Job Summary
- Applications close:
- Job posted on: 23rd Jun 2021
For 45 years, Eastern Community Legal Centre (ECLC) has been working with communities across the eastern suburbs of Melbourne to resolve legal problems, advocate for people’s rights, improve the legal justice system, and alleviate socio-economic disadvantage.
Everything ECLC does is helping it achieve its vision of a community that respects and upholds human rights, fairness and justice.
ECLC offers free legal and other services to priority communities through a skilled multidisciplinary workforce of staff and volunteers which include advocates, community lawyers, financial counsellors, intake specialists, paralegals, social workers and program, management and policy professionals. ECLC works with communities and community members living in Boroondara, Knox, Manningham, Maroondah, Whitehorse, and Yarra Ranges.
ECLC helps priority people and communities that would otherwise not have access to a lawyer, whilst prioritising services and targeting programs to those who experience acute disadvantage.
As a key member of ECLC’s Legal Team, the Community Lawyer will provide high quality legal services within a busy community practice with a particular focus on family law, family violence and generalist law. This role includes involvement in the community development and education work of ECLC.
This position provides the opportunity to add significant value to the legal practice and community through positive engagement with clients, staff, volunteers and other agencies.
You will be eligible to hold an Employee Practicing Certificate in Victoria, and have demonstrated post-admission experience in a broad range of areas including family law, family violence and in providing generalist legal advice. You will be a compassionate person who respects people, their circumstances and decisions. You will be able to effectively manage tasks and deadlines while maintaining a high degree of self-awareness, resilience and professionalism.
Specifically, you will have:
An application pack is attached.