Supervising Solicitor/Legal Executive

Title: Supervising Solicitor/Legal Executive

Salary: £56,870 - £63,189 (dependent on location and experience)

Location: Nottingham, NG9 1LA or London, EC1N 8JS

Permanent Role - Full-Time Position

Hybrid role - 3 days in the office

About Us

Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing is one of the UK's leading providers of affordable housing and care and support services. We employ over 1900 colleagues to manage and develop our large portfolio of nearly 56,000 homes serving over 75,000 customers across London, East Midlands, Southern and the East of England.

We're looking for a confident and self-motivated Supervising Solicitor/Legal Executive with proven experience of supervising and coaching junior lawyers. You will be responsible for supervising and conducting housing management and leasehold cases and leading and mentoring a team of junior lawyers to support all functions of the Legal Services Team.

The role

The key responsibilities for the role are:

• To lead an efficient and high performing team of junior lawyers to support all functions of the Legal Services Team.
• To supervise, mentor, coach and develop junior colleagues to deliver a cohesive, high performing department, providing a consistent service of the highest standards to protect the interests of MTVH whilst supporting successful completion of training and qualifications.
• To manage a varied caseload covering housing management and leasehold disputes and work cross-functionally to protect the interests of MTVH.
• To monitor and ensure compliance with KPI's and SLA standards and make recommendations on best practice to the Head of Legal Services.
• To prepare and deliver effective training as required on a variety of housing management, leasehold and property law issues to colleagues.

What you'll need to succeed

• Admission as a Solicitor in England & Wales or a Fellow of The Institute of Legal Executives (FILEX).
• Substantial post qualification experience (a minimum of 5 years PQE) in housing law acting on behalf of social landlords and tenants gained in private practice, local authority or in-house RP legal team.
• Detailed knowledge of housing and leasehold legislation, case law, litigation practice and procedure and managing complex legal cases.
• Experience in managing and coaching a high performing team and the ability to create a learning culture where knowledge and best practice is shared.
• Proven experience in building and sustaining working relationships with key stakeholders and partners both internal and external and act as a "go to" person.

What you need to do now:

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to provide a supporting statement and submit an up-to-date copy of your CV.

Expected Interview Timeline

20th March 2025 - In-person Interviews and presentation in Farringdon, London
21st March 2025 - In-person Interviews and presentation in Beeston, Nottingham
24th March 2025 - In-person Interviews and presentation in Farringdon, London

Please note: we do not currently offer visa sponsorship.

What's in it for you?

• 28 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata for part time) per year.
• 2 volunteering days per year for things like helping out in local communities.
• An additional 'Beliefs day' once a year to have an extra day off.
• Supported family friendly approach with extended parental leave.
• Enhanced pension with matched contributions of up to 9%.
• Option to buy or sell up to 5 days annual leave per year.
• Life assurance cover 3 x your salary.
• Cycle2work scheme.
• Hybrid Working - Dependent on job role and department.
• Health cash plan scheme for your everyday healthcare needs which you can add your family members to.
• Tenancy deposit - interest free loan to help with rental deposits and season Ticket loan.
• Access to extensive learning and training opportunities with Wisebox platform.
• Career progression across the organisation with our mentoring/coaching programmes, apprenticeships and career planning support.
• Employee Assistance Programme- We are committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues and support this as an organisation.

Our promise

Here at Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTVH) we want to capture the value that difference brings and are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found so we do encourage you to complete the application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.