Salary: £30,909 – £35,244 (Full Time) depending on qualifications and experience

Hours : Full Time or Part Time Considered

Central England Law Centre is the UK’s largest Law Centre, with a national reputation for innovation and excellence in its legal practice. We are a charity that provides free specialist legal advice to people in Coventry and Birmingham who are most in need. We advocate for people, challenge unfair decisions, take cases to the highest courts and work in partnerships with other voluntary and statutory organisations. We work tirelessly to fulfill our vision of a society where people’s rights are upheld, their needs met, and in which everybody can thrive.

We are looking for an Immigration Advisor/ Solicitor to join our Immigration Team. You will be compassionate, committed and enjoy working within a team who work with clients to resolve all their interconnecting legal needs. Ideally you will have experience of working with people who have experienced disadvantage or trauma. Under this project you will be providing quick, high quality advice to support social workers with their UASC cases; sharing good practice and providing bespoke training. Building a network of trusted, high quality legal advice providers for UASC in the West Midlands and working towards improving access to quality representation.

This post is initiallyfunded for 12 months (with the intention to seek to extend). The successful candidate will need to be accredited to or working towards OISC Level 3 or IAAS Senior Caseworker Standard

This is a fantastic opportunity to play an essential role in a friendly organisation that is trying to make a difference to the lives of those people in our communities that are most vulnerable.

This is an exciting time to join the Law Centre as we embed a new five-year strategy that puts rights at the heart of solutions to poverty and disadvantage.

What we can offer you:

You will be joining a respected and dedicated team who care for each other as well as the people we work with.

“My motivation comes from knowing that the law centre positively impacts people’s every day lives and that everyone who works here wants to keep on doing exactly that.”

Our people are at the heart of what we do.  That’s why we are committed to promoting a supportive, inclusive and flexible working environment in which:

• all staff are provided with opportunities for training and development;
• staff are included in the development of organisational strategy;
• we operate policies that support a healthy and inclusive work-life balance, including:
  • 37-hour working week;
  • flexible working hours and a hybrid working arrangement;
  • 28 days holiday (rising by 1 day per year of service to 35 days after 5 years of service) plus 8 statutory days;
  • pension scheme membership;
  • access to an employee assistance programme;

Further details on working at the law centre and a copy of our application pack can be found on our website : Immigration Advisor/Solicitor UASC Regional Advice Project | Central England Law Centre Limited ( Main Site ) (centralenglandlc.org.uk)

Applications to be submitted by email to recruitment@centralenglandlc.org.uk.

Closing date: 10am on the 23rd May 2023

Interviews will be held in week commencing: 29th May 2023

We strive to be an Equal Opportunities employer