Shelter is recruiting a Managing Solicitor. The Managing Solicitor plays a crucial high-quality assurance role in their Legal Services based in Shelter Hubs locations with Legal Aid Agency contracts. The prime objective is to manage and supervise specialist legal team(s) focused on advising and advocating for people experiencing the housing emergency and to tackle housing injustice. The role will generate an income to help (alleviate) Shelter Voluntary Investment into the Legal Service. The Managing Solicitor will themselves and through their teams, use their legal skills to challenge and fight cases that defend housing rights and challenge discriminatory practices relating to housing. They will identify test case opportunities and legal interventions to address identified systemic poor practice.
Home is a human right. It’s our foundation and where we thrive. Yet everyday millions of people are being devastated by the housing emergency. They exist to defend the right to a safe home. Because home is everything.