Job Title: Immigration Solicitor
Reports To: Head of Immigration.
Location: London
Hours: Full-time
Salary: £40,000+ dependent on experience / negotiable
Job type: Full time.
About us:
Queens Court Law are a well-established and highly regarded practice based in Central London.
Job Overview
Practicing out of our desirable central London location, your duties will include preparing legal documentation, representing, and defending a client’s legal interests, attending meetings, negotiations and to supervise work completed by the paralegal team.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- To provide advice, casework and representation to clients of the Law Centre on all aspects of asylum, immigration and nationality law. This is largely individual casework based.
- To assist clients in liaising with other people and organisations to resolve their asylum and immigration problems where possible.
- Ability to manage and supervise Solicitors, Trainee Solicitors and Caseworkers to manage appropriate caseload types and complexities.
- Assisting with delivery of appropriate training and development in the department.
- Preparing draft documents including witness statements and processing evidence.
- Preparing applications to meet Home Office requirements (incl. drafting application forms, index of documents and letters of representations).
- You will have a professional pro-active approach, strong client care skills and be interested in Business Development and Marketing to supplement the substantial work volumes brought in by the company.
The above serves as a guide and is not an exhaustive list. There are other areas of responsibilities that you are expected to cover but may not be listed here.
Requirements:
- From 1 to 3 years PQE experience.
- Registered with the Law Society Immigration Accreditation Level 2 Supervisor.
- Must have a clean, valid Practicing Certificate at the time of applying.
- Previous proven supervisory experience and working to key performance indicators.
- Professional with a pro-active approach; excellent client care skills and ability to deal with vulnerable client matters in a sensitive manner and resolve complicated practicalities involved in Immigration issues.
- Excellent networking and communication skills with the ability to successfully market the Company and generate new business.
- Have extensive experience in dealing with all Immigration related work and some expertise on adoption matters.
- Experience in own advocacy is an advantage.
- Excellent IT Skills – familiar with Microsoft Office applications and document management skills.
Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of; Immigration Solicitor, Solicitor, Immigration Lawyer will also be considered for this role.
