Vico Homes
Legal Officer (Litigation)
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Join our Legal Services team
At Vico Homes, our Legal Services team plays a vital role in protecting the organisation, supporting operational services and helping us deliver excellent outcomes for our customers and communities. The team provides specialist legal advice and representation across a broad range of litigation and property matters, helping the organisation manage risk, enforce tenancy obligations and support service delivery.
We are looking for an ambitious and motivated individual to join us as a Litigation Legal Officer.
What you’ll do
- Manage your own litigation caseload with supervision, providing regular progress updates and seeking specialist guidance when needed.
- Represent Vico Homes in court in civil enforcement proceedings, including antisocial behaviour injunctions, committal and contempt proceedings, possession proceedings and demotion orders.
- Advise on and conduct other civil litigation matters, including disrepair claims, access injunctions, trespass and encroachment, pre-action protocols and alternative dispute resolution.
- Draft statements of case, witness statements, affidavits, instructions to Counsel and other legal documents, and instruct Counsel where appropriate.
- Provide practical legal advice and guidance to colleagues on the legal functions, remedies and powers relevant to a registered provider of social housing.
- Monitor developments in housing law, explain their implications and support effective implementation across the organisation.
- Deliver training and contribute to the development of colleagues involved in tenancy enforcement and related work.
- Build effective working relationships across Vico Homes and with external legal and professional contacts.
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What we’re looking for
- An appropriate legal qualification and professional training, demonstrated by completion of CILEX Level 6 with FCILEX status, or qualification as a solicitor.
- CILEX practice rights relevant to the role, or progress towards obtaining those practice rights.
- Experience of working in a legal environment, with litigation and court work experience.
- Sound knowledge of housing law and practice, including the legal framework affecting housing associations or registered providers of social housing.
- Strong drafting, research and interpretation skills, with the ability to produce clear, concise documents and reports to tight timescales.
- The ability to resolve legal problems, manage a substantial caseload and keep accurate records.
- Clear, confident written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to establish productive relationships with a wide range of people.
- A collaborative, reliable and enthusiastic approach, together with the initiative, organisation and negotiation skills needed to work effectively.
- A valid UK driving licence and daily access to a vehicle for travel throughout the district.
- Flexibility to work outside normal office hours on occasion.
For more details on what we’re looking for in this role, please see the Job Description below.
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For more information or an informal chat about the role or working for Vico Homes, please contact Amiena Khan, Principal Legal Officer on 07976 683417.
Benefits
Vico Homes is accredited by Investors in People, which means we recognise that our colleagues are our most valuable asset. As an employer we can offer you a great set of benefits which includes:
- 26 days holiday (rising to 31 after 5 years' service) and statutory bank holidays
- an extra day off on your birthday
- generous employer pension contribution
- happy to talk flexible working, including options for reduced hours, compressed hours or other flexible working patterns
- a wide range of personal development opportunities
- a fantastic health and wellbeing package
- access to Vico Homes Rewards for a fantastic range of lifestyle savings and salary sacrifice schemes including cycle to work, home electronics and our car benefit scheme
- one day to take part in our Volunteering Scheme
- "cycle to work" scheme and discounted shopping platform
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all.
How to apply and what happens next
- Read the job description, person specification and guidance notes below
- Complete the application form
- You'll receive an automatic reply to let you know we've received your application
- We'll then score all the applications against the person specification and contact you to let you know if we're inviting you to interview
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