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Work for us

Join our team and be part of a cutting edge team using the law to fight social exclusion in society.

We are proud of our excellent local and national reputation. We achieve outstanding results for clients and our community. The commitment, dedication and hard work of our staff and volunteers make this possible. 

As well as employing lawyers who specialise in social welfare law, we also employ caseworkers, paralegals, project coordinators and support staff. We work together to deliver high quality services. We currently employ 62 people on a full and part time basis across our two offices in Birmingham and Coventry.

The work we do is challenging, our clients are vulnerable and need considerable support. We are a fun and supportive team that welcome the diverse contributions of each individual. 

We provide comprehensive opportunities for training and development, involve staff in the development of organisational strategy, operate policies that support a work-life balance and a working environment that meets the needs of all employees.

We are committed to the principle of being an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Accordingly, we will ensure that recruitment, selection, training, development and promotion procedures result in no job applicant or employee receiving less favourable treatment because of a protected characteristic i.e. race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability, trade union membership or non-membership, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, gender reassignment, marriage/civil partnership, age, or on the basis of being a part-time or fixed term worker. 

As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committee to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job.

See our current paid vacancies below or find out about opportunities as they become available follow us on Twitter @CELCcov

To obtain an application pack or discuss a vacancy in more detail please contact [email protected] or telephone 02476 223053.

Specialist Welfare Benefit Advisor and Student Coordinator

We are looking for a Full Time Specialist Welfare Benefit Advisor/Student Coordinator to head up an exciting appeals service project in collaboration with Coventry University. Based at our Coventry Office (remote working as appropriate during pandemic). Salary negotiable up to £30,190 based on experience Job share or part time working may be considered

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Central England Law Centre is the UK’s largest Law Centre, with a national reputation for innovation and excellence in its legal practice. We are a charity that provides free specialist legal advice to people in Coventry and Birmingham who are most in need. We advocate for people, challenge unfair decisions, take cases to the highest courts and work in partnerships with other support services.  We work tirelessly to fulfil our vision of a society where people’s rights are upheld, their needs met, and in which everybody can thrive.

 At the heart of its approach is total commitment to services that address all the interconnected problems people face in their everyday lives. Poverty lies at the core of these issues.  We need to build a stronger response that reaches those who are least likely to know that they have legal rights.

 This is an excellent opportunity for a specialist welfare benefits advisor to join an established and well-respected welfare benefits team and head up an exciting project in collaboration with Coventry University.  This project enables students to provide advice and advocacy for clients of the Law Centre who wish to appeal decisions made about their disability related benefits.  By working in partnership with the University the Law Centre can offer advice and representation to clients who otherwise may not be able to obtain representation and to provide a range of opportunities for Law students to gain practical experience while completing their degrees. The project has been running successfully for two years now and has had a very high success rate on the appeals, as well as getting great feedback from the students.

 You will be responsible for running the project, recruiting the students, providing relevant training and support and managing the through put of cases.  You will also have the opportunity to take on your own cases and work within a highly skilled welfare benefits team. 

 The Law Centre is in the heart of the City and a 5-minute walk from the railway station.  Our terms and conditions include a 37-hour week, 28 days holiday (rising to 35 days after 5 years service) plus 8 statutory days, and pension scheme membership.

 For an application pack please email [email protected] Applications may be submitted by post or by email to [email protected]

Salary

Salary negotiable up to £30,190 based on experience

Closing date: 10.00am 24th March 2021

Interviews: Week Commencing 29th March 2021

We strive to be an Equal Opportunities employer. 

As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, we have committed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job.

4.applicationform-enhanceddbsstatement.docApplication Form 

6compliancestatement(privacynotice)jobapplicants.pdfCover Letter

6compliancestatement(privacynotice)jobapplicants.pdfInstructions to Applicants 

6compliancestatement(privacynotice)jobapplicants.pdfAbout CELC

6compliancestatement(privacynotice)jobapplicants.pdfJob Description and Person Spec

6compliancestatement(privacynotice)jobapplicants.pdfCompliance Statement (Privacy Notice)

Published: 3rd March, 2021

Author: Ciaran Leeman

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Trustee Position - Unpaid

We are seeking three new trustees to join our high-calibre Board and executive team in governing the organisation and leading our strategy.

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This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to an award-winning organisation which leaves no stone unturned in the quest for social justice for society’s most disadvantaged people.

You will be joining an experienced Board of Trustees from a wealth of backgrounds, all with a shared interest in access to justice.

Ideal candidates will bring skills in finance and/or local knowledge of Birmingham and have experience of playing a strategic leadership role in a complex organisation contributing to non-executive governance.

You may not have been a Trustee before. If that is the case we support all our Trustees to develop with a full induction programme and bespoke training and ongoing support.

The Law Centre takes every opportunity to provide services to meet community need and to fill the gaps left by the cuts to legal aid and other funding. We have taken a decision not to charge for our services and have attracted a wide range of funding whilst remaining true to our fundamental principles. Apparent disasters like the closure of the former Birmingham Law Centre, have been turned into opportunities, and Britain’s second city now benefits from the new Birmingham Community Law Centre thanks to the Central England Law Centre team.

