Shelter is looking for a senior solicitor in Sheffield. You will ensure you and your team will deliver high quality legal services and manage their Legal Aid Contract, with your main focus being on your own caseload and to manage and supervise the legal teams who are advocating for clients with housing issues, as well as bringing about systemic change. You will be dealing with personnel issues, providing professional support and supervision to your team, including but not limited to, independent file reviews (IFRs), time recording and good case management, as well as carrying your own caseload of housing litigation.
Shelter exists to defend the right to a safe home. Because home is everything. They need ambitious, passionate people to join them. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change they are striving to achieve. Their enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency.