Housing Team Manager - Solicitor or
CILEx (Legal Aid)

Solicitor or CILEx qualification required for this role

Salary:

£34,263 to £36,649 p.a. depending on experience and qualifications

Contract:   Full-time, permanent

This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the country’s largest Citizens Advice
organisations delivering advice and advocacy services to tens of thousands of people
every year. We deliver services by phone, digitally and face to face, in multiple
locations and to some of Sheffield’s most vulnerable communities. We also work to
influence local and national policy and are committed to increasing the opportunities
for those who use or need our services to help shape what we deliver.

We are also a Law Centre giving people, who would otherwise have no access to it,
specialist legal advice across a number of areas including Housing.

We’re looking for a Solicitor or CILEx with practice rights in advocacy and litigation to
supervise  our housing advice team and legal aid contract. The team offers complex
casework and representation to clients facing possession, eviction, serious disrepair
and  housing  issues  related  to  domestic  abuse  and  violence  and  to  anti-social
behaviour. You will have 3 years’ PQE in housing law and be able to manage a wide
range  of  cases,  as  well  as  experience  of  working  under  a  legal  aid  contract,
supervising caseworkers, and meeting targets.

We can offer you a supportive culture within a charity setting committed to social
justice. We offer an attractive remuneration package with good terms and conditions
of employment including: 35 hour working week; Pension scheme with 4% employer
contribution; Health Plan with integrated employee assistance programme; onsite
Gym.

Job application packs are available to download at
www.citizensadvicesheffield.org.uk or you can contact
applications@citizensadvicesheffield.org.uk. Please quote the job reference
number in the subject heading. All candidates must submit the application form
(no CVs accepted) to applications@citizensadvicesheffield.org.uk by 5pm on
Thursday 8th Jan 2026. For an informal discussion about the post, contact the
applications inbox and we will arrange for someone to contact you. Interview date
Thursday 15th January 2026. Applications will be reviewed as they arrive, and
interviews may be conducted before the closing date. Therefore, early
applications are strongly encouraged. This post will be subject to a basic DBS
check for work with adults.