Job Summary
- EO 4.1 $172,269 – EO4.3 $186,527
- Applications close:
- Job posted on: 2nd May 2024
- Regional NT > Alice Springs & Central Australia
The North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency Ltd (NAAJA) aims to empower Aboriginal people and advance the interests and aspirations of the Aboriginal community through the provision of a comprehensive range of legal and support services throughout the Northern Territory.
The Top End Criminal Law Section of NAAJA consists of criminal solicitors supported by secretarial and client service staff who play a vital role in ensuring the provision of effective legal services to our clients. The Top End Criminal Law Section is an extremely busy section, which requires staff members to demonstrate high levels of motivation, energy and a commitment to professional excellence.
Suitably qualified Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.
The General Counsel will report to the Top End Regional Managing Solicitor.
The General Counsel is a proven senior criminal lawyer with particular responsibility for serious indictable work including Plea hearings, Trials, Local Court Appeals and Court of Criminal Appeals. The position will provide a major role in ensuring of the high professionalism and quality of representation of clients in NAAJA’s Supreme Court practice.
Essential:
Please note: applicants for this position must address the selection criteria in their written application.
Basic Employment Conditions
Probationary Period: 6 months
Place of Employment: Alice Springs
Hours of Work: 37.5 hours per week. 8:00amand 4:30pm Monday to Friday
Salary / Wages: EO 4.1 $172,269 – EO4.3 $186,527
As a Public Benevolent Institution (PBI) NAAJA can offer up to $18,450.15 per annum of the salary, tax-free as a fringe benefit (Conditions Apply)
Allowances:
Annual Airfare Entitlement payable per annum after 12 months qualifying service: $1,150
Superannuation:
9.50% as per Commonwealth Superannuation Guarantee [Administration] Act 1992
Annual Leave: 6 Weeks per annum. Leave loading of 17.5% will be payable on annual leave. An additional 3 days of leave at Christmas, in line with the NAAJA Enterprise Agreement 2020 - 2024
Long Service Leave: As per the NT Long Service Leave Act with the exception that service with other Legal Aid services and agreed Aboriginal organisations is recognised as relevant service for the purpose of accessing Long Service Leave on a pro-rata non-financial basis.
Personal (Sick, Bereavement, and Compassionate) Leave: 15 days per annum. On termination of employment, employees with 7 years continuous service with NAAJA will be entitled to a payout of 50% of unused Sick Leave credits.
Under the Legal Profession Act, NAAJA is not able to employ a person who has been convicted of a serious offence or disqualified from legal practice without permission from the Law Society. You must inform NAAJA if you are a disqualified person or have been convicted of a serious offence and it is an offence under the Legal Profession Act if you fail to do so.
For employees who do not hold a practising certificate, you will be required to undergo a police record check before commencing your employment.
It is an ongoing condition of your employment that you notify NAAJA immediately if you are subject to proceedings for disqualification from legal practice or charged with a serious criminal offence.