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About us

We are one of the Midlands' leading and most successful providers of high quality homes. Owning and managing around 22,000 properties, we provide affordable, good quality homes and community-based services, creating sustainable and resilient communities.

Are you a legal professional looking for a role with more purpose and a great work-life balance? We’re hiring five lawyers and a Head of Legal and Insurance Services to join our team.  The senior role could be a lawyer or a senior housing manager with lots of experience of housing law and practice. 

We are delighted to launch our recruitment campaign for these roles within the whg in-house Legal Services Team. Below you will find lots more information about the benefits of working at whg. Our Director of Governance and Legal, Sarah Johnson, has also recorded a tailored video below which goes into more detail about the recruitment campaign and what life is like in the whg Legal Services Team.

This is an exciting time to join the whg team as we go through a period of growth and change. We are based in the centre of Walsall and our lawyers all work in a hybrid manner, with time spent in the office and at home.
We are keen to speak to candidates with a range of backgrounds – from existing in-house solicitors looking for a change through to private practice lawyers who are keen to make their first move in-house.
The roles we are recruiting for are:

  • Head of Legal and Insurance 
  • Housing Litigation Manager
  • Housing Solicitor – Disrepair
  • Housing Solicitor
  • Property Solicitor – Residential
  • Property Solicitor – Development

Our recruitment campaign is being exclusively handled by Michael Page Legal with the support of our Director of Governance and Legal, Sarah Johnson.
 

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What is life like in the whg legal team?

Our job adverts go into more detail about the specifics of each role but we wanted to bring to life what it is like at whg and what a role within the Legal Services Team can offer you.

See our video below from Sarah Johnson, Director of Governance and Legal, who explains the reasons behind the recruitment campaign and the plans for our Legal Services Team.

Our benefits

Our aim is to be an exceptional place to work that attracts, develops and retains talent.

We are proud to have developed a culture that allows colleagues to thrive, providing the support, opportunities and environment to perform to the best of their ability and develop their careers.

We are committed to ensuring that we recognise and reward excellence through our competitive benefits offer.

Our benefits package includes:

  • 27 days annual leave, plus eight bank holidays and Christmas shut down (total leave package of 38 days leave) 
  • The option to join a favourable local government pension scheme (LGPS)
  • Generous sick pay provisions
  • Health cash plan 

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 Our colleagues

It is important to us that we have a diverse workforce, representative of the communities we serve. Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) to us means a culture where everyone can thrive, come to work, and feel comfortable to be themselves.

Office culture 

Our culture focuses on our people and customers, driven by our social purpose and values. We are output focused and flexible and believe in giving colleagues the right balance of autonomy and support to enable them to flourish.

Career development 

We support all colleagues to access appropriate and relevant learning and development opportunities to fulfil their roles and inspire their career aspirations and ambition for the future.

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A culture where colleagues can thrive

Our aim is to be an exceptional place to work that attracts, develops and retains talent.

We are committed to helping colleagues perform to the best of their ability and develop their careers.

Our values

Our values are designed to empower colleagues to take ownership of their work and think creatively:

Accountable, we take responsibility

Courageous, we try new things

Trustworthy, we are honest in everything we do

One team, we achieve great things by working together.

Excellent, we strive to be the best.

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Equality, diversity and inclusion

It is important to us that we have a diverse workforce, representative of the communities we serve.

  • Our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
  • We are a Disability Confident Leader
  • We are committed to achieving parity of services and opportunities for all colleagues
  • We have colleague voice groups and trade unions
  • We have taken the Menopause pledge

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Meet the team

Sarah Johnson
Director of Governance and Legal

I’m responsible for the Governance Team and Legal and Insurance Services at whg.  We look after whg’s governance arrangements, risk management, assurance and compliance, and support the business on a range of legal matters. I've worked in social housing since 1996, at a variety of housing organisations, specialising in all things housing management and tenancy enforcement before moving into governance and risk.  

In the past I was a freelance trainer for Shelter delivering training on housing law and anti social behaviour, I have a Law (LLB Hons) degree, a postgraduate diploma in Housing and I'm a Chartered Member of the CIH. In my spare time I love the great outdoors, cycling, camping, theatre and amateur dramatics.  
 

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