Vacancies

We currently have one paid vacancy and one volunteer vacancy.

Access to Legal Services Adviser

Come and join a friendly and supportive team and be part of helping people gain access to justice. We are looking for an Access to Legal Services Adviser to provide a specialist telephone and face-to-face triage service to Legal Centre clients and other administrative support. Good communication, organisational and team working skills essential.

The post is 21 hours a week for a fixed term period of 6 months.

Mary Ward Legal Centre has been providing advice for over 100 years. We are a specialist legal advice centre that offers free legal advice pan-London. We believe everyone should have access to advice to be able to enforce their legal rights. You will be joining the Access to Legal Services Team, who play a crucial role within the Legal Centre, handling all initial enquiries and co-ordinating our pro bono service. You will learn, or expand your existing knowledge of, several areas of social welfare law, including housing, debt and welfare benefits. You will be trained and supported to help run our busy pro bono service. The Legal Centre is a very friendly and supportive workplace.

We offer excellent terms and conditions, flexible working and 35 days’ annual leave (pro rata for part-time) plus statutory bank holidays and 6% employer’s contribution to a pension scheme.

To apply, download the Application Pack ALS Oct 26

Salary: £27,408.00 (full-time)

Closing date: 4 November 5pm

Volunteer Fundraiser

Are you an experienced fundraiser with a strong belief in access to justice?

Mary Ward Legal Centre is looking for a committed volunteer fundraiser to help support its life-changing work. This is an amazing opportunity for you to use your skills and experience to contribute to transformative outcomes and make a make a real difference to the lives of people facing poverty, discrimination, homelessness and mounting debts.

As a volunteer fundraiser, you will help us identify and develop fundraising opportunities, build relationships with supporters, and contribute ideas for events.

Time commitment

We are flexible about the time commitment and are happy to discuss arrangements that work for the volunteer and the Legal Centre. We would ideally like someone who can commit to approximately one day/week for nine months.

How to apply

If you are interested in volunteering with us, please send a short CV and a brief statement explaining your interest and your experience to recruitment@marywardcentre.ac.uk by 5 November.

For further information about the opportunity click here Volunteer Fundraiser

 

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