Making a Difference
to people's lives

Legal Services Manager


Hours:           36 hours per week

Location:      Old Park, Telford (Hybrid)

Salary:           £54,744 per annum

The Organisation:

The Wrekin Housing Group is a socially minded organisation that makes a difference to people’s lives. We do this by:

  • Providing more than 13,500 homes for affordable rent across Telford & Wrekin, Shropshire and Staffordshire.
  • Delivering care services to older people, adults with learning difficulties and people with dementia.
  • Channelling social investment across communities to create jobs and promote economic growth. We generate opportunities for people to gain employability skills, maximising the social value of our services and delivering wider community benefits.

At Wrekin you will be joining a team of more than 1200 colleagues who inspire positive change, communicate clearly, grow together and ensure that everyone matters. We make sure that all colleagues have the tools and training to flourish and contribute to our collective goal of making a difference to people’s lives.

(For further details please visit our website https://www.wrekin.com)

 

The Role:

We are looking for an exceptional Legal Services Manager to provide support and guidance to the Legal team whilst ensuring delivery of effective conveyancing, commercial, litigation and legal services across the Group.

(For further details please read the Full Job Description)

 

What you will need:

A desire to motivate, enthuse and encourage a team through excellent interpersonal skills; with an ability to develop innovative solutions and experience in delivering service improvements and change initiatives.  It is essential that the successful candidate can evidence continued professional development, with professional qualification relating to Solicitor, Barrister or Legal Executive.

 (For further details please read the Full Person Specification)

 

Our Inclusive Culture

We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer. All applications are considered on the requirements of the role regardless of gender identity, nationality, ethnicity, marital status, age, disability, sexual orientation, religious belief or background. Please refer to our Equal Opportunities Policy below for further information.

 

Benefits

In return we offer you an interesting, challenging and rewarding opportunity to join a supportive Organisation with over 1200 employees. We offer 31 days annual plus 11/12 days bank holiday per annum, there is also a competitive pension scheme, health care options and free life assurance.

 

The Recruitment Process

In partnership with our trusted external providers we are committed to undertaking care and safeguarding checks with all colleagues. These checks may vary according to the role you have applied for.

We also ask for two references for everyone who is offered a position, one of which must be your current or most recent employer. All roles will also be offered subject to satisfactory right to live and work in the UK checks; if you need any further information on these checks please visit www.gov.uk


Interview date correction: Dates TBC shortly thereafter

Ref : WHG1941. Closing Date : 19/08/2022 - Interview Date : 22/08/2022