Immigration Adviser/ solicitor

Job Title: Immigration Adviser/solicitor

Hours: 35 hours per hour

Annual salary: £41,795

1-year fixed-term contract

Ref: KSS/IATFL

We are recruiting for a qualified south Asian female Immigration Advisor/solicitor.

You will be required to manage a complex caseload and will support securing the immigration status of service users in our refuges in the London Borough of Waltham Forest and the London Borough of Brent.

You should have a minimum of 2 years’ experience working in the legal field and in areas such as immigration law, family law, domestic violence and abuse, welfare benefits and housing, and providing legal advice and advocacy to South Asian/ BME women who have experienced domestic abuse.

You will have up-to-date working knowledge of Home Office policies relating to domestic abuse, including the Migration Victims of Domestic Abuse Concession (MVDAC).

Fluency in at least one South Asian language is essential (Urdu/ Punjabi preferred)

This post is funded by Trust for London and MOPAC/GLA

For a full information pack, including job description and person specification, please email: recruitment@kiranss.org.uk, or call 0208 558 1986 for a recruitment pack stating the reference number for the role you are applying for.

The closing date for completed applications is midnight Sunday 11 May 2025 .

Interviews will take place the week commencing 19 May 2025.

Due to the sensitive nature of these roles, we will be considering biological female applicants only in accordance with the provisions of the Occupational Requirement (Equality Act 2010, pursuant to schedule 9 part 1).

Applicants will be required to have an enhanced DBS check.