Vacancy: Strategic Litigation Development Officer – Tower Hamlets Law Centre

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Job summary

A legal assistance organization in London is seeking a Strategic Litigation Development Officer for an 8-month fixed-term project. The role focuses on conducting research to prepare cases for strategic litigation on behalf of young refugees and asylum seekers. Ideal candidates will have experience in action research and the ability to identify failings in local authorities. This position offers a holiday entitlement of 30 days pro rata.

Benefits

30 days holiday entitlement pro rata

Qualifications

• Experience in action research related to legal cases.
• Ability to identify systemic failings in local authorities.

Responsibilities

• Conduct action research to support preparation of cases for strategic litigation.
• Identify local authorities with evidence of systemic failings.
• Collaborate with advocacy groups for young refugees.

Job description

Overview

Tower Hamlets Law Centre (THLC), an organisation providing free advice and representation to people who face barriers in getting access to legal services, is looking to recruit a Strategic Litigation Development Officer. This is a fixed term project of 8 months duration (28 hours a week) which will explore good and bad practice in care and identify local authorities in London where there is evidence of systemic failings in the provision of Leaving Care Act duties to young refugees and asylum seekers between 18 and 21 years old. The Development Officer will conduct action research to support preparation of cases for strategic litigation.

Responsibilities

• Conduct action research to support preparation of cases for strategic litigation.
• Identify local authorities in London where there is evidence of systemic failings in Leaving Care Act duties for young refugees and asylum seekers aged 18–21.
• Collaborate with Brighter Futures, a young refugee and asylum seekers self-advocacy group based at Praxis in Bethnal Green.

Location and duration

The post holder will be based at Tower Hamlets Law Centre and will work 28 hours per week for 8 months.

How to apply

For application please email [e-mail]. The closing date for applications was Thursday 12 April 2012. Interviews were likely to be held in the week of 16 April 2012.

Equity and funding

Tower Hamlets Law Centre aims to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. This post is funded through the Strategic Legal Fund. The Strategic Legal Fund for Refugee Children and Young People is a partnership of the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund, Trust for London and MigrationWork CIC to fund interventions and pre-litigation legal research for cases involving children and young people seeking asylum or who are already refugees.

Benefits

• Holiday entitlement: 30 days pro rata. For this post: 16 days.
• Location: Tower Hamlets, London
• Address: Tower Hamlets Law Centre, 214 Whitechapel Road, London E11BJ.