Shelter is recruiting an enthusiastic individual with legal experience to join as a Paralegal/ Legal Adviser and help them deliver an effective service for people experiencing housing issues in Birmingham. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key part in standing up to the housing emergency. You will support their solicitors to maintain an active caseload, enabling their clients to enforce their housing rights while ensuring a high standard of client care. Your role will be varied and will include taking instructions and witness statements, drafting letters, making applications, providing court representation and making sure time recording income targets and professional and quality standards are met. You will work closely with the team in Birmingham Hub to continuously improve and integrate their services.
Home is a human right. It’s our foundation and where we thrive. Yet every day millions of people are being devastated by the housing emergency. Shelter exists to defend the right to a safe home. Because home is everything.