ABOUT US

Legal Aid NSW helps people with their legal problems. We can help people with most areas 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.

DO YOU NEED HELP TO APPLY?

• If you have questions about the role, you can reach out to Craig Cole, Talent Acquisition Business Partner via email: Craig.Cole@legalaid.nsw.gov.au or 0403 530 620.
• If you are an Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and are thinking about applying, you can contact Legal Aid NSW Aboriginal Services Branch to arrange a confidential conversation about any questions you may have.
• The Role Description sets out the responsibilities and focus capabilities of the role.
• The focus capabilities and key accountabilities in the role description indicate what is expected at that level. Being familiar with these will help you understand what the panel will be looking for in the successful candidate.
• Applying for a role is a great NSW Government resource for helping you prepare your application.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Senior Advisor - Psychosocial Health Safety and Wellbeing, is pivotal in promoting a safe, healthy, and supportive workplace culture at Legal Aid NSW. This role supports the Manager Health Safety and Wellbeing by overseeing the development, implementation and evaluation of WHS projects, with an emphasis on psychosocial, wellbeing and mental health related initiatives. It ensures compliance with relevant legal and regulatory requirements, while driving continuous improvement in health, safety and wellbeing outcomes.

THE ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS ROLE

You must:

• Tertiary qualifications in a relevant field such as Organisational Psychology will be highly regarded, and/or at least 5 years of demonstrated equivalent knowledge, skills and experience
• be willing to do a Criminal Record Check and/or Working with Children Check
• hold Australian or NZ citizenship, Australian Permanent Residency (for ongoing vacancies) or a valid visa to work in Australia (for temporary vacancies)
• live in NSW or willing to relocate to NSW