Sydney, NEW South Wales Legal Aid NSW

*Talent pool for legal admin roles within the supportive Nowra office

 

*Enjoy a challenging and rewarding role with flexible working hours

 

 

ABOUT LEGAL AID NSW

 
Legal Aid NSW is the largest legal aid agency in Australia, comprising of a Central Sydney office and 23 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 Legal Support Officer provides a range of, clerical and administrative services including but not limited to, processing legal documentation, preparing correspondence, liaising with the various stakeholders, government Departments and the general public and providing basic referral information services to clients to support the effective and efficient operation of legal services within Legal Aid.

ABOUT YOU

 

We are looking to create a talent pool with highly motivated and adaptable individuals who:

 

• Have administrative experience including Microsoft Office skills

 

• Have an ability to take initiative to support the team and ensure quality service delivery

 

• Enjoy working in a high volume, small team environment with minimal supervision

 

 

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS

  

• Willingness to undertake a Criminal Record Check and/or working with Children Check

  

• Hold Australian or NZ citizenship, Australian Permanent Resident or hold a valid working visa 

  

 

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.  What experience, skills and attributes do you possess that would make you the most suitable applicant for this position.

 

2.  In this role you will be asked to perform different tasks from Legal Officers from the criminal, family and civil law divisions, with varying deadlines.  How would you prioritise these requests?

 

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 create a Talent Pool for future vacancies that may arise over the next 12 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 vacancies arising in the next 12 months (temporary, full-time, part-time)

• Enquiries: Convenor Jane Collis on (02) 4428 6523 or Jane.collis@legalaid.nsw.gov.au

• Applying for a Role
• Working at Legal Aid NSW

 

 

 

Source: Uniting News