• Location – Coffs Harbour
• Salary range: $83,063 (grossed up to $91,546) to $89,988 (grossed up to $98,930) – dependent on experience
• Permanent Full Time 

The ALS

The Aboriginal Legal Service NSW/ACT Limited (ALS) is a public company limited by guarantee and registered charity. It is primarily funded by the Australian Government Attorney-General's department and managed by an Aboriginal Board and governed by the ALS Company. The Company consists of thirty Aboriginal people from NSW and ACT and Company members are elected for three-year terms and represent their community.

The ALS is one of the largest Aboriginal legal practices delivering legal services to Aboriginal people in Australia. With over 200 staff, we provide information and referral, legal advice and court representation in criminal law, family law and care and protection law to Aboriginal men, women and children in 24 offices across urban, regional and remote NSW and ACT

The role

The primary responsibility of the Intermediate Solicitor, Criminal Law Practice within a designated ALS Office is to:

• Manage the Committals Practice by taking direct carriage of at least 50% of the committal matters arising and allocating the remainder to the junior solicitor(s);
• Manage the District Court (Short Matters) Practice by allocating all District Court short matters and taking carriage of, and appearing in the majority of short matters, especially sentence matters;
• Prepare and run complex Local Court (‘LC’) and Children’s Court (‘CC’) hearings and sentence matters and oversee the management of the LC/CC Practice; and
• Manage the allocation of Local/Children’s Court Circuits to Solicitors and Field Officers

Your Skills and Expertise

• Legal qualifications and a NSW Practising Certificate (or be able to obtain one immediately);
• Up-to-date knowledge of the Criminal Law, including practice and procedure;
• Capacity and motivation to provide quality legal representation to Aboriginal people in rural and remote communities;
• Proven capacity to provide a strong advocacy role in leading the District Court and Committal Practices, along with the LC/CC practice.

Job Benefits

• PBI provides salary sacrificing benefits 
• 4 weeks annual leave + leave loading 
• Study and Special leave
• Career path to Advocate and Management roles
• Largest Criminal Law Practice  in NSW/ACT