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Digital Engagement Officer
Legal Support Officer – Clerk Grade 1/2 – Regional Administration – Coffs Harbour – Talent Pool for Temporary and Ongoing roles
Coffs Harbour, 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 25 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 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 NSW.
ABOUT YOU
The ideal candidate will have:
• experience working in a busy and demanding environment, meeting tight deadlines and managing conflicting priorities effectively
• strong interpersonal and communication skills and will thrive working in a collaborative team environment
• high level administration skills and attention to detail
• strong typing and computer skills including experience using different software and the ability to learn new systems
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Lecturer/Senior Lecturer, Clinical Psychology
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Manager First Nations Industry Initiatives
Sydney, NEW South Wales Australia Council for the Arts
This role is open to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants only.
Aboriginality/Torres Strait Islander identity is a genuine occupational qualification for this role in accordance with Sections 14(d) of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977.
We are committed to equity and inclusion and welcome applications from diverse cultural and regional communities, including people with disability.
About us
The Australia Council for the Arts is the Australian Government's principal arts funding and advisory body. We champion and invest in Australian arts and creativity. We are committed to ensuring all Australians can enjoy the benefits of arts and creativity and be part of the cultural life of our nation.
About your role
You will leverage your cultural knowledge and lived experience to manage the development and delivery of industry development programs to support our First Nations cultural and creative industries. Collaboration is second nature to you. You are passionate about engaging with a range of diverse stakeholders to bring ideas and actions to life to positively impact communities around country.
What's in it for you?
- Start 2022 with an opportunity to support the First Nations cultural and creative industries
- Identified position
- Full time, ongoing appointment
- Salary package of $99,659 per annum + 10% superannuation
- Paid leave between Christmas and New Year
- Flexible working hours and hybrid work arrangements
- Office location in Pyrmont, Sydney
- Work in a positive environment that embraces diversity and supports your development
What does success look like?
- Designing and delivering industry development initiatives for the First Nations cultural and creative industries
- Overseeing the delivery of a First Nations Leadership Program
- Driving the ongoing development and delivery of a dedicated First Nations digital program
- Providing high-level advice to internal stakeholders on First Nations professional development and learning
- Collaborating with the Research and Knowledge Management team to measure and report on project outcomes
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Solicitor – Legal Officer Grade I-III – Family Law – Wollongong – Full Time Temporary Vacancy and Talent Pool for Temporary and Ongoing roles
Wollongong, NEW South Wales Legal Aid NSW
• Flexible work arrangements
• Current temporary vacancy to 30 July 2022
• Talent Pool created for future ongoing or temporary vacancies in next 18 months
ABOUT LEGAL AID NSW
Legal Aid NSW is the largest legal aid agency in Australia, comprising of a Central Sydney office and 25 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.
Wollongong Legal Aid is a large and dynamic regional office serving growing and diverse populations from the Illawarra to the Shoalhaven and Southern Highlands. The office includes busy family, crime and civil law practices as well as a range of specialist and outreach services.
Legal Aid NSW is a leader in flexible work! Most staff work flexibly, such as from home some of the time or on an individual schedule to balance family and work.
ABOUT THE ROLE
The (Family Law) Legal Officer position is responsible for:
• Providing high quality advice, minor assistance and casework service to disadvantaged communities;
• Conducting an effective legal practice; and
• Complying with the Legal Aid Commission Act, policies and practice management standards and undertake all related administrative and case management activities.
ABOUT YOU
We are looking for passionate Solicitors with experience in family law and care and protection matters. Your strong communication skills will enable you to provide efficient and effective legal services to clients of Legal Aid from a range of diverse backgrounds. Applicants with more than two years post-admission experience are encouraged to apply.
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Project Officer – Clerk Grade 7/8 – Civil Law – Elder Abuse Service – Flexible Location – Full Time – Temporary until 30 June 2022
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 25 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 Elder Abuse Service is a Commonwealth funded service in Legal Aid NSW’s Gosford office. The service is funded for 3 years to June 2022.
The service provides legal assistance and social interventions to older clients on the Central Coast who are at risk of or experiencing elder abuse, and is expanding services to the Lower Hunter area. The service has social workers and lawyers working together to support older clients and has a particular focus on Aboriginal and Torres Strait clients.
