In-house Legal Counsel
In-House Legal Counsel
Salary: £55,075 - £63,771Type: Permanent, Full time (35 hours per week)
Location: Ealing, London (Hybrid working – typically Monday is the team day in the office)
About us
We’re a UK housing association committed to a new vision – providing homes people love to live in.
About the role
We’re searching for an In-House Legal Counsel to join our friendly and hard-working Governance & Compliance division at A2Dominion. This role is for a competent housing management lawyer able to work without supervision, and with a love of the law and zest for ensuring that our client’s properties are fit for purpose and inhabited by those entitled to be doing so.
Key responsibilities:
Professional
To act in a way that upholds the rule of law and the proper administration of justiceTo maintain high standards of professional and personal conduct in a way that upholds public trust and confidence in you, the legal profession and in legal services provided by authorised persons
To act with independence, honesty and integrity, and ensure that your independence is not compromised
To treat everyone fairly and without prejudice, and to act in a way that encourages equality, diversity and inclusion
To act competently and in the best interests of your client and respect client confidentiality
Departmental
Provide specialist legal advice and carry out legal work on behalf of our in house clientManage own files from inception to completion
Take client instructions, and provide legal advice both orally and in writing, and client care/case management generally
Contribute to the drafting of policy, process and technical guidance on legal issues
Prepare and deliver in house training in your area of expertise
Be a trusted business partner, be entrepreneurial, facilitative, commercial and solutions focused. This means staying abreast of legal developments in your area of expertise (and where you’d like to develop) and sharing your knowledgeDeliver an excellent service to our customers, stakeholders and team members by building strong relationships with colleagues and clients across all business areas, and providing technical expertise and guidance to all including to junior team members
More about you
For this role, we’re looking for someone with the following:
Educated to degree level or equivalent with relevant post graduate qualification to enable practice at solicitor/CILEx fellow levelA qualified lawyer (solicitor or CILEx fellow equivalent) with experience in practice – in house and/or private practice
A strong property background with good working knowledge of all legal tenures, in particular those relating to social housing, Landlord and Tenant, and the work of the Group
Clear analytical skills, with the ability to process large amounts of information into effective legal proceedings
Excellent oral and written communication skills, a confident negotiator, with an ability to influence at all levels and explain and put complex legal and technical terms into practical workable solutions
Choosing us is easy
As an employee of A2Dominion, we want you to feel rewarded and have a choice of flexible benefits, salary exchange benefits, and rewards and discounts that work for you, wherever you are in your life.
We offer a wide range of staff benefits. For this role, these include:
25 days’ holiday (Plus Bank Holidays) increasing up to 28 days with 3 years of serviceUp to 8% contributory pension
Flexible working
Investment in your learning and development.
In addition, all permanent and fixed-term employees receive a generous annual allowance of up to £300 to use towards health and lifestyle benefits for you.
If you require a reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process, please contact our Talent Team to request: resourcing@a2dominion.co.uk
A2Dominion Group is a Disability Confident Employer which means that we are committed to employing disabled people and will:
actively look to attract and recruit disabled peopleprovide a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process
offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job
be flexible with assessing people so disabled applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate that they can do the job
make reasonable adjustments as required
At A2Dominion Group, we recognise the positive value of diversity, promote equality and inclusivity in our hiring processes. We always aim to recruit the person who is most suited to the job and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds – men and women, people of all ages, sexual orientations, nationalities, religions, and beliefs.
Meeting the role requirements
We recognise that some people will only apply for a role if they meet 100% of role requirements. If this sounds like you, we’d still encourage you to apply and also to arrange a call with one of our recruitment team to discuss your application further at resourcing@a2dominion.co.uk
A2Dominion is proud to be a family friendly employer
Everyone is welcome at A2Dominion Group. We know that equality, diversity, and inclusivity make us better. We embrace the unique contributions of our people and seek to create a workplace where everyone feels like they belong. Find out why our people love working with us.”
Join us at A2Dominion, where your expertise will be integral to our recovery journey, creating lasting positive changes in the lives of our customers. If you possess the right motivation and drive to contribute to our recovery and change initiatives, we invite you to apply and be a crucial part of our team.