disability confident employer scheme.
We want every employee and every customer to feel comfortable enough to be their true self and are working tirelessly in the background to create an environment that encourages our employees to challenge non-inclusive behaviours and to be mindful of their own and other’s wellbeing.
We provide a platform of Network groups for employees to share views, tell us what we’re doing well and recommend improvements. We want to create a real sense of community and a workforce who feel that their opinions are valued. Our Networks groups are : -
Our core values of Dare, Care and Collaborate demonstrate that we are a people focused business, solving social issues by working together!
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found so we do encourage you to complete the application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.