Associate/Senior Associate – Housing Disrepair – Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Manchester, Southampton

Vacancy details

We are currently looking for an Associate/Senior Associate to join our Asset Management Team due to continued growth and success.

Our team has seen significant growth in the last 10 years and is one of the firms fastest growing teams, acting for Registered Providers and Local Authorities. The team is also recognised in Legal 500 & Chambers directory rankings and has done for a number of years. We continue to be appointed to some of the largest national and regional frameworks.

Role: Associate/Senior Associate
Location: Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Manchester, Southampton
Hours: Full Time
Term: Permanent
Vacancy Reference: 1268-LMR

Who we are

You’ll be joining a national law firm that enjoys a strong reputation, made possible by our exceptional people – each chosen for their industry knowledge and passion for their field. We want to help you to reach your full potential, love the work you do and deliver the best results for your clients. It’s our goal to make you feel great about working with us, and we work hard to cultivate a culture that makes it easy for you to stay with us for many years.

We work flexibly and you’ll be empowered to work where you do your best work, balancing your individual needs with the need for us to engage as teams and deliver excellent client service.

Most of our people choose to work in a hybrid fashion, working from home and attending our offices on occasion. Our offices are in Bristol, Birmingham, Cardiff, London, Manchester, Southampton, and Taunton.

About the role:

Our asset management team, which handles the departments housing conditions claims, has a strong reputation within the sector and enjoyed significant success at trial defending claims on behalf of Social Landlords. This has led to an influx of instructions, including pre-litigation and litigated claims. The main focus of this role will be defending litigated housing conditions claims.

For this role you will be managing your own caseload of litigated hosing conditions claims as well as supervising the Junior Solicitors and Paralegals within the team, you will be well versed with drafting Defences and witness statements and preparing cases for trial.

This role is right for you if:

We are looking for someone with previous experience working in a Social Housing team, ideally having represented Registered Providers / Local Authorities. In addition to this we are looking for an individual with the following skills:

• Proven track record of conducting claims to trial.
• Ambition and a real interest in the social housing sector.
• Supervision of junior members of the team.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, being able to adapt your style to communicate effectively with a wide range of professional people.
• Enthusiastic about delivering excellent quality and service to clients.
• The ability to multitask on a varied caseload.
• Work well as part of a team and have a can-do attitude.
• Advocacy experience will be advantageous but is not essential.

What we can offer you:

A career at Clarke Willmott will feel different to other law firms. We thrive on our individual differences and diversity because as a team, we are united by our shared values and mutual respect. Working with us you will feel empowered, valued and free to be yourself in a safe and supportive environment.

Our mission is to help you realise your full potential whilst maintaining a positive work-life balance. We provide a comprehensive learning and development programme and a range of wellbeing initiatives to support your career journey.

There’s no doubt we expect the best from our people and even the occasional extra mile. In return, your dedication and commitment to the continued success of the firm will be rewarded with a comprehensive range of flexible benefits.

Listen to what a few members of our team have to say about what life here at Clarke Willmott is really like, to see if it’s the right fit for you.

Apply

If you would like to apply for this vacancy, please send us your CV and covering letter using the form below.

(If you have any difficulties with the form, you can email your application to us at careers@clarkewillmott.com)

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