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

Provide supervision of Solicitor Advocates and lead the Criminal Law Division in matters relating to advocacy and relevant law reform.

 

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS

• Admitted or eligible to be admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of NSW;

 

• Highly developed advocacy skills and experience and capacity to personally conduct trials and other complex criminal proceedings as required;

 

• Skills and experience in the management of staff;

 

• Demonstrated leadership and staff management experience;

 

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

 

• Australian or NZ citizenship or Australian Permanent Resident is an essential requirement of applying for an Ongoing 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. What experience do you have in successfully leading the delivery of complex criminal law advocacy services, including running trials and complex sentence matters?

 

2. What experience do you have leading, supervising and mentoring other criminal lawyers?

The selection process will include a range of comparative assessment techniques to assist in determining capability and suitability for the role.

 

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

• Ongoing Opportunity at Central Sydney (Full-time)
• Enquiries: Annmarie Lumsden on (02) 9219 6324 or by email:  annmarie.lumsden@legalaid.nsw.gov.au
• Applying for a Role
• Working at Legal Aid NSW