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Good Law project’s (GLP) legal team has a busy workload advising GLP as a party, funder and campaigner in respect of the broad range of legal proceedings in which it is involved, as well as acting on the record in a subset of those proceedings. The current team includes four senior solicitors, two subject matter experts and a trainee. We are seeking to hire a solicitor to round out the team.
CULTURE & CHARACTER
Our solicitor role requires a value-driven lawyer who is genuinely excited about using the law to make a real-world difference. Thriving in a passionate, non-corporate environment where legal strategy goes hand-in-hand with public campaigns, they are a supportive, proactive, and adaptable team player. They are rolling up their sleeves to help senior colleagues on high-profile public law cases, confidently running their own matters, while bringing a collaborative spirit. They combine sharp technical skills and a meticulous eye for detail with a friendly, relationship-first approach, working seamlessly with clients, external counsel, and campaign teams to drive positive social change together.
What we're looking for
Excellent technical lawyer, ideally with one to three years post qualification experience as a solicitor or barrister in England and Wales (legal experience prior to training and qualification, e.g. as a paralegal, may also be taken into account), with experience in the conduct and processes of civil litigation, ideally including public law matters
Interest in social change and how the law can be used to deliver it, willingness to facilitate campaigning on legal cases and embrace GLP as a campaigning organisation
Strong team player with the ability to use initiative and problem solve, both when assisting senior lawyers and when conducting own matters
What we do
Good Law Project is a not-for-profit campaign organisation which uses the law to hold power to account and fight for a fairer, greener future. We take on the cases and campaigns where we’ll have the biggest impact, even when the odds are stacked against us. We had a primary role in overturning the prorogation of Parliament in 2019. We successfully challenged the Government’s operation of a fast track ‘VIP lane’ for awarding lucrative PPE contracts to those with political connections and our campaigning played a key role in the Met Police opening an investigation into Boris Johnson over the Partygate scandal. In July 2023, we forced the Government to accept that its flagship Net Zero strategy is unlawful and to develop a better plan. We get a positive outcome in more than two thirds of our cases – either a straightforward or a partial legal win. But whether we win or lose in court, we always fight to make positive change. See our website for more about what we do
Key Details
Salary: £52,000 - 57,000 per annum (dependent on PQE) with generous benefits including 25 days annual holiday plus public holidays, private medical insurance, life assurance, non-contributory pension scheme (employer contributions are based on your salary between £6,240 and £50,270 per year, not your total pay), salary sacrifice options for Electric Vehicle and Bikes, Cycle to Work scheme
Hours: 35 per week over 5 days
Contract type: 12-month Fixed Term
Location: Hybrid working with an expectation to attend our office in central London a minimum of 2/3 days per week
Our attached job pack includes the full job description, personal specification, interview dates and Good Law Project's values. Alternatively, click "Redirect to recruiter" to view the job pack on our website.
How to Apply
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Contact
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We hold power to account and fight for a fairer, greener future
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Main Duties & Responsibilities
Volunteer Recruitment & Onboarding
Compliance & Governance
Volunteer Operations & Service Delivery
Volunteer Engagement & Experience
Data, Systems & Continuous Improvement
General Responsibilities
Qualifications, Skills, Experience, Knowledge & Approach
Essential
Desirable
· Proven experience of working in diverse communities
Communication
· Excellent customer care skills – understands importance of good customer engagement & able to build strong working relationships
Decision Making
· Maintain confidentiality at all times
· Proactive, solutions-focused, and accountable for outcomes
· Strong attention to detail and ability to drive multiple projects concurrently.
Mental & Physical Considerations, working conditions and environment
· Commitment to the aims, ethos and values of the Hospice
· Keen to develop self within role
· Ability to prioritise in the best interests of the organisation as a whole
· Willing and able to work as part of a team and independently using own initiative
· Skilled in managing competing demands and expectations
· Work with pace and accuracy
· Ability to manage various tasks in a timely manner
· Self-motivated and able to fulfil the job role with minimal supervision
· Task driven – able to see processes through to competition
· Ability to concentrate for sustained periods of time
· Confident under pressure
Health & Safety
· Understand and comply with all Health and Safety, Fire and Infection Control regulations
· Complete all mandatory training and ensure compliance of direct reports and contractors
Safeguarding
Act in a manner at all times to safeguard the interests of individual patients/clients and their families and justify public trust and confidence in the Hospice of St Francis.
The Hospice of St Francis helps local people and their families, in Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire, to live their precious lives well.



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Finance Business Partner - Grants
Location: United Kingdom - Hybrid / Remote, with occasional travel to the office
Contract: Permanent
Salary: UK £60,000 to £67,500 (depending on experience)
Working pattern: Full-Time or Part-Time Pro Rata (4 or 5 days per week)
About FILE
The Foundation for International Law for the Environment (FILE) is a not-for-profit philanthropic organisation working to accelerate legal action on climate change.
