Job Summary
- Competitive Salary Package of up to $164,602
- Applications close:
- Job posted on: 20th Feb 2024
- Sydney > Penrith
Legal Aid NSW helps people with their legal problems. We can help people with most areas of criminal law, family law and every day civil law legal issues. We give legal advice, help at court and do family dispute resolution. We can do this over the telephone or at one of our 28 offices.
Promote effective communication between family law staff in metropolitan and regional offices and the Regional Program Co-ordinator and Executive Director family law to achieve Legal Aid NSW service delivery goals.
Advise on and co-ordinate the effective planning and management of the resources of Legal Aid NSW across the allocated regional area, to meet client needs and deliver quality and consistent services in accordance with the organisation’s policies and standards.
The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate their ability to undertake and supervise complex litigation in Family Law and Care & Protection law.
The successful applicant will also be experienced in leading and managing staff in a legal environment.
We may use this recruitment to create a talent pool for similar ongoing or temporary vacancies we have over the next 18 months in Penrith location only.
We are committed to diversity and inclusion
We are committed to creating a culturally safe and genuinely inclusive organisation and workplace for everyone who works and interacts with us. We strive to be a place where people from diverse backgrounds want to work, where voices and cultures are valued and where people feel valued, welcomed, respected and heard.
We want a workforce that reflects our clients, so we can deliver a service that meets the needs of the community. We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds — including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, the LGBTQI+ community, culturally diverse people and other diverse communities.
We acknowledge, support and accommodate the diverse access needs of people with visible and invisible disabilities. If you need an adjustment to participate in the recruitment process, or you’d like information about what we can do to help you, please contact our team at [email protected] using the subject line: Practice Manager enquiry via EthicalJobs.
Other benefits of working with us
You must:
The Family Law Division have a number of roles where it is a statutory obligation for staff to hold a valid Working With Children Check. You will be required to provide your Working With Children Check details prior to commencement in any role requiring the check.
You MUST submit your application online through our careers page. If you submit your application late or by email it will NOT be accepted.
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