There will be scope within the role to take on deputy supervision responsibilities, subject to experience and interest in developing this side of the role.

This is a good opportunity for a self-starter to influence the growth and development of the Public Law team and contribute to the wider strategic development of Asylum Aid.

QUALIFICAITIONS

• Authorised litigator (qualified solicitor or barrister with authorisation to conduct litigation) or will qualify within 6 months of appointment;
• At least two years’ experience of maintaining a caseload of judicial review claims in the Administrative Court and Upper Tribunal, as well as complex asylum, immigration and human rights cases in line with the Immigration Advice Authority (IAA) and LAA regulatory requirements;
• Senior Caseworker (Level 2) accreditation under the Immigration and Asylum Accreditation Scheme (IAAS), or the skills and experience to attain accreditation within 3 months of appointment;
• Good working knowledge of the law and policy as it relates to public law issues in immigration and asylum law and of judicial review practice and procedure in the Administrative Court and Upper Tribunal (IAC);
• Experience of having conduct of appeals in the First Tier Tribunal and the Upper Tribunal, including working collaboratively with counsel;
• Experience of undertaking publicly funded work under a legal aid contract, including of Exceptional Case Funding, in the immigration and asylum category and/or the public law category;
• Experience of using the LAA’s Client and Costs Management System to apply for legal aid certificates, extend costs and scope limitations, and submit claims for payment on certificated matters;
• Experience of obtaining inter partes costs and instructing costs draftspersons;
• Experience of working with a Case Management System;
• Experience of achieving billing targets;
• The ability to work autonomously, prioritise workloads and meet deadlines;
• The ability to deal empathetically and supportively with migrants, refugees and asylum seekers;
• The ability to communicate effectively in English, verbally and in writing, with people from a wide range of backgrounds.
• Commitment to the promotion of equality, diversity and inclusion.

APPLICATION PROCESS

The first stage is to complete our online application form on our website by 9am on Monday 27th July 2026.

The website form will ask you to:

1. Upload a short covering letter. Please tell us why the position appeals to you, and how your relevant skills and experience, including any voluntary experience and lived experience, matches the listed responsibilities and person specification. Please also state in your covering letter when you would be available to start the role.
2. Upload your current CV
3. Complete an online Equal Opportunities monitoring form – completion of this form will help us ensure that our recruitment procedures operate in such a way as to provide genuine equality of opportunity. The questions are entirely optional, and this information will not be available to members of the selection panel.

SELECTION PROCESS

We will invite candidates to an initial 15-minute online screening meeting week on 3rd, 4th or 5th August followed by shortlisted candidates attending in-person interview at our office in Old Street on 10, 11th or 12th August. We will also ask you to complete a short exercise on the day.

At Asylum Aid we want to be transparent about what kind of qualities we are looking for and build trust from the very beginning of your journey with us. The first step is your interview, and we mean ‘your’ interview so we will provide you with your interview questions ahead of the interview. This will allow you time to prepare, and ensure you have your best examples in mind. We will also ask you some questions which you will not have prepared.

We offer a guaranteed interview for refugees, stateless people and others with lived experience of forced migration, provided that they meet at least 50% of the essential criteria, where practical.