The Project Officer will provide assistance, coordination and support in the delivery of the Legal Aid wide Elder Abuse Strategy that identifies actions to improve the identification and response to elder abuse in the community and internally across Legal Aid NSW.
The Project Officer will identify and work with key stakeholders in the Lower Hunter area to promote the expansion of the service, develop and deliver training materials and support the creation of new referral pathways to the service.
ABOUT YOU
You will be an enthusiastic and committed team member with experience in managing multiple tasks concurrently and working to a deadline. You will be able to work with relevant stakeholders and service delivery partners.
You will have demonstrated excellent written and verbal communication skills, and experience in developing strong working relationships with identified partners/stakeholders. You will be familiar with using virtual platforms, and preparation of promotional materials and information booklets. You will work closely with internal and external stakeholders.
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Program Manager QLD
MELBOURNE, Victoria Cathy Freeman Foundation
The Cathy Freeman Foundation works with 1600 Indigenous children and their families across four remote Indigenous communities in Queensland (Palm Island and Woorabinda) and the Northern Territory (Wurrumiyanga and Galiwin’ku).
Cathy Freeman Foundation is committed to providing child safe and protected environments in all its activities and programs and has a zero-tolerance approach to child abuse or exploitation. Children have the right to be safe and protected.
Reporting to the Programs Director, we are seeking a full time Program Manager QLD on a 12 month fixed term contract (with possibility of extension). This role can either be based out of our Melbourne Head Office or remotely from Cairns.
The Program Manager QLD role is responsible for overall management of Cathy Freeman Foundation programs, offices and staff across the partner communities in Queensland. Working to a program management cycle, the purpose of this role is to ensure that Cathy Freeman Foundation programs are delivered to best practice community development standards and with an education focus in each community.
Responsible for leading community consultation and developing and maintaining key community partnerships and relationships, the Program Manager QLD will manage Program Coordinators and Program Officers to implement programs in community. They also develop community office capacity and manage all aspects of specific Cathy Freeman Foundation programs, from design and implementation, to budget management, data collection, monitoring and reporting.
This role includes significant interstate travel if based in Melbourne, or intrastate travel if based in Cairns.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are strongly encouraged to apply.
Key Responsibilities
Staff Management & Leadership
• Line management of all community-based staff
• Oversee recruitment, professional development, and performance management of all community-based staff
• Support all community-based staff to build their performance capacity through coaching and on-job training
• Provide managerial support to Senior Program Coordinators and Program Coordinators in the managing of casual staff
• Communicate daily with all community-based teams
• Work with Program Coordinators and Senior Program Coordinator to develop work programs and schedules
• Provide leadership to all staff in relation to the implementation of Cathy Freeman Foundation organisational policies and procedures
Program Implementation
• Work with Program Director to adapt and evaluate the CFF suite of programs in alignment with the strategic plan
• Provide support and leadership to community-based staff in the preparation and delivery of community events
• Build capability within community-based staff to understand the scope and sequence of Starting Block workbook content
• Support community-based staff in the development of CFF programs as required
Community and Stakeholder Engagement
• Establish and maintain community and stakeholder networks within each community
• Maintain and foster key working relationships and facilitate open communication with all community stakeholders and program partners
• Represent CFF in community forums and events
• Develop a calendar of community forums and events for community-based staff to attend
• Initiate and coordinate stakeholder meetings in community to establish shared understandings of each other’s goals and expectations
Reporting, Monitoring and Evaluation
• Develop ways of working that enable community-based staff to collect relevant data
• Oversee the daily collection and upload of monitoring data in all communities by Program Coordinators
• Collate and submit quarterly reports to Programs Director within the timelines negotiated
• Build capacity in community-based staff to capture the impact of CFF programs in reporting documents.
General Responsibilities
• Maintain high levels of communication and collaboration with Program Director
• Provide a positive contribution to the leadership team through participation in planning, team meetings and workplace discussions
• Lead by example, demonstrating a way of working that fulfils the expectations of the Cathy Freeman Foundation values and ethics
• Perform other relevant duties as assigned by the CFF Program Director or CEO
• Managing and developing relevant community and program budgets
Organisational Responsibilities
• Provide all community-based staff with an understanding of the policies and procedures, standards and policies of CFF
• Promote CFF objectives, values and reputation
• Engage in learning opportunities that support community development and Indigenous Education practices
• Act with honesty, integrity and good faith
• Follow complaints and grievances processes
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