Gentrification Project Lead/Paralegal/Solicitor

This is a rare opportunity to participate in a bold and growing project working at the intersection of law, organising, and housing justice. The role brings together strategic legal work, research and information, community liaison, and grassroots organising, grounded in public, planning, housing and environmental law.

The post is candidate-driven, offering real scope to shape the work around your skills, interests, and political commitments, while contributing to a vibrant and innovative project that supports communities across the country facing gentrification and displacement and aims to build long-term capacity and change.

Benefits

• 25 days holiday per year with 7% employer pension contribution, plus additional time off over Christmas when our office closes

• Flexible working around our core hours of 10am – 4pm

• Friendly, collaborative and truly inclusive culture

• Laptop and mobile phone

• Access to our 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme

• Support and supervision

• Learning and development budget

• Enhanced support when you need it most, including enhanced sick pay
  
  Main Responsibilities

• Contribute to the delivery of a movement lawyering project that uses the law as a tool to support community-led resistance to gentrification and displacement.

• Work directly with communities affected by housing injustice, providing early legal information and support and helping to identify opportunities for legal and strategic action.

• Support the development of legal casework and strategic litigation, particularly Judicial Review, arising from community struggle.

• Nurture and build on the project’s strong relationships with grassroots groups, campaigners, and partner organisations across the housing and land justice sector.

• Combine legal work with organising, campaigning, research, and public legal education to strengthen community power and scrutiny of planning and regeneration processes.