**Location**

London

**Vacancy Type**

Fixed Term Contract/ Part Time

**Application Deadline**

Monday, July 8, 2024

**Interview Date**

To be confirmed

**Job Summary**

**Location**: Camden “Hybrid working”

**Salary**: Salary Band 2.2 (Indirect)

£26,521.88 - £28,643.63 per annum

£15,913.13- £17,186.18 Pro
- rata to based on working 22.5 hours per week.

**Hours**: 22.5 hours per week

**Contract**:Fixed term until March 2025

**Closing Date**:8th July 2024 at 12 noon

**Virtual Interview Date**:To be confirmed

Are you looking for a rewarding role working for an intersectional feminist organisation? If so, we have an incredible opportunity for you to join our team as Immigration Advisor at Solace Women's Aid.

We exist to end the harm done through gender-based violence. Our aim is to work to prevent violence and abuse, as well as providing services to meet the individual needs of survivors, particularly women and children. Our work is holistic and empowering, working alongside survivors to achieve independent lives, free from abuse.

Our core values reflect our history and were developed in consultation with staff and service users. Feminism and intersectionality are key to our work and we are committed to the principles of being survivor-led, trauma-informed, empowering, diverse, anti-racist and anti-discriminatory.

**About the Service**

Solace’s Immigration service provides high quality immigration advice to survivors of domestic abuse who have insecure immigration status. The Immigration Service is a pan London provision working with women with insecure immigration status who have been affected by VAWG including sexually exploited and trafficked women.

**About the Role**

We are seeking a qualified and experienced **OISC level 2/3 immigration advisor/solicitor** to join our pan-London Immigration service in Camden.

As part of a team of legally trained advisors, you will be responsible for assisting women affected by domestic or sexual abuse with uncertain immigration status. Your role involves managing complex cases and collaborating closely with the team to provide comprehensive support to women as they rebuild their lives.

**About You**

You will have substantive experience in providing immigration advice and conducting casework, with the relevant Level 2/3 OISC qualification or equivalent (qualified solicitor)

We seek someone who is with strong caseworker skills, with a commitment to keep survivors at the centre of service delivery whilst also delivering on service targets. You will have a passion for ending violence against women and girls as well as a thorough understanding of immigration law and an understanding of the barrier’s women with insecure immigration status face in accessing legal advice and support.

If you wish to learn more about the role or if you are unsure about whether to apply, we encourage you to contact our recruitment team.

**What we can offer you**

We provide a comprehensive benefits package to all our employees, including:

- Flexible working
- Focus on learning and development (internal career progression and training)
- Generous holiday entitlement
- Employer pension contribution
- Family-friendly leave and enhanced maternity pay
- Access to Inclusion Networks
- Daily clinical debriefing
- Employee Assistance Programme providing free 24/7 support and advice
- Employee Benefits Platform offering staff discounts, benefits and savings
- Flow & Restore yoga classes
- Meditation sessions
- Cycle to Work Scheme

**How to apply**
- Values, Behaviours & Competencies
- Knowledge, Experience and Skills

As part of safer recruitment practices, we carry out pre-employment checks including references, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and right to work in the UK checks.

No agencies.