A. OVERVIEW OF ORGANISATION

Refugee Legal is an independent community legal centre specialising in refugee and immigration law, policy and practice. Refugee Legal has been assisting asylum seekers, refugees and disadvantaged migrants in the community and in detention for over 36 years and has substantial casework experience and expertise. Refugee Legal’s work involves the provision of key legal assistance to people who could not otherwise obtain it due to financial and other forms of distinct disadvantage often related to their cultural or linguistically diverse backgrounds or experiences of torture or trauma. Refugee Legal also conducts extensive law reform, advocacy and education programs.

B. POSITION SUMMARY

Refugee Legal is currently recruiting for supervising solicitors to work within our Legal Assistance Backlog Program (the Program). The Program has been established to provide assistance to people applying for visas, including appeals before the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT). The supervising solicitor will work within the program with a primary focus on the supervision of solicitors who are advising and assisting people with applying for protection, including with appeals before the AAT.

A position description is attached.