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Islington Law Centre has a great opening for a part-time receptionist and administrator to run front-of-house services for our successful and highly respected Evening Advice Clinic. This role would suit someone passionate about helping people navigate legal problems who wants variety at work. The role is 10.5 hours per week. The core hours are Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday evening from 6.45-9.00pm at the Law Centre offices in Angel with the option to undertake the remaining 3.75 hours flexibly through the week.

The role is reception duties, answering calls, administration including handling documentation and ensuring files are keep updated, assisting the Evening Clinic Supervisor in the smooth running of the clinic, and supporting the legal volunteers who undertake the appointments. It’s a varied and interesting role and no two sessions will be alike. You will need experience of dealing with the public, some of whom will be vulnerable, and of following office systems and procedures. The role is paid at £14.56 per hour (pro rata salary is £7,950, equivalent to £26,500).

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Matt Brown, Deputy Director at matthewb@islingtonlaw.org.uk To apply, please fill in the application form making sure you address each point on the person specification. Send your completed application to recruitment@islingtonlaw.org.uk.

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Closing date: 3 February 2025 at 10.00am. Interviews: to be arranged but likely to be 6 February 2025 at the Law Centre.

We are looking for an experienced Immigration Solicitor to join our highly successful, creative, and dynamic immigration team.

The Migrant and Refugee Children’s Legal Unit at Islington Law Centre has a much-respected Immigration Team. We are a category 1 Legal Aid Immigration provider and we have considerable experience across the range of immigration and asylum work, running cases at all levels of the Tribunal and Court system including the Administrative Court, the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. We wish to further develop our public law work/practice.

This exciting opportunity would suit a solicitor experienced in and comfortable with litigation but also with a strong desire to drive forward sector-based strategic change for children and young people experiencing the UK’s asylum system. Working with our skilled, progressive, and supportive team, you can achieve strategic change, potentially through litigation, and develop your practice in immigration/public law. You would also work with and be informed by children and young people with and their lived experience of the asylum system.

We are an expanding practice and currently have ten solicitors and caseworkers working in immigration at the Law Centre. There are opportunities to work within a supportive team and to develop your areas of expertise. The candidate must be an experienced IAAS Senior Caseworker or Supervising Senior Caseworker.

Salary: £42,400 to £46,787 depending upon experience.

29 days leave plus bank holidays.

Closing date for applications: Monday 27^th of January 2025 at 10.30am.

To apply, please send your completed application to recruitment@islingtonlaw.org.uk.

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