About us:

WLW Migration Lawyers is a specialist immigration law firm based in Melbourne and looking to expand into the Queensland market, where some of our clients are currently based.

Our team of experienced lawyers and support staff are committed to providing high quality, ethical and cost-effective migration advice and assistance to our clients. We pride ourselves on maintaining a detailed understanding of Australia’s complex migration system and the rapid legal changes.

Founded in 2015 by Jessica, Simon and James, we’ve grown to a team of 27 skilled and compassionate lawyers, agents and support staff and service a wide range of clients across Australia and internationally.

We live by our firm values of being ethical, inclusive, innovative and people-centred. These values are engrained in everything we do, shaping our processes and procedures so that we can provide excellent services to our clients while providing a supportive workplace culture and a healthy work-life balance for all our team.

For more information about our firm visit our website, www.wlwlawyers.com.au.

The role:

This is an exciting new role for our firm to help us expand into the Queensland market! We are seeking an experienced migration lawyer with a collaborative mind-set and who is passionate about helping people with their journey to living in Australia. As a Migration Lawyer, you will provide legal advice and assistance to clients across all areas of Australian migration law under the supervision of a Partner.

Be part of an award-winning team with the opportunity to contribute to legal precedents through our significant judicial review case load and finding new ways of delivering legal services by using technology.

Salary and benefits:

• $72,000-$105,000 plus superannuation per annum, commensurate with experience
• Hybrid working model with the opportunity to work two days from home per week (for full-time staff), with travel to our Melbourne office from time-to-time
• Annual training budget to broaden and strengthen your skills through external training programs in addition to regular internal training sessions
• A supportive work environment with a strong focus on work-life balance and employee wellbeing, including access to our Employee Assistance Program, Global Work Program and other firm perks

Key responsibilities:

• Provide timely and accurate migration advice to clients and meet deadlines as needed
• Assess the eligibility of clients for temporary or permanent residency
• Contribute to firm sales through delivering free 10-minute phone calls and consultations with new clients
• Deal in an effective, respectful and ethical manner at all times with clients
• Prepare, review and lodge visa applications, tribunal appeals, judicial review appeals and requests to the Minister
• Prepare legal submissions and undertake research
• Work collaboratively with other lawyers and support staff
• Enter and maintain client information in the client database
• Ensure all professional and other obligations such as continuing professional development are maintained
• Other duties from time to time

Qualifications and experience:

Ideal candidates will have the following qualifications and experience:

Essential:

• Legal practicing certificate
• Minimum 1 year of experience in immigration law as a lawyer
• Keen problem solver who loves finding novel approaches to problems
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Passion for immigration law
• Alignment with WLW values
• Ability to work effectively in a team

Desirable:

• Experience working with culturally and linguistically diverse communities
• Ability to speak in a language other than English

Application process:

Please email your CV with cover letter through to [email protected] by 10:00 am on Monday 14 April 2025. Applications submitted via Seek will not be accepted.

We will contact short-listed candidates for an initial video interview.