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We are recruiting a Law and Policy Officer to drive forward our work to improve the legal and policy protections for torture survivors in the UK as asylum seekers and refugees through policy and advocacy work, including strategic litigation if necessary, drawing on learning from Freedom from Torture's clinical service provision, research and legal and welfare advice service. Reference number: LPO 1 Location: London Centre, N7 Team: Policy & Advocacy Salary: £34,873 per annum pro rata Contract type: Permanent Days/hrs: 28 hours per week (4 days) Closing date: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 - 17:00 Interview date: 21 November, 2012   For an informal discussion about the post, please contact Sonya Sceats, Policy & Advocacy Manager, on 020 7697 7766 Freedom from Torture is striving to be an equal opportuniti...

Press & PR Officer This challenging role is about maximising positive and appropriate media coverage of our work and views and the context in which we work. Responsible for all day-to-day contact with the media, there will be a particular emphasis on promoting the voices and views of refugees and asylum seekers. Refugee Action works with refugees to build new lives. We believe in sharing the freedoms of our country with those who have escaped terrible situations in theirs by making them feel welcome, letting them know we care and that they can feel at home here. Our Communications Team is responsible for shaping and directing all aspects of our communications, including our media relations activities. That's where you come in. As Press & PR Officer you will: Support our strategic objectives by delivering substantive and positive media coverage for our work via a professional and responsive service to journalists Research and write press releases, statements, articl...

Thursday November 19, 2009, 08:00AM Ends: Friday November 20, 2009, 05:00PM Event Type: Conference Location: Renaissance Chancery Court 252 High Holborn London, GREATER LONDON WC1V 7EN GB Website: http://www.int-bar.org/conferences/conf283/ Keywords: The state of the nations at a time of economic crisis/Business visitors – the do’s and the don’ts/Skilled workers – the highly skilled and the global transfers/Entrepreneurs and investors/The European immigration scene/The new US immigration law landscape Intended For: Immigration lawyers, policy-makers, in-house counsels, human resource managers and other parties interested in immigration matters. Organization: International Bar Association The conference is the leading Global Immigration Conference for immigration professionals and HR personnel. The conference is held biennially and in 2007 the event was attended by almost 200 delegates from all corners of the world. We are expecting a similar turn out for the 2009 event, thus a great op...