Job Description

This is an exciting opportunity for a Part Time Property Legal Counsel to join a large organisation with offices based near Bournemouth. The role involves providing expert legal advice and ensuring compliance across the organisation.
The Part Time Property Legal Counsel will involve the following tasks:

• Advising on an extensive range of property matters involving leasehold estates, whether landlord or leaseholder, including service charge provisions and legislation, understanding the extent of obligations, tenancy breach, replies to enquiries, etc
• Managing legal processes for statutory Right to Acquire and statutory Preserved Right to Buy applications
• This includes all eligibility, drafting of all statutory notices and the entire conveyancing process
• Carrying out legal work required for asset management of a shared ownership property portfolio including, acting for the landlord on staircasing of shared ownership leases; dealing with repossessions of shared ownership leases; acting on assignments of shared ownership leases - to include transfers of the superior title on 100% staircasing when required.
• Carrying out legal reviews of title, planning, estate documents and leases to provide reports and advice on the above.

Part time hours- approx 27 per week12 month fixed term contract
The successul candidate for the Part Time Property Legal Counsel will need to have the following skills and experience:

• Be a qualified solicitor
• Have experience of managing a range of property transactions
• Have excellent prioritisation skills and be able to work to multiple deadlines
• Have excellent communication skills

This organisation provides a range of property services to a wide range of customers across the South.
This is a fixed term contract for 12 months.

• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements are available.
• Parking is available on site.
• Extensive range of benefits and company pension scheme.
• Salary level is 50,000-58,000 full time equivalent, so will be pro rata'd for the number of hours worked.

Skills Required