About Legal Aid NT:

Legal Aid NT is an independent statutory authority established under the Legal Aid Act 1990. Our purpose is to ensure that people in the Northern Territory understand their legal rights and disadvantaged people have access to quality legal services, and to uphold a fair Northern Territory and national justice system. 

The Respondent Early Assistance Legal Service (REALS) is a specialised service providing information, legal assistance and social support to clients, responding to allegations that they have used domestic, family, and sexual violence (DFSV) via a domestic violence application (DVO) brought against them under the Domestic and Family Violence Act 2007 (NT). 

About the role:

Under the supervision of the Managing Solicitor of REALS, provide high-level administrative support to the REALS program.

About you:

You have a high level of administrative and secretarial skills, with the ability to organise workload, prioritise, multi-task, and meet deadlines. You can work efficiently as part of a team, utilising initiative with the ability to operate effectively in an environment with competing demands.

You have excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills and an ability to communicate with vulnerable people from diverse backgrounds, including culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) and First Nations peoples.