Legal Advice Volunteers and Office Volunteers

South Yorkshire Refugee Law and Justice is looking for passionate individuals to volunteer as either Legal Advice Volunteers or Office Volunteers to support our service providing legal advice and representation to asylum seekers across South Yorkshire.  

Legal Advice Volunteers support our front-line service and legal casework. This may include tasks such as drafting chronologies of clients’ cases, updating our database, as well as legal research or initial meetings with clients to introduce them to our service. To find out more about the person specification for our volunteer roles please read the document below.

Office Volunteers support our organisational administration. This is a newly created role and we are particularly interested in volunteers with enthusiasm for Communications and/or Fundraising who may be able to assist with social media output and supporting fundraising activities. To find out more about the person specification for our volunteer roles please read the document below.

As a volunteer at South Yorkshire Refugee Law and Justice you can expect the following:

• Experience in a dynamic legal service working in the field of human rights law  

• Support to attend training and undertake exams to gain qualifications of relevance to your role, including qualifications to work towards becoming a recognised Legal Advisor  

• Access to professional development trainings in human rights law, immigration law, and the charity sector  

• Group clinical supervisions to support your volunteering

• Your out-of-pocket expenses paid in line with our Volunteer Expenses policy

Please note that we ask for minimum time commitments from our volunteers:

• Legal Advice Volunteers: minimum one day a week (10am to 4pm on either Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, or Thursdays) from our office in Sheffield city centre.

• Office Volunteers: minimum half a day a week (a 3 hour block on either Tuesdays, Wednesdays, or Thursdays) from our office in Sheffield city centre.

• We ask that all volunteers commit to volunteering with us for a minimum of three months.  

Alongside asking for these commitments we understand that our volunteers balance various priorities in their lives. As such we adopt a flexible and understanding approach to instances where our volunteers need time off or adjusted circumstances.

How to apply:

To apply for a volunteer role please email [email protected] with:

• A short CV detailing any relevant paid and voluntary experience

• A short paragraph of no more than 200 words stating:

• which volunteer role you are applying for

• why you are applying

• why you would be good for the role

• The day(s) you are available to volunteer

Please apply by end of day on Monday 16^th September

Interviews will be conducted online on Thursday 26^th September, and if you are successful you will need to be available to attend an in person induction day on Tuesday 8^th October.