Farringdon - hybrid working available

We are seeking an exceptional Qualified Solicitor, CILEX Lawyer or Chartered Legal Executive with conveyancing practice rights to join our growing in-house legal team. As a Legal Services Manager (Transactions), you will work closely with the Head of Legal Services (Transactions) to shape the Disposals workstream and ensure consistently excellent service delivery.

Key responsibilities:

• Leadership: Inspire and manage a fantastic team of lawyers in the Legal Services team, demonstrating Southern Housing's HEART values and our commitment to residents.
• Focus Area: Serve as the single point of excellence for the disposals work of the Legal Services team.The teams work supports Southern Housings disposal programme at auction and open market sales, helping to generate funds from poor quality properties that can be reinvested to improve current stock and services for the benefit of Southern Housings residents.
• Case Management: Manage a personal caseload of property and conveyancing matters, across the full range of transactional work carried out by the Legal Services team.
• Training & Development: Provide training for the Legal Services team and Southern Housing colleagues, developing tools and precedents, and ensuring consistency and efficiency in the disposals workstream.

Location:Based at our main offices in Farringdon, with hybrid working options when appropriate and as agreed with your manager. Travel between offices and occasional visits to other Southern Housing office locations may be required.

What were looking for:

• Fully Competent Qualified solicitor, CILEX lawyer, or chartered legal executive with conveyancing practice rights.
• Passion for excellent service and efficiency in conveyancing.
• Proven track record in conveyancing and other, ideally in the Social Housing sector.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• IT proficiency, including Microsoft Office and Outlook.

Highly desirable(but not essential if candidate is willing to develop):

• Experience in managing other lawyers.
• Experience in drafting templates and providing training.
• Experience in managing client relationships.

In your supporting statement, it is important that you address how you meet each of the above eight criteria providing real examples.

Closing date: Sunday 12th April 2026 at 23:59pm.

Shortlisting date: from 13th April 2026

Interview dates: in-person interviews and tests will be held in the week commencing 20thApril 2026

Please note:We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications. We encourage you to submit your application and supporting statement as soon as possible so your application can be reviewed and considered.

About us

At Southern Housing, our residents are at the heartof everything we do. As one of the largest housing providers in the UK with over 77,000 homes across London, the Southeast, the Isle of Wight, and the Midlands, we give over 167,000 people somewhere affordable to call their own!We also understand the difference that safe, secure, and affordable homes can make to peoples lives.

A career at Southern Housing will allow you to make a difference every day you come to work. Working in the housing sector with us will bring fresh challenges and give you the opportunity to grow and develop, too.

What's in it for you

• Pension
• Life assurance
• Healthcare cash plan
• Eyecare & dental
• Birthday leave
• Retailersdiscounts
• Cycle to work
• Buy & sell annual leave
• Season ticket loan
• In-house academy & career development
• Flexible working

Inclusion and Diversity

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We work hard to create a diverse and inclusive culture and environment where people are respected for who they are. Encouraging inclusion is not just about protected characteristics, its about celebrating differences of thought, opinion, experienceand perspective of each individual. xbpsjku Were all different in our own way and we want our colleagues to feel comfortable, that they belong, and are safe to be themselves at work, without fear of being judged or excluded, but valued for their contribution to our One Team approach.