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Onward Homes is one of the largest registered providers of social housing in the North West, with 35,000 properties across the region.

We believe that everyone deserves a place to call their own, which is why we’re committed to building 500 new homes each year. We do more than just provide a roof over our customers’ heads, we’re here to make a real difference.

In addition to creating positive spaces for our customers we continuously strive to create a positive and progressive workspace to enable our colleagues to achieve their full potential.

We are looking for a Development Solicitor (1 post) to join our Legal Team.

The Development Solicitor will deliver high quality and informed professional in-house legal advice and representation services to the Onward Group, on a wide variety of development law matters. They will ensure that all development law matters are managed and dealt with in an efficient and effective manner as appropriat e to the requirements of the organisation.

The role will require management of a case load of routine, complex and potentially sensitive legal instructions including contentious and non-contentious matters and advice on development and asset -related matters. You’ll be required to maintain a working knowledge of all relevant law and practice which affects the organisation’s development activities including dealing with land acquisitions, property development agreements, s.106 and s.38 Agreements, Utility Easements, Collateral Warranties.

Additionally, you will provide, procure and manage specialist and responsive legal and procedural advice on a wide variety of non-contentious and contentious development matters, to the organisation, colleagues and members as appropriate and directed to ensure the organisation acts within its common law, statutory, regulatory and constitutional obligations. You will be the ‘go to’ person on all development law matters.

T he successful candidate will be an Admitted Solicitor or Legal Executive, and have a current Practising Certificate. You will have experience of supplying expert legal advice and representation related to housing development within the social housing sector, and strong awareness of property and commercial law issues that affect development.

To enable us to capitalise on the benefits of more flexible ways of working, for our customers, colleagues and to support sustainability, we have developed Onward ‘WorkSpace’. This is our approach that focuses on work being the thing that we do that makes a difference to our customers, not the place we go. This role is home based and there is no requirement to attend the office daily, but you will be required to attend neighbourhoods and/or sites as required to fulfil duties of the role.

As well as a competitive salary and a generous annual leave entitlement, we offer a range of benefits for a rewarding career including a healt h cash plan, pension scheme and personal development.

If candidates have any concerns / questions in relation to Covid-19 and the role at any stage of the recruitment and selection process they can contact the HR team on [email protected] and a member of the HR Team will be in touch.