Public Lawyer (Maternity cover)

Job title: Public Lawyer (Maternity cover)

Job term: 12 month contract

Location: London or Sheffield (will involve occasional travel between offices)

Hours: Part time (21 hours per week). Flexible and remote working arrangements available

Salary: £38,423 to £40,561 p/a pro rata (inclusive of London weighting) depending on experience. [£23,053 to £24,336 actual for 21 hours per week]
£32,423 to £34,561 p/a pro rata (Sheffield) depending on experience. [£19,453 to 20,736 for 21 hours per week]

Pension: 8 % employer pension contribution

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

Leave: 25 days a year + 8 bank holidays (33 days/year) pro rata

Probation period: Three months

Reports to: Housing and Support Unit Lead

Job details

We are looking for a public lawyer for a 12-month post, based in either our London or Sheffield office.

This is a maternity cover role for 12 months, working 21 hours a week. You will have at least two years PQE and be an authorised litigator.

This role will let you take on a small caseload of interesting public law casework, working with survivors of trafficking. You will be working alongside two paralegals, one public law and immigration solicitor who is our Head of Unit and Strategic Litigation Lead, and a housing solicitor with a focus on migrant support public law cases.

We are interested in people who are experienced in immigration casework and ideally will be accredited as such, but this is not essential and the casework focus is public law more broadly.

Our ideal applicant will be someone with experience of advice and representation in judicial review cases, pre and post issue. You will be supported by others in the team, often working together on cases and be part of our strategic litigation.

We welcome applications from solicitors, Chartered Legal Executives and barristers.

This is a great opportunity to develop your existing practice, or if you have not yet worked with survivors of trafficking but are interested to do so, you can learn about this work as part of a supportive team.

ATLEU is a friendly organisation, and this role will give you the chance to be part of a multi-disciplinary team, feeding in to colleagues’ work and learning in return. You will work with lawyers who do immigration and compensation work too.

You will be part of a wider ecosystem that aims to make change for survivors, getting the chance to work with our experts in lived experience, policy, communications and public affairs, philanthropy and operations. You will have access to your own training and wellbeing budget and clinical supervision, and be part of regular team meetings and lunches.

We particularly welcome applicants from those who are significantly underrepresented in our sector, such as individuals from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities and people with lived experience of migration and trafficking.

If you would like an informal conversation about the role before you apply, please contact us via recruitment@atleu.org.uk.

The deadline for applications is 9am on Wednesday 24 June 2026. You may download the full job pack and the equality and diversity monitoring form.

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.