Sydney, NEW South Wales Legal Aid NSW
Criminal Law Solicitor – Legal Officer Grade V – Grants Division – Full-time – Ongoing – Central Sydney – 00008PE3
• Ongoing Full-time Opportunity
• Competitive salary package up to 152k
• Flexible work arrangement availalbe
ABOUT LEGAL AID NSW
Legal Aid NSW is the largest legal aid agency in Australia, comprising of a Central Sydney office and 28 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 Grade V Criminal Solicitor in Grants will:
• Assess, process and determine complex applications for grants of legal aid across a range of Commonwealth and State criminal law matter types, within Legal Aid NSW policy and available funds to meet the intent of the legal aid program and ensure delivery of high quality client service.
• Supervise Legal Officers in the section (including information dissemination and staff consultation on relevant matters) and lead staff in the delivery of high quality client-focused services.
• Provide training to Legal Officers and Grants Officers in relation to Commonwealth and State criminal law matters, including developing and conducting in-house training programs.
• Review, recommend and provide a consultative and advisory service on complex and potentially costly applications for legal aid involving but not exclusive to issues of merit, to meet the intent of the legal aid program and the broader role of the Legal Aid NSW.
ABOUT YOU
We are looking for an experienced, self-motivated criminal lawyer who:
• Has strong communication skills
• Thrives working in a team environment and works well with others
• Is able to confidently and promptly make accurate determinations in accordance with policy
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 Resident
• Fully vaccinated against COVID 19 prior to commencement
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) Providing advice to less experienced staff is a key task of this role. Explain the process you use to provide advice to less experienced staff and provide an example of a time you provided advice and/or assistance to a more junior member of staff and explain how that helped that staff member (maximum 1 page).
2) Give an example of a time when you identified an opportunity to improve customer delivery using data or information. What was the situation? How did you deal with it? What was the outcome? (maximum 1 page).
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
• Ongoing Opportunity at Central Sydney (35HPW)
• Enquiries: Convenor Steven Doumit on 02 9219 5077 or steven.doumit@legalaid.nsw.gov.au
• Applying for a Role
• Working at Legal Aid NSW
• Salary Range $135,176 – $137,826 plus superannuation & annual leave loading
• Jobs Board Ref No. 00008PE3
• Closing Date: Sunday, 20 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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