First Step Legal's (FSL) mission is to increase access to justice for particularly vulnerable people by bringing integrated legal help to them, wherever they present for support.

FSL are committed to:

• Giving our clients a voice and agency in decisions regarding the conduct of their legal matter
• Recognising the harms many of our clients have experienced and responding in a compassionate, trauma informed way.
• Achieving high quality legal resolutions that will assist in reducing our clients’ further contact with the justice system.
• Encouraging our clients to engage with treatment that will enhance their wellbeing and reduce further contact with the justice system.
• Supporting our clients holistically, with legal and non-legal need.

As Practice Manager, you will contribute to this mission in your provision of both administrative and operational support to the FSL Director of Legal Services and FSL Principal Lawyer/ Family Lawyer, inclusive of managing FSL workflow and work directed towards project outcomes in accordance with government and philanthropic grants.

To learn about First Step Legal, visit https://www.firststep.org.au/first_step_legal

For further information beyond the attached position description, please contact our Acting Principal Lawyer / Family Lawyer, Tom Mainwaring: [email protected] using the subject line: Practice Manager enquiry via EthicalJobs.

A position description is attached.