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Job description

As a solicitor with Housing Rights, you will provide specialist legal support including advocacy and legal representation to Housing Rights clients, primarily by undertaking casework and legal guidance in: homelessness, housing debt, housing issues .

Responsibilities

• You will represent our clients before courts and where appropriate tribunals, instructing and working with counsel in cases in the higher courts
• You will provide other Housing Rights advisers with legal advice and opinion on individual cases and general points of law
• You will take the lead role for the identification, coordination and development of strategic casework within Housing Rights.

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• Legally qualified as a solicitor in NI at the time of application.
• Current practising certificate (or entitlement to obtain one) from the Law Society.
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge of High Court & County Court procedures in NI.
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge of policies, practices & procedures involved in the administration of civil legal aid.
• Demonstrated experience of personal representation in a formal environment on behalf of clients eg. Court, Tribunals

Desirable Skills

• Demonstrated experience of providing advice to the public on social welfare issues particularly housing issues
• See recruitment pack for further details

Further Information

£32,880-£34,011 per annum (pro rata)