Solicitor and Senior Solicitor
- Employer
- Peabody
- Location
- Waterloo Station, London (Greater)
- Salary
- £44,000 - £60,000
- Closing date
- 19 Feb 2018
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- Practice area
- Landlord and tenant
- Contract type
- Locum/Contract
- Hours
- Full time
- PQE
- 2 years, 3 years, 4 years, 5 years, 6 years
- Position
- Solicitor
- Sector
- In-house
Job Details
Solicitor and Senior Solicitor (Mat Cover)
Job no: 494950
Work type: Fixed-Term - Full Time
Location: Waterloo, SE1
Department: Finance
Salary: £44000 - £60,000
We currently have a great opportunity for an experienced Solicitor to join the Peabody Team, to cover Maternity for 10 months (with the possible view of extension). We have two positions available, a Senior Solicitor and Solicitor role to work as part of the Legal Services team to provide a comprehensive in-house legal service to internal customers primarily all aspects of landlord & tenant law, including but not limited to property litigation, general property and land law.
Skills/experience required:
• Post qualification experience
• Knowledge of landlord & tenant law, property litigation, CPR practice and procedures.
• A confident advocate
• Experience of property litigation and general landlord & tenant law.
• Sound and up to date knowledge of case-law and the Civil Procedure Rules.
• Clear analytical skills, with the ability to process large amounts of information into effective legal proceedings.
• Good verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex legal issues to a variety of audiences.
• Experience of or the confidence to deliver training.
• An understanding of Peabody business – social housing, charitable programmes, developer.
Qualifications required:
Admission as a solicitor in England & Wales or a Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (FILEX)
See role profile attached for further detail.
Salary: £44000 - £56,063 per annum and dependent on experience.
Company
We're one of the oldest and largest housing associations in London. Following the merger with Family Mosaic in July 2017, the Peabody Group now owns and manages more than 55,000 homes across London and the South East, housing over 111,000 residents. We also have 8,000 care and support customers.
Peabody runs an extensive number of community programmes which are open to all Londoners.
The Peabody Donation Fund was founded in 1862 by the great American philanthropist George Peabody. Following our merger with Family Mosaic, we own and manage more than 55,000 homes across 29 London boroughs as well Kent, Sussex and Essex. We also deliver and support a wide range of community programmes for all Londoners.
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