• Classification Level 5 to 6 SCHADS Awards (will be assessed based on experience)
• Part-Time 3 days/week (Working hours from 2 pm to 10 pm, Monday to Wednesday)
• Fixed Term Contract until 30 June 2025 and available for an immediate start.

Remuneration and Benefits

• $97,388 - $111,092 per annum excluding super and attractive salary packaging options ($68.171 - $77,761 per annum at 0.7 FTE)
• Four weeks of annual leave per annum plus leave loading as well as additional paid leave during the Christmas closure;
• Full time staff work a 35-hour week and we offer flexible working arrangements;
• Staff are eligible to salary sacrifice a portion of their base salary (up to $18,000);

Key accountabilities

• Under the direction of the Senior Managing Lawyer, Evening Advice and Clinics:

  • Work with minimal supervision and apply in-depth existing knowledge of relevant areas of law to deliver legal advice
  • Supervise the legal advice provided by volunteer lawyers at the Evening Advice Sessions
  • Work collaboratively with the volunteer coordinator to develop and maintain relationships with volunteer lawyers and students to ensure high quality legal advice is provided at the Evening Advice Sessions
  • Ensure appropriate referrals of clients from the Evening Advice Sessions to daytime staff for further legal assistance including advice, task and casework
  • Troubleshoot Evening Advice Session issues, escalate more serious matters to the line manager and provide feedback for continual improvement of the program
  • Work collaboratively with social workers to provide a holistic, client-centered service to diverse clients within a human rights framework

Essential requirements

• Demonstrated experience across civil law areas such as contract, consumer credit and debt, anti-discrimination, employment law, and administrative law.
• A high level of written and oral communication skills
• Bachelor of Laws
• Admitted in an appropriate Australian state jurisdiction, and in the High Court of Australia
• Current or eligible for a Queensland Unrestricted Practising Certificate

Why caxton legal?

Caxton Legal Centre has played a central part in Queensland’s legal landscape over the past 50 years, leading the state’s first Stolen Wages case, successfully representing well over 100 victims of the 2011 floods, and paving the way for multidisciplinary service delivery to people experiencing elder abuse.

Our full-time staff enjoy a 35 hour working week paid at the full-time Award rate, with time off in lieu if additional approved hours are worked.

Paid Christmas leave is provided during the office shut-down period to New Years in addition to four weeks paid annual leave.

Caxton is currently experiencing significant growth and change across many of its programs; these roles represent investments into the future of our service delivery and capabilities across South-East Queensland.

This role is available for an immediate start.

A position description is attached below.