Legal Clerk - Housing

Legal Clerk
London Bridge
£24,000 - £25,500
We are looking to recruit a Legal Clerk.
Hyde is one of the UK’s leading and award-winning providers of affordable homes in London, the South-East and surrounding areas. We provide and manage 50,000 homes to over 100,000 customers. Our ethos is simple, by providing customers with a safe and decent home it allows them to realise their potential, enjoy their environment and contribute to their community.
Responsibilities
Deliver administrative assistance on cases conducted by the legal services team.
Assist in the preparation of litigation, trial bundles, case chronologies, court applications, witness statements and research.
Processing incoming and outgoing direct exchange (DX) and post.
Scanning and uploading documents to the case management system and managing the hard copy filing system, including archiving closed files.
Diary management, meeting administration and arranging travel.
Maintaining and updating the legal services team pages on the intranet.
Answering and redirecting enquiries received by the Legal team.
Collating reporting from the Legal Team and external lawyers.
Dealing with purchase orders and invoices on Hyde’s finance system.
Skills and experience required
Experience working within a legal practice
Experience preparing case bundles for court
Housing litigation experience beneficial but not essential
Database management
Proficient use of MS Office packages including Outlook, Excel, Word & PowerPoint
The successful candidate will occasionally be required to work unsociable hours and off-site.
Benefits
A fantastic pension
Life assurance
Great holidays
An award-winning flexible benefits package.
Volunteering days
Diversity and inclusion are integral to the Hyde Group, we strive to build and nurture a culture where inclusivity is the norm and not an initiative. Many of the greatest ideas and discoveries come from a diverse mix of minds, backgrounds and experiences, and we’re committed to cultivating an inclusive workplace which reflects our customer profile and where everyone is proud to be unique.
Hyde is a disability confident employer and we are here to support you with any reasonable adjustments that you need throughout the recruitment process.
We reserve the right to close this advert as soon as a suitable candidate has been identified.