Senior Housing Solicitor (35 hours per week)

• Salary range NJC scale SP 37-41 £50,646-£54,684

• 35 hours per week

The housing team at Southwark Law Centre delivers specialist legal advice and assistance including outreach, telephone and email advice to frontline advice agencies as well as the full range of housing casework. The need for our services has never been greater.

We are seeking an experienced housing solicitor to lead our housing team in Lewisham and to work closely with our housing team in Southwark.

The successful applicant will have:

• At least 3 years’ recent experience of providing LAA Contract housing advice and representation under the legal help and legal aid schemes in particular in the areas of disrepair, possession and homelessness

• Ability to meet the Legal Aid Agency supervisor requirements for Housing law

• Experience of working to legal deadlines/time limits and managing a sizable and complex caseload

Southwark Law Centre is committed to promoting Equality Diversity and Inclusion. We welcome applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex (gender) and sexual orientation. SLC has adopted an agile working policy and all staff are set up to be able to work partly from home although we for this role we will require that you work from our Lewisham office for a minimum of three days per week initially. If you would like an informal discussion about the role please contact: Stacey.edgar@southwarklawcentre.org.uk

Terms and conditions include:

• Excellent Pension Scheme

• Flexible working policy

• 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays

For an application pack please visit: www.southwarklawcentre.org.uk Closing date for applications: 5pm on Friday 2 May 2025

Interviews will take place on: Wednesday 14 May 2025

Please note that we review applications on a rolling basis and may invite strong candidates to interview before the closing date. We therefore encourage you to apply early, as the recruitment process may close once sufficient suitable applications are received.

Our policy re starting salary in the range- NJC scale SP 37-41 £50,646 - £54,684

• Relevant casework experience 3-4 years SP37 -38

• Relevant casework experience 4-5 years SP39-40

• Relevant casework of 5 years + SP41