Through grant-making and in-house legal expertise, we empower our partners to deliver strategic, innovative legal interventions and we support lawyers in their own countries to bring their own cases.
Legal action can unlock the systemic changes in finance, policy and social systems needed to protect all of us from climate change. The power of the law is both direct (changing policy and practice) and indirect (signalling the wider shifts taking place across these systems).
FILE is a ‘regrantor’ - this means we do not bring legal action in our own name. We receive grants from our philanthropic donors and make onwards grants to partners who align with FILE’s charitable aims and purposes. We do not seek to make any profit from our activities either in a relevant financial year or in the longer term.
The Role
The Finance Business Partner – Grants will play a key role in strengthening collaboration between Finance and Grants teams, supporting the effective financial management of the grants portfolio. The role will focus on building strong relationships with Grants stakeholders, developing a solid understanding of the granting process, and providing clear, timely financial information to support informed decision-making.
The role acts as a link between Finance and Grants, translating financial data into meaningful insights for Grants teams, while ensuring financial considerations are appropriately reflected in granting decisions.
Key Responsibilities
The role spans four core areas: business partnering with Grants and Portfolio teams, budgeting and forecasting, management accounting and reporting, and supporting systems and process optimisation.
Business Partnering (40%)
Budgeting & Forecasting (30%
Management Accounting & Management Reporting (20%)
Systems & Process Optimisation (10%)
Key Outcomes
About you
We know that long lists of criteria can be discouraging and that some candidates will not apply for a role unless they feel they are 100% qualified. If you feel you meet at least some of the essential criteria, we still encourage you to apply.
We also recognise that skills and experience can be gained in unexpected places, so we welcome applications from candidates who feel they have relevant skills for the role, gained from a wide range of professional, lived and learned experiences.
Essential criteria
Location
We are advertising this role for candidates based (and with the right to work) in the UK and in the Netherlands. Please note that you will see this role advertised in multiple locations but that we are only hiring for one position based in either location, and that we are able to offer collaborative working spaces only in the Netherlands and the UK.
Please apply to the job post for your preferred location.
Working for FILE
FILE is a collaborative community of individuals who share a passion for climate, nature, and justice. We bring together knowledge and experience to support our mission.
Our people are empowered to lead their work both individually and as part of a wider team in order to make impactful change. As a relatively young organisation with the ambitious mission to change global systems, our roles are ideally suited to those who are strategic, innovative and collaborative, and open to growing in line with the Foundation.
FILE is committed to challenging systemic injustice. Our ability to do so is strengthened by the diversity of our partners and staff. Our mission, work and impact is global, with staff and partners from across the world and a range of lived experiences. We are actively working to create a culture where colleagues feel welcomed, heard and supported to succeed and thrive.
How FILE supports its staff
FILE is committed to creating a workplace that supports our staff to do their best work and develop professionally. FILE offers a generous annual leave policy and additional time-off work to support wellbeing. Amongst other benefits, FILE offers private healthcare, enhanced maternity, paternity and shared parental leave, enhanced sick leave, flexibility working remotely and also abroad and a matching contribution to a pension scheme.
Applications
Please apply on our website and upload your CV and Cover Letter. This role is open for applications immediately and we accept applications on a rolling basis but we will not accept any applications after 06 July 2026. If you are interested, we encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.
Representation and Culture
FILE recognises the under-representation of historically marginalized communities and individuals in climate, nature and philanthropy spaces. We are committed to developing an organization that represents the world we are looking to protect and building a culture that supports such.
In doing so, FILE is committed to building policies and practices that ensure no current or prospective employee is discriminated based on disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.
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Overview of role
The UK Casework Lead is responsible both for a personal caseload and for the supervision, output, quality and revenue performance of RLS's UK legal team of three frontline caseworkers. We are looking for a qualified solicitor who is also IAAS accredited at Supervising Senior Caseworker level, qualifying ideally to supervise both the Immigration and Asylum and the Public Law contracts. The post holder will also hold the role of authorised litigator.
The postholder will be expected to generate legal aid income at a level that covers their own gross salary cost, and to lead the team's growth in legal aid billings against an agreed annual target.
We are looking for someone with a positive, can-do approach and a strategic, ambitious, big-picture view of the team and the work. We want someone who will set direction for the UK team, grow the LAA contract in line with RLS’ strategic objectives, and support caseworkers and operational colleagues to become confident, self-supporting practitioners on a day-to-day basis, working in a trusting collegiate environment.
Why work for RLS
You will have autonomy to shape the UK casework team’s direction and grow the LAA contract.
We also offer:
Key responsibilities
Legal aid income generation
Lead the growth of RLS's legal aid income and maintain a personal legal aid caseload sized to generate billings covering the postholder's own gross salary costs.
Design and oversee caseload allocation across the team so that caseworkers develop skills and expertise, progressing swiftly in their professional development, legal aid revenue grows in line with the strategic target of 10–15% year-on-year, while preserving quality of advice and client care.
