Broken Hill, NEW South Wales Legal Aid NSW

 

Would you like the rare opportunity to work in the NSW Outback for 2 years?

Do you have a working knowledge of family law?

 Do you love to travel and are looking for a change? 

 APPLY NOW for an exciting opportunity to enhance your professional skills and help local residents. 

 

With a population of approximately 18,800, Broken Hill is a vibrant, prosperous and culturally rich Heritage City. It provides the perfect opportunity to experience the great Australian Outback with captivating landscapes, vast skies and clear nights. Legal Aid NSW now has an office in Broken Hill with two full-time criminal lawyers and welcomes a range of visiting lawyers from Legal Aid NSW who are delivering services there regularly.

 

An information session facilitated by the Convenor Daniel Kennard, along with representatives from Recruitment and the Aboriginal Services Branch, will be held online on Microsoft Teams (Click here to join the meeting) on Monday 16 August 2021 at 4:30pm – 5:00pm (4:00pm – 4:30pm Broken Hill time).

 

ABOUT LEGAL AID NSW

Legal Aid NSW is the largest legal aid agency in Australia, comprising of a Central Sydney office and 25 regional offices in metropolitan and regional centres across NSW and a number of specialist services and advice clinics. Working at Legal Aid NSW provides the opportunity to support people with disabilities, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, women and children, Indigenous people and people with mental illness who may experience difficulties when enforcing and defending their rights.

ABOUT THE ROLE

 

The position is responsible for:

• Providing high quality advice, minor assistance and casework service to disadvantaged communities;

• Conducting an effective legal practice; and

• Complying with the Legal Aid Commission Act, policies and practice management standards and undertake all related administrative and case management activities.

ABOUT YOU

 

We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed solicitor to conduct an effective and efficient family law and care and protection practice. This role includes providing high quality family law and care and protection advice, minor assistance, duty and extended legal services to disadvantaged clients in an outreach and duty setting. The role involves some travel in regional NSW and work in a variety of locations.

Source: Uniting News