Community Lawyer (Immigration)

Job Term: Permanent

Location: London

Hours: Full time (35 hours per week) or part time. Flexible, job share and hybrid working arrangements available. (This role may involve some occasional evening and weekend working including one Sunday a month for a six month period, but time will be given back within the week if this occurs.)

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: 7% employer pension contribution

Benefits: Clinical supervision, individual training budget, staff discount scheme and personal wellbeing account.

Leave: 25 days a year + 8 bank holidays (33 days/year) with an increase of one day per year for each year of complete service, capped at 30 days + bank holidays per year (38 days).

Probation period: Six months

Reports to: Immigration Unit Lead

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 our 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.

Application process

For more information about this exciting new role, please download our job pack.

We will be holding an online information session on Tuesday 3 February at 1pm for potential applicants to find out more about this role. Book your place here.

The deadline for applications is 9am on Thursday 19 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.

Rise & Lead Fellowship

Applications are now open!

Do you have lived experience of human trafficking/modern slavery and migration?

Are you passionate about supporting others with similar experiences to you?

In partnership with Voice of Domestic Workers (VODW) and Southeast and East Asian Centre (SEEAC), we at ATLEU are launching a new training role.

This is a paid work opportunity for two people with lived experience of human trafficking/modern slavery and migration. You will gain work experience and training in the anti-trafficking and advice sectors, to see what it's like to give advice to people who need support and to speak out for survivors.

What will you gain from the fellowship?

• 12 months paid work experience with experienced solicitors at ATLEU in the immigration and compensation legal teams

• Work experience in community organisations, VODW or SEEAC, during 6 months of this 12 month role

• Regular training and supervision on client care and advice casework

• Mentoring support on job skills from a specialist organisation, Experts by Experience Employment Initiative

• Support to find follow-up training or work at the end of your time with us.

What will we ask from you?

• Right to work in the UK

• Commitment to working full or part time for 12 months, from the ATLEU office in London

• Working according to our team’s values, on client care, team working and creating change that benefits survivors of human trafficking/modern slavery

• Attending regular wellbeing support, training and mentoring.

• Sharing your feedback and views on the project.

How do I find out more?

If this sounds interesting, you can find out more in our information pack.

The deadline for applications is 16 February 2026 at 5pm.

If you would like to find out about our recruitment events, including information sessions, speakers, a job application workshop and Meet and Greet Day, please sign up below to get Rise & Lead updates.

We are proud to be a member of the Experts by Experience Employment Network, which aims to create a charitable sector that is led by people with lived experience of the asylum and immigration system. As part of this network, we challenge the one-size-fits-all approach in our employment practices, and respect personal circumstances and needs of people with lived experience. Please feel free to use their information and resources which may help in preparing your job application.