This role is based within Asylum Aid. We are looking for a practising solicitor with substantial experience of litigation. This is a maternity cover for a period of 12 months with the possibility of extension., The post holder will share responsibility with the whole Asylum Aid legal team, and partner organisations to ensure that:

There is a clear focus on agreed priority areas of work and that cases are taken on in line in with those priorities.
Relevant stakeholders are engaged in developing the work so that they can participate as effectively as possible.
Asylum Aid does not duplicate work being delivered elsewhere but is able to collaborate with external partners where appropriate.
The lessons and successes of Asylum Aid are disseminated outside the team and are able to be applied as widely as possible.
Provide high quality advice and representation for clients, NGOs, practitioners and other groups as appropriate,
Conduct and co-ordinate immigration/asylum/public law casework and litigation on behalf of organisations and individuals,
Coordinate law clinic programmes together with other Asylum Aid staff,
Conduct legal and country background research where necessary, and
Record all work undertaken, using Asylum Aid's case management system, and prepare cases for billing to ensure all income is accounted for accurately and in a timely manner.
Develop and disseminate relevant information on legal developments in their area of work/expertise to relevant stakeholders, supported by the team,
Attend and contribute to both internal meetings and relevant external meetings, and
Prepare and deliver training on areas of their work/expertise.
Contribute to the fulfilment of any reporting requirements to funders, the LAA, Asylum Aid management team and others,
Undertake general administration, represent the MLP team and Asylum Aid externally as necessary
Undertake other tasks appropriate to the role as necessary,
Attend Asylum Aid staff, and any relevant meetings of the Helen Bamber Foundation Group when necessary,
Occasionally travel outside the UK at short notice and be willing to work outside office hours where necessary. Time off in lieu and overtime are available where appropriate,
Record their own work, using Asylum Aid's case management system, and participate in the evaluation and review of the wider team at Asylum Aid, and
Lexcel - all legal staff are required to participate in the procedures developed in response to Lexcel requirements e.g. regularly reviewing and recording review of own files.
The post holder will be expected to attend all Asylum Aid staff meetings and any relevant meetings of the Helen Bamber Foundation Group and participate in consultation and decision making. S/he will carry out their duties in accordance with Asylum Aid's policies,The post holder will work closely with all Asylum Aid staff and relevant Helen Bamber Group Foundation staff.
Commitment to Asylum Aid's ethos and mission.
Maintaining the values of the charity and positively promoting the work and activities of the charity at all times
Undertaking any task that may be requested from time to time that may be consistent with the nature and scope of this post
Championing diversity and inclusion in your role at all times., The personal information that you provide to us this application will be stored on our database. We will process the personal information that we collect (apart from equal opportunities data) for the purposes of the charity's legitimate interests, as follows: (1) to assess your application to work for the charity; (2) to organise interviews, or other recruitment activities; (3) for the purpose of communicating with you about your application; (4) to provide a record of our recruitment process for audit purposes and to respond to queries. We will only retain your personal information in our own database for as long as necessary in order to fulfil the purposes for which we need it, as described above. You have the right to access, correct or delete a copy of the data we hold about you at any time. If you would like to do any of these things, or if you have any concerns, please contact jobs@helenbamber.org.
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We offer a guaranteed initial interview for refugees, stateless people and others with lived experience of forced migration, provided that they can provide some evidence of the relevant experience or skills in relation to the essential criteria.

We will invite candidates to an in-person interview at Asylum Aid's offices in Old Street w/c 6th July.

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