Personal casework
Carry a legal aid caseload in immigration and asylum / public law, including controlled and licensed work as appropriate.
Provide high-quality legal advice and representation to clients throughout the application procedure, on appeal and in related judicial review claims where applicable.
Maintain client files and records to LAA, SQM, and SRA standards, and in line with GDPR and RLS's internal procedures.
Supervision and team leadership
Supervise three frontline caseworkers (currently covering refugee family reunion and asylum) - including regulatory compliance, file reviews, technical supervision, casework allocation, performance managementand professional development.
Set and keep under quarterly review, ambitious-but-achievable case targets across the team in consultation with caseworkers, and monitor progress against them.
Help to supervise pro bono volunteer lawyers and trainees through three established pro bono partnerships
Deliver internal and external training
Foster a supportive, learning-oriented team culture
Legal aid contract and regulatory compliance
Act as the LAA Supervisor for both RLS Immigration & Asylum and Public Law legal aid contracts
Manage the LAA contract end-to-end: compliance with the contract specification, oversight of controlled and licensed billing, exceptional case funding applications and billing of ECF files, and audit (LAA, SQM)readiness.
Act as the LAA authorised Litigator, the RLS's Quality Representative for the Specialist Quality Mark (SQM); manage Peer Review readiness and oversee actions arising from LAA and SQM audits, reviews or visits.
Ensure full compliance with IAA, SRA (where applicable) and SQM standards and record keeping across the UK casework team.
Maintain accurate financial records and information as required.
Provide half yearly reports to the RLS ED and Trustee Board on RLS audit readiness, and confirmation of progress to monthly and annual record keeping being up to date.
Monitoring, evaluation and reporting
Lead monitoring and evaluation of the legal team's outputs: case numbers, client outcomes, billing performance and quality indicators.
Report against targets internally (to the ED) and to funders where required.
Use case management system data and other evidence to inform team development, fundraising proposals and external impact reporting.
General duties
Keep abreast of developments in immigration and asylum law and practice
Deliver training internally for caseworkers, trainees and pro bono volunteers
Adhere to all RLS policies and procedures, including safeguarding.
Undertake other duties within the scope of the post as agreed with the Executive Director.
Person specification
Essential criteria
Candidates must meet all the following:
Qualification and accreditation: Solicitor qualified in England & Wales and IAAS accredited at Supervising Senior Caseworker level, qualified ideally to supervise both the Immigration and Asylum and the Public Law contracts. If only currently qualified to supervise the Immigration and Asylum contract, willing to work towards eligibility to supervise the Public Law contract as swiftly as possible.
Casework experience: At least five years' (or equivalent) experience of running a caseload of complex asylum, immigration and human rights cases in a legal aid environment (including appeals and judicial review).
Billing track record: Demonstrable experience of meeting personal and/or team legal aid billing targets, and a clear understanding of how cost-billable work is generated and managed in practice.
Supervision experience: Experience of supervising caseworkers working in an LAA environment, including SQM and Immigration Specification compliance, file review, technical supervision and performance management.
LAA contract knowledge: Comprehensive understanding of LAA contract and specification provisions in the immigration and asylum, and public law categories, including controlled and licensed work, exceptional case funding,
Tribunal experience: Experience of litigation in the Immigration Tribunals and the Administrative Court.
Working style: Strong organisational skills; able to prioritise and meet deadlines; comfortable working autonomously in a small team and balancing personal casework with supervisory responsibility (anticipatedratio 75:25)
Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English; able to deal effectively with clients, colleagues, commercial pro bono partners and external stakeholders.
Values: A strong commitment to the protection of the rights of people who migrate, and to access to justice through high-quality, client-centred legal services.
Right to work: Right to reside and work in the UK. Successful candidate will be required to obtain an enhanced DBS certificate (RLS covers the cost).
Desirable criteria
Lived experience of migration systems.
Experience of working in a small charity or non-profit legal services setting.
Experience of working on pro bono partnerships with commercial law firms.
Experience of training and supervising trainees, volunteers or paralegals.
Knowledge of languages other than English relevant to RLS's client base (e.g. Arabic, Farsi/Dari, Tigrinya, Pashto).
Terms and conditions
Salary: c. £50,000 per year, depending on experience. Pay scales are reviewed annually.
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (1.0 FTE). Flexible working arrangements considered.
Annual leave: 28 days per year plus bank holidays and Christmas shutdown period.
Pension: Employer pension contribution of 3% (postholder contribution as per auto-enrolment).
Location: Hybrid working from London. Minimum two days per week in-person, including for confidential client meetings and team gatherings.
Probation: Six months.
DBS: Successful candidate will be required to obtain an enhanced DBS certificate. RLS covers the cost.
We will be conducting interviews w/c 20 July 2026.
We are proud to be a member of the Experts by Experience Employment Network. The initiative supports inclusive recruitment of people with lived experience of the UK asylum or immigration system. If this is your experience, you can find useful resources on their website.
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