Sydney, NEW South Wales Legal Aid NSW
Financial Counsellor – Clerk Grade 5/6 – Family Law (Domestic Violence Unit) – Central Sydney, Burwood, and Liverpool Legal Aid Offices – Talent Pool (00008MMQ)
• Competitive Salary up to $107,159 pa
• Supportive team culture and flexible working arrangement
• Talent Pool for temporary/ongoing, full-time/part-time vacancies
ABOUT LEGAL AID NSW
Legal Aid NSW is the largest legal aid agency in Australia, comprising of a Central Sydney office and 27 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
As a Financial Counsellor, you will provide information, referral, advocacy and other financial counsellor services to clients of the Domestic Violence Unit and other female clients of Legal Aid NSW who are experiencing or have experienced family violence.
ABOUT YOU
The successful applicant will:
- Provide effective and trauma informed financial counselling services to clients of the Domestic Violence Unit and other female clients of Legal Aid NSW in accordance with legislation and directions, policy, guidelines and practice standards;
- Effectively utilise Legal Aid NSW electronic case management/tracking/reporting systems and databases and provide accurate statistical and other information about work carried out;
- Develop and deliver financial literacy education to assist and empower clients to gain an improved ability to manage their financial affairs;
- Keep up to date on developments in the financial counselling sector and identify/attend training as required;
- Partner with legal officers and domestic violence workers to provide coordinated financial counselling and legal case management.
ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS
• Willingness to undertake a Criminal Record Check and/or working with Children Check
• Holding Australian or NZ citizenship, Australian Permanent Residency is an essential requirement for ongoing employment
• Hold Australian or NZ citizenship, Australian Permanent Residency or hold a valid working visa for temporary employment
• Diploma of Community Services (Financial Counselling) or the Diploma of Financial Counselling;
• Accreditation with Financial Counsellors’ Associate of NSW INC;
• Demonstrated experience working as a financial counsellor;
• Fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to commencing in role
HOW TO APPLY
Applications MUST be submitted online through www.iworkfor.nsw.gov.au to be considered. No late applications will be accepted.
Applicants should read the Role Description and consider the Focus Capabilities and Key Accountabilities when preparing their resume and cover letter.
Applicants are requested to attach:
• current resume / curriculum vitae (CV) (maximum 5 pages)
• cover letter (maximum 2 pages) responding to the following two questions:
1. Please outline your experience in and/or capabilities to provide trauma informed financial counselling services and/or financial literacy education to victims of domestic and family violence or clients with complex needs.
2. What qualities and skills do you have which you think are important to providing high-quality services as part of a multi-disciplinary team and in a high volume environment?
Please save your CV and Cover Letter as 'LAST NAME, First name – CV/Cover Letter' in PDF or word format.
The selection process will include a range of comparative assessment techniques to assist in determining capability and suitability for the role.
This recruitment will be used to fill any current vacancies and may be used to create a Talent Pool for similar future temporary or ongoing vacancies that may arise over the next 18 months.
OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
Legal Aid NSW welcomes applicants from diverse backgrounds, including people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the LGBTI community, culturally diverse people and other diverse communities.
Legal Aid NSW provides dignified access to accommodate the diverse needs of our community. We acknowledge and support the access needs of people with visible and invisible disabilities, as such all of our offices are accessible.
If you require a reasonable adjustment in order to participate in the recruitment process, or you are looking for general information about our reasonable adjustment process, please contact our team via email, and advise your preferred method of communication: erecruitment@legalaid.nsw.gov.au.
FURTHER INFORMATION
• Talent Pool for full-time/part-time, temporary/ongoing vacancies
• Locations: Central Sydney, Burwood, and Liverpool Legal Aid Offices
• Enquiries: Convenor Anna Baltins on (02) 9219 6309 or Anna.Baltins@legalaid.nsw.gov.au
• Applying for a Role
• Working at Legal Aid NSW
• Salary Range $87,493 – $96,540 plus superannuation & annual leave loading
• Jobs Board Ref No. 00008MMQ
• Closing Date: Sunday 13 February 2022 [11:59pm]
To ensure recruitment at Legal Aid NSW continues without interruption during the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual methods may be used for interviews and assessments. This may include interviews conducted by video, telephone interviewing, Microsoft Teams meetings and online assessments.
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