Senior Immigration Lawyer

Rocket & Ash Immigration Law; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work option

Director path 24–36 months

Referral bonuses

Office in Sydney CBD

Job summary

Rocket & Ash Immigration Law is seeking a Senior Immigration Lawyer with 5+ years of Australian immigration experience to lead a private caseload from engagement to decision in our Sydney office. You will handle complex family and employer-sponsored visas, mentor junior lawyers, and collaborate with a small team including a remote member.

The role offers hybrid work options, a clear career path toward partnership, and a competitive compensation package with bonuses and superannuation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Australian immigration law experience.
• Current Australian practising certificate is required.
• Strong drafting, client and strategic skills.
• Experience mentoring junior lawyers (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Run your own caseload from engagement to decision (20–30 active matters).
• Host client consultations and manage visa applications through to decision.
• Lead complex matters, refusals and ART review applications.
• Collaborate with a Sydney team and remote member; assist in creating social media content.

Skills

Immigration law expertise

Client management

Drafting

Strategic thinking

Mentoring juniors

Education

Australian practising certificate

Tools

Migration Manager

Google Workspace

Monday.com

Adobe

Job description

Senior Immigration Lawyer (5+ Yrs Experience)

Senior Associate | Rocket & Ash Immigration Law

Level 21/135 King Street, Sydney CBD | Full-time | $120K–$140K + super + bonuses

Rocket & Ash Immigration Law is hiring a Senior Associate to help our firm grow. We specialise in employer-sponsored and family visas giving businesses and families strategic support through Australia's extremely complex migration system.

What you'll do

• Run your own caseload from engagement to decision, we expect 20-30 active (not yet lodged) clients on your WIP.
• Host client consultations with Ines and manage the visa applications all the way to decision.
• Lead complex matters, refusals and ART review applications.
• Collaborate with our team of 4 in Sydney and one remote team member in Dubbo.
• Assist in creation of social media video content to promote the firm.

Why join us?

• Work closely with Principal Solicitor Ines Jusufspahic (15+ years' experience).
• A full-time paralegal to assist you in your matters, in our office in Sydney.
• Pathway to a Director role in 24 –36 months with a possibility of partnership.
• Referral bonuses for clients you bring to our firm.
• Work from our Sydney CBD office with some hybrid optionality.
• The ability to choose the clients you work with and the ones you don't want to work with.

You're a great fit if you have

• 5+ years in Australian immigration law with a mix of both family and employer-sponsored visas.
• A current Australian practising certificate.
• Strong drafting, client and strategy skills.
• Experience supervising or mentoring junior lawyers (if possible).
• Experience with Migration Manager, Google Workspace, Monday.com and Adobe.

Compensation

• A salary range of $120k–$140k based upon experience.
• Plus superannuation & other incentives.
• Paid fortnightly.