Title: Solicitor - Housing Management

Worcester, Worcestershire, GB, WR1 3ZQ

Solicitor - Housing Management

 

Worcester based with a balance of home and office working

 

£56,110 - £59,059 per year

 

35 hours per week

We have an opportunity for a Solicitor - Housing Management to join our Legal Services team, based in Worcester. The Legal Services team provides legal assistance and support to the Group to ensure compliance and regulatory requirements are met

The role of Solicitor - Housing Management will include:

• Manage own caseload of legal work, mainly non contentious and contentious housing management work in line with legal and regulatory requirements and in support of business objectives
• Support the development and delivery of high quality legal services in relation to all areas of housing management to Sanctuary Housing Association and its subsidiaries and operations
• Provide support to the senior team within Legal Services in overseeing the in house legal teams responsible for the Group's legal work
• Liase with the Group’s external legal providers and support the senior legal team in managing legal spend and invoice analysis, ensuring compliance with relevant regulations and Group financial procedures
• Develop and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring the delivery of a quality service that represents value for money, identifying any shortfalls in service delivery

 

Skills and experiences:

• Degree, management qualification or relevant professional qualification
• Qualified Solicitor or barrister or equivalent. Must have additional practising rights if CILEX (LSA 2007 exemption)
• Proven experience of delivering legal services
• Experience of housing litigation or relevant contentious work
• Proven experience of managing projects with strong project management skills
• Experience of commercial contracts, negotiation and data protection
• Ability to present advice, options and legal issues to non-legal audiences in both verbal and written formats
• Intermediate Microsoft 365

Why work for us?

We provide homes and care for more than 250,000 people in England and Scotland. Our customers are at the heart of all we do. With around 14,000 colleagues, we foster a diverse and inclusive culture, and nurture and reward talent.

Our Benefits    

• 25 days annual leave (rising to a maximum of 30 days) plus public holidays

• A pension scheme with employer contributions from Sanctuary
• Life Assurance
• Employee Advice Service including counselling
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Voluntary health plans
• Employee discounts
• Wellbeing support and tools
• Employee recognition scheme
• £56,110 per annum (rising to £59,059 per annum after 12 months, subject to satisfactory performance)

View the job profile (if the link is unavailable please visit the Sanctuary careers website)    

Closing Date: 30 June 2026

If you're unsure about any details, have questions about the role or want to discuss a need for adjustments, our fantastic talent team will be happy to help you -corporate.recruitment@sanctuary.co.uk

 

View more detail about what it’s like to work for our organisation, and what we offer on our Sanctuary careers pages at -   www.sanctuary.co.uk/join-our-team

 We work closely with the Home Office in order to prevent unlawful working.
Sanctuary Group is a trading name of Sanctuary Housing Association, an exempt charity.

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