ABOUT LEGAL AID NSW

 
Legal Aid NSW is the largest legal aid agency in Australia, comprising of a Central Sydney office and 22 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

 

Supervise, lead, guide, develop, train and monitor a team of Grants Officers in the delivery of high quality, client-focused services in accordance with Legal Aid NSW policy and budget requirements.

 

Assess, administer and determine applications / extensions for grants of legal aid across a range of matters in family, civil and criminal law, within policy, guidelines and delegations.

 

Contribute to the development of systems and practices for grants of legal aid, and manage the development and allocation of services and budgets for the work of the team based on operational experience and contacts with applicants and stakeholders.

 

ABOUT YOU

 

In this role you will supervise a team of Grants Officers in a high volume workload environment.  We are seeking staff with clear communication skills who can respond quickly to customer needs.

HOW TO APPLY

Applications MUST be submitted online through www.iworkfornsw.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.

 

Please Note: This vacancy is targeted Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander recruitment under Part 5, clause 26 of the Government Sector Employment Rules 2014. In the pre-screening questions you will need to provide information on how you satisfy the Aboriginality criteria

 

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. Describe a situation where you have used corrective feedback to educate a team member about their behaviour or performance.  What strategies did you use to encourage them to improve their behaviour or performance? (1 page)

 

2. Provide an example where you have been instrumental in developing the capability of a team to ensure service delivery outcomes are achieved.  What strategies did you use? (1 Page)

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

We welcome and encourage applications from diverse community groups including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTI, people with disability, women, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds as well as other diversity groups.

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 email erecruitment@legalaid.nsw.gov.au, and advise us of your preferred method of communication.

 

ROLE NOTES

This role is an identified Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander recruitment under Part 5, clause 26 of the Government Sector Employment Rules 2014. Legal Aid NSW considers that being Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander is a genuine occupational qualification under s 14 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW).

 
Applicants for this role must satisfy the Aboriginality criteria. Aboriginality is defined by decent through parentage, identification as being Aboriginal and being accepted in the community as such.

For Aboriginal specific information regarding working at Legal Aid NSW, our Aboriginal network, career development opportunities and support systems please email aboriginalservices@legalaid.nsw.gov.au

FURTHER INFORMATION

• Talent Pool
• Enquiries: Tracey Bosnich on (02) 9219 5863

• Applying for a Role
• Working at Legal Aid NSW