Legal Services Manager

Legal Services Manager

We are seeking a Legal Services Manager to join our clients based in Farringdon, London. This is being recruited on a temporary basis.

Prospective start date: 20th October 2025

Working hours: 36 Hours per week, Monday to Friday.

The purpose of the role is to provide high quality legal advice on litigation related matters in particular housing management and landlord & tenant contentious matters to the client and its Group partners. To draft legal proceedings, witness statements and pleadings as instructed and carry out advocacy (excluding trials) as required across all client association regions. To prepare and provide effective training as required on a variety of housing law issues to colleagues. Be a single point of excellence for one of 4 main areas of focus for this side of the team: Disrepair; Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB); leaseholder disputes and tenancy compliance.

As Legal Services Manager, Duties and Responsibilities to include:

* To provide legal advice and assistance housing management and landlord & tenant matters.

* To include conducting efficient and effective litigation to include but not limited to, anti-social behaviour injunctions; anti-social behaviour possession claims; committal applications; tenancy fraud possession claims; access injunctions; housing disrepair claims; prosecutions under the Environmental Protection Act; applications to the Court of Protection and money claims, briefing Counsel and/or conducting advocacy where appropriate in order to protect the interests of the client.

* To assist and provide advice on other contentious matters.

* To assist with instructing external solicitors for matters that cannot be dealt with in-house

* To assist in developing the in-house legal provision to meet the needs of the business

* To ensure that legal work is carried out in house where this is more cost effective including preparing and drafting all own pleadings to include but not limited to, notices of seeking possession; claim forms; particulars of claim; defences; reply to defences; part 20 counterclaims; injunctions; committal applications, witness statements; case summaries; lists of issues; chronologies and trial bundles. Ensure communication between instructing officers and the legal team is effective and efficient.

* To develop and implement processes and procedures to ensure the efficient and effective provision of housing management and other litigation services and advice on landlord & tenant law including the provision of witness support in particular to those witnesses involved with anti-social behaviour cases which includes out of office hours visits to their homes, if required.

* To comply with the approved processes and procedures, including maintaining data records and registers as required by the Director of Legal Services. Ensure sound data management, both in case management and in passing on key data to other departments in a timely fashion.

* To keep up to date with the constitutional, legal and regulatory framework within which Housing Associations operate. This also includes keeping up to date records in accordance with the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s continuing competence requirements.

* To ensure that such knowledge is shared to encourage a knowledgeable and compliance focused culture. To support the junior legal team members and volunteers and provide general assistance to the legal team

* Liaising with clients, suppliers and staff at all levels across the organisation. Build and maintain effective working relationships with external contacts and partners including updating colleagues in respect of changes in law.

* Ensure confidentiality, sensitivity and a professional approach in all activities.

* To provide cover for Head of Legal Services (Litigation) in their absence

Knowledge & Experience Essential for success:

* Qualified solicitor barrister or Chartered Legal Executive. Desirable

* Experience of undertaking housing management litigation casework, particularly for housing associations or other public sector bodies.

* Experience of conducting litigation including advocacy.

* Experience of providing training to other lawyers and clients on housing law and litigation

* A thorough understanding of legal processes, Housing and Landlord & Tenant law Experience and understanding of cultural change management within a complex environment

* Experience of developing and implementing processes and procedures within housing management litigation or contentious property legal work

* Experience of developing talent and supporting and up-skilling junior staff

* Experience of conducting and advising on complex contentious litigation Skills

* Ability to present information in a variety of forms to a high standard, including excellent verbal and written communication skills.

* Excellent legal drafting skills Abilities

Working hours:

36 Hours per week, Monday to Friday

Location: Farringdon, London, EC1M

Salary and Benefits:

Pay rate: £30.14 Per hour.

If you would like to apply for the role, please apply directly through CV library, or through our Sky Personnel website