• Employer: Intellectual Disability Rights Service (IDRS)
• Work Type: Full time 37.5 hours week
• Classification: Disability, Legal and Human Rights
• Sector: Not for Profit
• Location: Sydney CBD

About IDRS

Intellectual Disability Rights Service (IDRS) operates a community legal centre and disability advocacy service working to ‘make rights real’ for people in NSW living with disability particularly those experiencing cognitive disability . We value and demonstrate justice, respect, and persistence in all our work.

IDRS is looking for:

a Solicitor for our community legal centre, the Ability Rights Centre. See attached position description.

The Ability Rights Centre provides legal advice and casework, education, and advocacy services for people with cognitive and other disabilities. These positions will be responsible for providing legal services, providing information and referral, and undertaking some administrative duties.

For more information about the work of IDRS visit our website www.idrs.org.au

• Contract position until 30 June 2024, located in CBD
• Salary range $92,970 – $95,002 plus Superannuation depending on experience and qualifications. (SCHADS Award Level 6) Hourly rate will increase from July 1, 2022 in line with the National Minimum Wage Decision.
• Excellent not for profit tax benefits

IDRS values a diverse workforce and encourages people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people from cultural and linguistically diverse backgrounds to apply for these positions.

Key Responsibilities – see full position description attached below

1. Provision of legal advice
2. Undertaking legal casework
3. Delivery of legal education and training
4. Engaging in policy and law reform work
5. Contributing to legal information publications and resources
6. Contributing to a cohesive, reliable, high-quality service
7. Personal accountability

Selection criteria

You must include a statement explaining how you meet each of these criteria in your application

Essential skills and knowledge

1. Admitted to practice in New South Wales and hold or be eligible to hold a practising certificate in New South Wales
2. Significant experience in providing legal advice and conducting legal casework for people from socially disadvantaged populations
3. Understanding of issues affecting people with disability
4. Ability to simplify legal jargon and communicate effectively with people with cognitive impairment
5. Ability to work effectively with other professional staff
6. Ability to deliver community legal education

Desirable skills and knowledge

1. Experience appearing in courts and tribunals
2. Understanding of issues affecting people with cognitive impairment

To apply please click Apply Now.

Enquiries – Email [email protected] using the subject line: Solicitor enquiry via EthicalJobs.