Strong governance, finance expertise and local knowledge is essential for our mission, we believe that our strategy and reach can be developed and expanded even further with the right guidance.

If you would like to discuss this opportunity in more detail please contact our CEO  [email protected]

Come join the team!

Further information 

3.instructionstoapplicants.docTrustee Eligibility Declaration

3.instructionstoapplicants.docTrustee Role, Responsibility and Person Spec 

3.instructionstoapplicants.docTrustee Vacancy Background Info

Published: 8th July, 2019

Updated: 3rd December, 2020

Author: Claire Stern

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Welfare Benefits - Caseworker/ Solicitor – Coventry

Based at our Coventry Office (remote working as appropriate during pandemic) Salary Scale £28,033 - £32,907 depending on experience. We seek an experienced caseworker to work as part of our Welfare Benefits team providing specialist advice and representation. Job share or part time working may be considered

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Central England Law Centre is the UK’s largest Law Centre, with a national reputation for innovation and excellence in its legal practice. We are a charity that provides free specialist legal advice to people in Coventry and Birmingham who are most in need. We advocate for people, challenge unfair decisions, take cases to the highest courts and work in partnerships with other support services.  We work tirelessly to fulfil our vision of a society where people’s rights are upheld, their needs met, and in which everybody can thrive.

 At the heart of its approach is total commitment to services that address all the interconnected problems people face in their everyday lives. Poverty lies at the core of these issues.  We need to build a stronger response that reaches those who are least likely to know that they have legal rights.

 This is a fantastic opportunity to play an essential role in a friendly organisation that is trying to make a difference to the lives of those people in our communities that are most vulnerable.  You will be working with a highly regarded, experienced and well respected team providing specialist welfare benefits appeals advice and providing representation including Upper Tribunal work.  You will work closely with partner agencies across the city and with colleagues in our specialist teams across the Law Centre. 

 The Law Centre is in the heart of the City and a 5 minute walk from the railway station.  Our terms and conditions include a 37-hour week, 28 days holiday (rising to 35 days after 5 years service) plus 8 statutory days, and pension scheme membership.

 For an application pack please email [email protected] Applications may be submitted by post or by email to [email protected]

Salary

Experienced caseworker £28,033 - £30,980 depending on experience.

Qualified solicitor £28,860 - £32,907 depending on experience.

Closing date: 10.00am 24th March 2021

Interviews: Week commencing 29th March 2021

We strive to be an Equal Opportunities employer.

As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, we have committed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job.

4.applicationform-enhanceddbsstatement.docApplication Form 

covid19servicehelpandinfopack(2021-03-01).pdfLetter to Applicant 

covid19servicehelpandinfopack(2021-03-01).pdfInstructions to Applicant 

covid19servicehelpandinfopack(2021-03-01).pdfAbout CELC

covid19servicehelpandinfopack(2021-03-01).pdfJob Description and Person Spec 

covid19servicehelpandinfopack(2021-03-01).pdfCompliance Statement (Privacy Notice)

Published: 3rd March, 2021

Author: Ciaran Leeman

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    We are looking for a Full Time Specialist Welfare Benefit Advisor/Student Coordinator to head up an exciting appeals service project in collaboration with Coventry University. Based at our Coventry Office (remote working as appropriate during pandemic). Salary negotiable up to £30,190 based on experience Job share or part time working may be considered

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    Based at our Coventry Office (remote working as appropriate during pandemic) Salary Scale £28,033 - £32,907 depending on experience. We seek an experienced caseworker to work as part of our Welfare Benefits team providing specialist advice and representation. Job share or part time working may be considered

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    Who we help

    All of our services are free. We prioritise people who would not otherwise be able to access legal advice and representation.

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    Volunteer

    The Law Centre is a resource for the whole community and we rely on our amazing team of volunteers help us reach more people with our services.

  • Our Vision

    Our Vision

    We want to live in a society where people’s rights are upheld, their needs met and they are enabled to thrive. We are the largest Law Centre in the UK. We provide free specialist legal advice to people across central England.

  • Child and Family Law

    Child and Family Law

    Following the breakdown of a relationship, we provide advice and representation on all aspects of family and childcare law.

  • Asylum and Immigration Law

    Asylum and Immigration Law

    Legal advice and representation to people seeking to regularise their immigration status.

  • Funding

    Funding

    All our services are free funded by a wide range of partners and supporters.

  • Our history

    Our history

    The national Law Centre movement was started in the 1970s by radical lawyers who were disappointed in the failure of the welfare state to eradicate poverty and deliver a more equal society. Coventry Law Centre was founded in 1976 by four Councillors: Tom McLatchie, Gilbert Richards, Arthur Waugh Senior and Charles Ward. Coventry City Council has been a key supporter of our work ever since.

  • Our impact

    Every day we help people to know their legal rights and have them upheld. We change the lives of the people we help, and change society to make it fairer for all and more equal.

  • Chief Executive - Sue Bent

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