About the role
Join our Regulatory Team as a Legal Officer for Housing Disrepair
We are seeking a proactive and highly organised Housing Disrepair Officer to join our in-house Legal Services team to take a leading role in managing housing disrepair claims and related legal matters.
Working closely with the client service you will coordinate the investigation and resolution of housing disrepair cases, helping to deliver excellent outcomes while safeguarding the organisation's interests. The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of housing legislation, claims management, and dispute resolution processes, alongside excellent communication and case management skills. This is an exciting opportunity for an individual who is passionate about delivering high-quality services, driving continuous improvement, and making a positive impact on residents and communities.
What will you be doing?
We are looking for a specialist in Housing Disrepair to join our in-house legal team. The role will require you to undertake a caseload of work including:
- Manage a caseload of routine housing disrepair matters under supervision.
- Prepare bundles, evidence packs, schedules and draft correspondence for cases.
- Gather case information from client officers and provide routine advice on liability and quantum.
- Conduct routine advocacy, attend property inspections where appropriate, and participate in hearings as appropriate.
- Maintain accurate Iken/case management system records and evidence logs.
- Liaise with surveyors, housing officers, tenants and external parties to progress cases.
- Respond promptly to correspondence from external firms and promote timely case progression.
- Contribute to improving templates, letters and workflows.
If this sounds like a job for you, we would love to hear from you. The closing date for applications is 23rd August 2026. If you would like an informal discussion about the role please contact Louise Delavaloire on 07795 828128
About you
You will:
- Have a Law Degree or equivalent qualification.
- Have partial qualifying work experience and/or working towards qualification within 18months.
- Have evidence of continuing professional development.
- Have experience managing a routine caseload under supervision.
- Have knowledge of housing disrepair precaution protocols and litigation processes.
- Understand liability and quantum assessments in routine housing disrepair cases.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of Essential and Desirable skills, qualifications and experience required for this role.
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Why choose us?
We offer a vibrant working environment with:
- a competitive salary
- a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
- lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
- generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
- hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.
We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.
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Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.
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We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.
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