Legal Services Manager

3 months contract with a local authority

Job Purpose

• The Legal Services Manager is responsible for overseeing and delivering highquality legal services across Southern Housing. The postholder will manage a team of legal professionals provide expert legal advice and ensure that the organisation operates within all statutory and regulatory frameworks. This role will support strategic decisionmaking mitigate legal risks and ensure that Southern Housings policies procedures and operations comply with relevant housing property and corporate legislation..
  

Key Duties/Accountabilities

• Lead manage and develop the Legal Services team to ensure the delivery of a highperforming customerfocused legal function.
  
• Provide expert legal advice to senior leaders managers and teams across Southern Housing on a wide range of matters including housing law property law tenancy management litigation safeguarding compliance and corporate governance.
  
• Oversee the management of legal cases ensuring effective handling of litigation disputes tribunals enforcement actions and contractual matters.
  
• Ensure organisational compliance with relevant laws regulations and sector standards advising on emerging legislative changes and their implications..
  

Essential Experience Required

• Significant postqualification experience working as a solicitor or barrister within housing property commercial or public sector law.
  
• Strong legal practice experience ideally with exposure to social housing tenancy management landlord/tenant law property litigation safeguarding or associated fields.
  
• Proven experience leading or managing a legal team or legal function.
  

Essential Qualifications Required

• Must be a qualified and practising Solicitor or a Barrister with separate certification enabling the conduct of litigation (mandatory requirement for consideration).
  

Additional information to note

• Working hours: 35 hours per week
  
• Fleet House 59-61 Clerkenwell Road London London EC1M 5LA United Kingdom
  
• Work pattern - 2 days remote 3 days in the office at Fleet House and Mosaic East 4th Floor 17 Addiscombe Rd
  
• We work on Bi weekly payment schedule
  

The role closes on 15^th April 2026 apply ASAP.