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Job Ad: ATLEU are recruiting a Community Lawyer (Immigration)

Community Lawyer (Immigration)

We are recruiting an immigration lawyer to take up the exciting new role of Community Lawyer within ATLEU.

The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in delivering ATLEU’s community lawyering strategy to bring about meaningful change with and for survivors of human trafficking and exploitation.

The community lawyer will build relationships and work alongside community and survivor led organisations so that ATLEU:

  • Understands communities’ needs, the systemic issues they face and their priorities and goals;
  • Shares legal knowledge, skills and resources which help to empower communities to advocate for themselves;
  • Delivers advice in a way that best reaches survivors where they are;
  • Co-produces litigation strategies with communities to bring strategic challenges that tackle systemic injustice and support and amplify community campaigns.

Employment Information

Location:                             London

Salary:                                 £36,922 – £41,767 full time or pro-rata. This includes London weighting of £6,500.

The salary offered will be based on ATLEU’s salary scale and will take into account legal qualifications, PQE, accreditation, status as a litigator as well as other work experience relevant to this role, at the time of appointment.

Pension and Benefits : 7% employer pension contribution, Clinical supervision, individual training budget, staff discount scheme and personal wellbeing account.

Application Process

All information about this role can be found here: https://www.atleu.org.uk/join-us  We will be holding an information session on Tuesday 3rd February at 1pm for potential applicants to find out more about this role. Details will be on our Eventbrite page.

The deadline for applications is 9am on Thursday 19th February 2026. Applications received after this time will not be considered.

To apply, email your CV, a covering letter, and an Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form to us at recruitment@atleu.org.uk Quote “Job Ref: 2026/ Community Lawyer” in the subject of your email.

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