Migrants Organise is looking for three casework volunteers – please read the post for full info and details on how to apply. Apply by Wednesday 4th February 2026.
Migrants Organise is a platform for migrants and refugees to organise for justice, dignity and power. For over 30 years, we have been at the forefront of building collective power with migrant and refugee communities, challenging the hostile environment, developing community leadership, and building solidarity across movements for social justice. We do this alongside supporting individuals and their families to navigate the inhumane immigration system.
Our Community Programme is currently supporting more than 1,600 individuals and families through its work. We provide casework support to refugees and migrants, including advice on housing, immigration, welfare benefits, community care, education, and asylum support, and we run weekly activities (such as English classes, gardening group, dance class) from our office in Hackney.
We are looking for three casework volunteers who are available to volunteer with us from our office in East London on Mondays, starting on 16th February 2026.
We will provide close supervision and training.
We would expect you to be available for six months (1 day volunteering per week). Reasonable lunch and travel expenses will be reimbursed.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Supporting the Community Programme Team in the efficient running of the Community Programme
- Offering 1-2-1 advice to migrants and refugees on their basic welfare rights and entitlements
- Providing advocacy to members, consisting of making phone calls, writing letters, filling in forms, making appropriate referrals
- Updating our casework management system, keeping records, and providing brief reports as appropriate
- Ensuring correct data entry and record keeping
- Other duties on an ad hoc basis
Skills and Knowledge
We are looking for a person with the following skills, experience and knowledge:
- Experience in advising migrants and refugees in asylum support, welfare benefits, housing, education (desirable)
- Ability to speak clearly and confidently, adapting style to needs of members
- Ability to build good rapport with vulnerable migrants and refugees
- A commitment to equality & diversity and the rights of all individuals to respect and fair treatment
- Ability to work proactively and being self-sufficient
- Knowledge of the asylum and the immigration system in the UK (desirable)
- Knowledge of a community language spoken by our members: Farsi, Arabic, Pashto, Amharic, Tigrinya, or another language spoken by our members (desirable)
Application Process
If you are interested in the role, please send your CV and a covering letter to Laurie Hartley (laurie@migrantsorganise.org).
The deadline for applications is 11.59PM, Wednesday 4th February 2026.
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to an online interview taking place the week of 9th February 2026.
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More Info about Migrants Organise
Migrants Organise combines advice and support for individuals subjected to hostile immigration policies with grassroots organising, advocacy, research and campaigning to dismantle structural racism.
This is how:
We speak out. We make our voices heard, and we take a stand on the issues that affect us. We talk about the issues that matter to refugees and migrants. We tell our stories, and we create opportunities for our voice to be heard.
We connect people. We act relationally, to help people belong. People need connections to belong and thrive with dignity. We see strength and resilience in our individual identities and experiences as people. We connect people with resources.
We grow power. We recognise and use power to make change. We provide a platform for people to be powerful and develop skills, leadership, confidence and connections.
We build common ground. We bring diverse people together around shared issues, on a shared platform. We create spaces for people to find common ground and shared perspectives for action.
What do we do:
We organise: We work with communities to act for change. We develop leaders to understand their power, their issues, and how to build actions for change.
We mobilise: We bring people to strategic actions and campaigns. We urge and support people to take action on the issues affecting migrants and refugees.
We mentor: We support and advise people, and connect people with others who can provide support and advice on the journey to integration. We connect people with others who can share knowledge, experience or friendship.
We train: We develop people’s skills, confidence, experience and capacity to act. We use workshops, training sessions, action and experience to help people to develop.
We celebrate: We find and create platforms to recognise people. We celebrate migrants and refugees.
