Sydney, NEW South Wales Legal Aid NSW
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 EARLY INTERVENTION UNIT
The Family Law Early Intervention Unit (EIU) is a state-wide team in the Family Law Division of Legal Aid NSW providing family law and care and protection early intervention legal services to vulnerable clients in some 40 outreach locations across regional and metropolitan NSW, duty law services in four family law registries, telephone advice, minor assistance clinics, community and professional legal education and facilitated referrals.
The team consists of 20 solicitors and 7 information and referral officers and legal support officers.
ABOUT THE ROLE
As the Solicitor V you will:
• Consult with the Solicitor in Charge, Family Law EIU;
• Provide leadership, support and expert advice/guidance to solicitors in the EIU to ensure the delivery of high volume care and protection early intervention services &
• Take a leading role in the Family Law Division in relation to new and developing practices in Care and Protection including developing resources for solicitors to assist with understanding and implementing reforms in care and protection law.
ABOUT YOU
We are looking for an experienced legal manager who:
• Can lead, train and develop a team of Solicitor I-III’s in various locations across NSW
• Has a strong understanding of care and protection law and policy;
• Works collaboratively with various legal and non-legal team members;
• Can ensure outcomes are delivered in a fast paced working environment
• Has exceptional stakeholder management skills in order to communicate with clients from diverse backgrounds.
ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS
• Admission or eligibility for admission as a legal practitioner in NSW
• Ability to provide a valid Practising Certificate upon commencement
• Willingness to undertake a Criminal Record Check and/or working with Children Check
• Hold Australian or NZ citizenship, Australian Permanent Residency
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 the relevant legal, supervisory and stakeholder engagement experience you would bring to this role
2. Please outline what you consider to be priority early intervention strategies in a care and protection legal context?
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 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
• 1x Ongoing Opportunity at Parramatta (35HPW)
• Enquiries: Ruth Pilkinton on (02) 8688 3868 or Ruth.Pilkinton@legalaid.nsw.gov.au
• Applying for a Role
• Working at Legal Aid NSW
• Package up to $145K
• Jobs Board Ref No. 00006ZBP
• Closing Date: Tuesday, 21 May 2019 [11:59pm]
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