Vacancies in the Legal Aid Sector

Sufra NW London is recruiting an experienced Welfare Advice Manager to lead and strengthen their vital service — ensuring people in crisis receive high-quality, timely support that helps them move towards stability and independence. This is a unique opportunity to combine leadership, frontline impact, and service development within a well-established, community-driven charity.

Sufra NW London is a frontline charity tackling poverty and food insecurity in one of Brent’s most disadvantaged communities. Through their food banks, community kitchens, wellbeing hub and advice services, we support people to move from crisis to long-term stability.

CPAG is recruiting someone who is strategically minded and passionate about using the law to advocate for the rights of, and directly improve the lives of, families in poverty. As Head of Strategic Litigation, you will oversee and carry out CPAG’s work using legal cases for positive impact, to benefit families and children in poverty. You will be responsible for setting the strategic direction of CPAG’s legal work, in addition to managing CPAG’s legal practice and playing an active role in conducting high-profile litigation on a day-to-day basis.

CPAG work to understand what causes poverty, the impact it has on children’s lives, and how it can be prevented and solved – for good.

Coram is recruiting a Senior Billing Officer and Coordinator. This role will coordinate, oversee and supervise the Legal Practice Unit’s legal aid billing operations. Through systematic and efficient management, the post-holder will play an important role in CCLC’s financial and operational sustainability. Working with the Managing Director of Legal Practice, the Heads of Department and Coram’s central finance team, the key objective of the role is to help maximise the unit’s legal aid billing in controlled work, certificated work and inter partes costs. It will also oversee private fees billing. The post-holder will oversee the smooth running of legal aid billing. In this role, the post-holder will work very closely with legal, operations and administrative staff. The role will act as a key point of contact for a range of internal and external stakeholders including Coram’s central finance team who will support the role with grant fund management and overall accounting functions for CCLC. The post-holder will support the Managing Director of Legal Practice and Children’s Rights and department heads in the successful maintenance of our relationship with the Legal Aid Agency

Coram is the UK’s oldest children’s charity founded by Thomas Coram in London helping vulnerable children and young people since 1739. Today, the Coram group helps more than one million children, young people, families and professionals every year by providing access to the skills and opportunities they need to thrive.

Shelter is recruiting a Housing Solicitor in their mission to drive systemic change and fight for Justice.

Home is a human right. It’s our foundation and where we thrive. Yet everyday millions of people are being devastated by the housing emergency. Shelter exists to defend the right to a safe home. Because home is everything.

Dowse & Co are recruiting an enthusiastic paralegal to support their team. They are committed to access to justice and providing first-class legal representation and advice, irrespective of means and circumstances. 

This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to build their legal career, with opportunities for training and career progression available. 

The Candidate:

• Law degree and LPC/ SQE studies commenced or completed
• An interest in legal aid work (previous experience useful but training will be provided) 
• Strong organisational and communication skills

Dowse & Co is a Hackney-based law firm serving the community for over 125 years, providing specialist legal advice across a range of disciplines.

North West London Law Centres are recruiting a Housing solicitor. The key tasks will be: to provide specialist casework and representation in housing law; to ensure compliance with Legal Aid Agency contract and funding requirements; to be familiar with SRA requirements; to attend the housing duty rota; and to provide outreach advice.

North West London Law Centres is a charity incorporating the Brent and Camden Community Law Centres. Its mission is to make a positive impact to people’s lives – particularly the most vulnerable and socially excluded.

Shelter is recruiting a Managing Solicitor. The Managing Solicitor plays a crucial high-quality assurance role in their Legal Services based in Shelter Hubs locations with Legal Aid Agency contracts. The prime objective is to manage and supervise specialist legal team(s) focused on advising and advocating for people experiencing the housing emergency and to tackle housing injustice. The role will generate an income to help (alleviate) Shelter Voluntary Investment into the Legal Service. The Managing Solicitor will themselves and through their teams, use their legal skills to challenge and fight cases that defend housing rights and challenge discriminatory practices relating to housing. They will identify test case opportunities and legal interventions to address identified systemic poor practice.

Home is a human right. It’s our foundation and where we thrive. Yet everyday millions of people are being devastated by the housing emergency.  They exist to defend the right to a safe home. Because home is everything. 

Shelter is recruiting an enthusiastic individual with legal experience to join as a Paralegal/ Legal Adviser and help them deliver an effective service for people experiencing housing issues in Birmingham. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key part in standing up to the housing emergency. You will support their solicitors to maintain an active caseload, enabling their clients to enforce their housing rights while ensuring a high standard of client care. Your role will be varied and will include taking instructions and witness statements, drafting letters, making applications, providing court representation and making sure time recording income targets and professional and quality standards are met. You will work closely with the team in Birmingham Hub to continuously improve and integrate their services.

Home is a human right. It’s our foundation and where we thrive. Yet every day millions of people are being devastated by the housing emergency. Shelter exists to defend the right to a safe home. Because home is everything.

Coram Children’s Legal Centre is recruiting a Head of legal aid and billing to provide leadership and management for CCLC particularly focused on the Legal Practice Unit’s legal aid billing operations. Through systematic and efficient management, the post-holder will play a pivotal role in CCLC’s financial and operational sustainability. The role will be accountable for maximising the unit’s legal aid billing in controlled work, certificated work and inter partes costs and will hold responsibility for the unit’s billing systems. It will also be responsible for private fees billing. The post-holder will oversee the smooth running of legal aid billing including through line management of the billing team. The post-holder will work very closely with legal, operations and administrative staff. The role will act as a key point of contact for a range of internal and external stakeholders including Coram’s central finance team who will support the role with grant fund management and overall accounting functions for CCLC. The post-holder will support the Managing Director of Legal Practice and Children’s Rights and department heads in the successful maintenance of our relationship with the Legal Aid Agency. Where appropriate they will be deputising for the Managing Director on legal aid and financial matters.

Coram is the UK’s oldest children’s charity founded by Thomas Coram in London helping vulnerable children and young people since 1739. Today, the Coram group helps more than one million children, young people, families and professionals every year by providing access to the skills and opportunities they need to thrive.