Housing Paralegal – Legal

Are you an experienced Housing Paralegal ready to take ownership of a busy caseload and deliver visible results? This is an excellent opportunity to join a dynamic local authority housing litigation team in Lambeth. You will play a key role in reducing rent arrears and warrant application backlogs while supporting important disrepair, tenancy, and nuisance matters.

• Location: Lambeth, London
• Contract: Temporary, 13 weeks
• Dates: 2 November 2026 to 31 January 2027
• Hours: 35 per week
• Rate: £26.77 per hour Umbrella
• Working pattern: Flexible hybrid working, with an expected 1–2 office days where required

• Take ownership of a varied housing litigation caseload, with a focus on rent arrears and warrant applications.
• Drive cases forward efficiently and help clear priority backlogs.
• Keep case trackers and records accurate, current and easy for clients to follow.
• Work closely with fee earners on disrepair, tenancy, unauthorised occupant and nuisance matters.
• Draft clear correspondence and help issue court proceedings.
• Prepare high-quality hearing bundles and support document disclosure.
• Coordinate with counsel and manage case-related invoices and administration.

• Essential previous experience in a legal or paralegal role.
• Ideally, hands-on experience in housing litigation, rent-arrears recovery, warrant applications or related public-sector casework.
• The confidence to manage competing priorities and a busy caseload with minimal supervision.
• Excellent drafting, organisation, record-keeping and stakeholder communication skills.
• A CILEX qualification, or progress towards one, would be an advantage.

• Make an immediate, measurable difference to priority housing cases.
• Build valuable experience across housing litigation, disrepair and tenancy work.
• Join an established legal team where your contribution will be visible and valued.
• Enjoy the flexibility of hybrid working, with only 1–2 office days where required.

Ready to make an impact? Apply today with your up-to-date CV, highlighting your housing litigation, rent-arrears or warrant-application experience. This role is expected to attract strong interest, so we recommend applying early.

DBHRSolutions is acting as the employment agency for this vacancy. We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates.