Job vacancy – Senior Legal Education Officer (full-time)

We are looking for an exceptional candidate who can hit the ground running as
our Senior Legal Education Officer, working closely with the Director and the rest of our
small and dynamic Right to Remain staff team in London.

Job title: Senior Legal Education Officer
Location: Right to Remain Office, Bethnal Green, London.
Salary: £46,000 – 48,000 (inclusive of London weighting) per annum FTE, pro-rated,
depending on the skills and experience.
Hours: Full time or 0.8 FTE (28 hours per week)
Contract: Permanent, 6 month probationary period
Reporting to: Director
Benefits: 36 days of annual leave per year, inclusive of statutory holidays (pro-rata
entitlement for 28 hours is 28.8 days per year inclusive of statutory holidays); employer
pension contribution of 5%
Closing date for applications: 5pm, Sunday 6 April 2025.
Interviews and assessments: The week commencing 7 April 2025, at our London office.
Start Date: As soon as possible.

The Senior Legal Education Officer will be responsible for maintaining, developing, and increasing usage of our highly popular and accessible resources about the asylum and immigration system, most notably the Right to Remain Toolkit. They will deliver interactive workshops on the legal system for people navigating that system as well as professionals and volunteers. They will engage with our network of community groups to ensure that we are apprised of developments on the ground and we are communicating important changes to these support groups. They will also work with the Director to develop and deliver specific public legal education projects. They must have outstanding communication skills and the ability to engage with a wide range of audiences, in a manner that reflects Right to Remain’s mission and values.

As the Senior Legal Education Officer at Right to Remain, you will be using your in-depth grasp of the historical changes and current developments in the asylum and immigration system and your understanding of how that has affected the communities of people seeking asylum and navigating the immigration system to guide the direction of Right to Remain’s public legal education work.

The role will require occasional evening and/or weekend working, for which you will
receive time off in lieu (TOIL). The role will also require some travel within the UK.

Please note that applicants must have a current legal right to work in the UK.

Currently, Right to Remain has six staff members. One staff is based in Manchester while
the rest of the team is based in London. This post is London-based.

We strongly encourage you to have a short informal chat about the post and the
organisation before applying and as soon as possible. Please contact
work@righttoremain.org.uk if you would like to arrange a chat with Eiri Ohtani, Director.

To apply, please send the following documents by email to work@righttoremain.org.uk with the subject line ‘Senior Legal Education Officer Application’, by 5pm, Sunday 6 April 2025:
● Your completed application form.
● Your comprehensive CV.
● A completed Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form (voluntary).

Please read the job pack below carefully before applying.

FINAL Senior Legal Education Officer Job Pack March 2025 (2)Download

Download the application form here.

Download the Equality and Diversity monitoring form here.