NQ Immigration Solicitor – Glasgow | Hybrid + Bonus

Jones Whyte LLP; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension Scheme

Bonus

Salary Extras: discounts and savings

Hybrid working

Buy/sell up to 3 days’ holiday

Job summary

Jones Whyte LLP, a Scottish law firm with offices in Glasgow, invites applications for an NQ to 2 PQE Immigration Solicitor role. You will handle asylum and immigration cases from instruction to decision, appearing at First-tier and working with Counsel.

You’ll join a 7-Solicitor Immigration Team; hybrid working after induction; 35 hours per week; salary plus bonus; supportive environment with SLAB knowledge.

Qualifications

• Qualified solicitor (NQ to 2 years’ PQE) with a restricted practising certificate.
• Experience of immigration or asylum casework, including running matters from start to finish.
• Working knowledge of SLAB legal aid requirements.
• Confidence working with vulnerable clients and through interpreters.
• The organisation to manage your own caseload and deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Manage your own caseload of asylum, human rights and immigration matters under legal aid and private funding.
• Take instructions from clients, often through interpreters, and prepare statements, applications and appeal bundles.
• Represent clients at Tribunal hearings.
• Instruct and work alongside Counsel and expert witnesses on Court of Session and complex Tribunal matters.
• Prepare and submit legal aid applications and accounts in line with SLAB requirements.
• Support colleagues in the team with case preparation and cover when needed.
• Work towards agreed department targets, with regular reviews of your caseload.

Job description

Jones Whyte LLP, a Scottish law firm with offices in Glasgow, invites applications for an NQ to 2 PQE Immigration Solicitor role. You will handle asylum and immigration cases from instruction to decision, appearing at First-tier and working with Counsel.

You’ll join a 7-Solicitor Immigration Team; hybrid working after induction; 35 hours per week; salary plus bonus; supportive environment with SLAB knowledge.