Role: Housing Disrepair Paralegal
Reports to: Team Leader
Location: Manchester
Salary £21,000 – £25,000
Hours of work 35 Hours Per Week (Monday to Friday)

Employee Benefits
• Competitive salary (dependent on experience and ability) + Bonus
• Flexitime
• Annual appraisals
• Birthday privilege
• 24 days annual leave
• Growth and development prospects
• Employee assistance program
• Pension scheme
• Holiday buy scheme
• Bespoke training and development opportunities
• Convenient City Centre based

Company Information

Situated in the heart of Manchester City Centre, is a multi-disciplinary law firm committed to delivering tailor-made legal solutions to individuals and businesses. We are the Top 7 best solicitor firms in Manchester within housing and property and the Top 23 best solicitors firms in Manchester. Our clients trust us to handle their complex legal matters with an exceptional experience, individual attention, and a high level of sophistication. We strive to be the preferred choice of clients for their most challenging legal needs and significant business transactions.

Our areas of specialism include:

Housing Disrepair, Personal Injury, Clinical and Dental Negligence, Financial Mis-selling, Data Breach, Civil Disputes, Professional Negligence, Commercial Property, Business Interruption Claims, Immigration and Private Client.

Job Purpose
To handle a caseload of housing claims under s.9 & 11 of the Landlord and Tenant
Act.

Key Tasks/duties:
• Ability to handle your own caseload of Housing Disrepair matters
• Communicate effectively with clients and third parties such as experts, counsel and
introducers.
• Move cases throughout the claim life cycle (from letter of claim to trial)
• Ensure maintenance of client details and information on the case management
system [Proclaim].
• All other such administrative and fee-earning duties as appropriate
• Comply with the performance management program
• Comply with the Solicitors Regulations Authority’s code of conduct regulation.
• Engaging with external parties and discussing settlement opportunities with them
and your client.

Skills & Qualifications
• Educated to degree level (preferable)
• 1 year’s experience of civil litigation
• We will support you in running your first caseload with strong supervision and
leadership
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Ability to work to deadlines and targets

Experience:
• At least 1 years experience of civil litigation is desirable
• Some experience of Housing Disrepair is desirable but not essential

Ability to commute/relocate:
• Manchester: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)