Luqmani Thompson – Solicitor/Accredited Senior Caseworker

Legal Action Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

5 weeks' holiday

Job summary

Legal Action Group is recruiting a solicitor (newly qualified to 3 years’ PQE) or an experienced Senior Caseworker to join our immigration, asylum and public law team. The role offers a supportive hybrid working environment and a chance to contribute to high-quality client care.

The successful candidate will handle a varied caseload, benefit from supervision and opportunities to progress within a forward-thinking practice that values social justice and professional development.

Qualifications

• Qualified solicitor from newly qualified to 3 years’ PQE and/or experienced Senior Caseworker.
• Experience in immigration, asylum, nationality, human rights or public law.
• Accreditation: Law Society Immigration & Asylum Accreditation Scheme.
• Ability to manage own caseload and support senior fee earners.

Responsibilities

• Manage own caseload and provide support to senior fee earners.
• Deliver high-quality legal work with strong client care.
• Work within a hybrid environment and adapt to a modern, largely paperless practice.

Job description

About the Job

We are looking to recruit a qualified solicitor, from newly qualified to 3 years’ PQE and/or experienced a Law Society accredited Senior Caseworker to join our team.

A bit about us

We have firmly established ourselves as a sector leader and are recognised by our peers and clients alike for our high-quality legal work and excellent client care. We have been nominated for many awards and won the coveted Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year, litigated leading asylum and human rights caselaw, provided expert reports for court hearings, trained numerous professionals, both internally and externally, appeared in the media, and been recognised by the leading legal directories and ranked by The Times Best Law Firms three years in a row for being within the top 250 law firms in the UK.

Our practice covers the full range of immigration, asylum and nationality law including EUSS schemes, business and personal migration and protection and human rights. It covers routine immigration applications as well as contentious litigation, including appeal work and judicial review.

Our expanding public law work covers challenges to certification, negative trafficking decisions, NASS issues, age assessments, policy challenges and unlawful detention.

We offer private client services, but also retain a very strong commitment to social justice work, including ensuring access to justice by continuing to provide publicly funded legal services. We are a compact team and commentors often describe us as punching above our weight and being fearless advocates.

Why work with us?

Our lawyers are experts in their field and we are committed to ensuring all our lawyers reach the echelons of their potential, pushing boundaries and all the while providing a high standard of work and client care. In addition to exciting and rewarding work, we provide a work environment which fosters open communication, offering opportunity for growth alongside tailored supervision and support where employees feel empowered to contribute their best work. We are a cohesive team; we encourage a positive work-life balance, balancing the hard work with some light relief.

There may be opportunities for support for accredited Seniors Caseworkers who are seeking to qualify, subject to satisfactory performance and proven interest in a career with us.

We are a modern practice, taking advantage of technologies to improve our efficiency, and we are largely paperless.

The role

Please download the PDF below for person and role specifications:

The successful candidate will be accredited as a Senior Caseworker (Law Society Immigration & Asylum Accreditation Scheme) and/or have at least 1 year’s experience in immigration, asylum, nationality, human rights and/or public law.

This offer is for a full-time permanent contract (subject to a 3-month probationary period). We can offer a supportive hybrid work environment and envisage the successful candidate managing their own caseload as well as providing support to senior fee earners as and when required.

We offer a competitive salary starting from £27,000+ for accredited caseworkers and from £35,000+ for qualified staff with 5 weeks’ holiday.

We particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups in the legal sector.

Applications will be considered on a rolling basis.