Housing Solicitor at Citizens Advice Gateshead
Contract Type: Permanent
Role Type: Employment
Hours: Full or Part time
Application deadline:
Based: Gateshead
Salary: £36,370 Per Annum
Salary Type: Fixed Salary
Location: Tyne and Wear
Role description: Senior Project Support
If you are looking for a role where you can make a real difference to the community working with a dedicated team who are all passionate about housing justice, then this could be the job for you!
The role and what you’ll be doing.
You will provide advice, casework and advocacy on a full range of housing issues to clients on our legal aid face to face contracts, covering Gateshead, Sunderland, Durham and South Tyneside, as well as housing advice and casework on our non-legal aid services.
You must be a qualified Solicitor with at least 2 years’ experience of legal advice, casework and advocacy in housing law with knowledge of the Civil Procedure Rules, court process and practices. You will have excellent organisational and client care skills and be able to work with minimal supervision, meeting tight deadlines and maintaining high levels of accuracy.
You will deliver advice across a variety of community setting across the region, so it will be useful if you hold a UK driving licence, although not essential.
Why choose to work for us?
❤️ We’re really proud of our values and culture as we strive for our vision of a fair society for all with lives well lived.
?It’s official! we do great things everyday and make a huge impact in the community. Recently we were awarded North East Charity of the year recognising the efforts of all our colleagues and volunteers.
? We we’re recognised as a Great Place to work and in a recent People survey 97% of our workforce said they were motivated to make a difference at work.
Being your whole self in the workplace
?Learning and Development - through our Mobilising Brilliance programme you will access training, workshops and coaching to develop your skills and knowledge both within and beyond your job role, so you can be your best self at work and in all aspects of your life.
4️⃣. As a forward-thinking organisation our colleagues enjoy the benefits of the 4-day week initiative*. We are looking at new ways of working to deliver a positive impact on our clients and colleagues. Our teams are motivated to maintain productivity measures and are enjoying the extra flexibility.
The important stuff
?️22 days plus bank holidays, rising after 2 years’
?Health & well-being of our colleagues is our priority. We have achieved Silver status ‘Better Health at Work Award’
?You can join to our Employee Assistance scheme giving you access to free Health advice, counselling services and legal guidance. Plus, savings on Dental & Optical check ups
?Enrol with Perkbox and make savings with a host of online and higher street retailers
To apply please send us your CV which should clearly demonstrate how your experience and skills meet the criteria for this role providing specific examples from previous roles along with a letter explaining how your values resonate with ours. To download the role profile please head to our website https://citizensadvicegateshead.org.uk/job-vacancies/.
Applying for a new job can be daunting so if you would like to chat to someone to find out more, please get in touch we would love to hear from you! *4 day week is subject to completion of a 6th month probation period.
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