Solicitor in Charge - Legal Officer Grade VI - Prisoner Legal Services - Ongoing

at  NSW Legal Aid Commission Office of the

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?

It’s important to properly prepare before you apply for a role. Here is some other information to help you:

• If you have questions about the role, you can contact the Hiring Manager - Melissa Burgess on (02) 9219 5816 or melissa.burgess@legalaid.nsw.gov.au
• If you are an Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and are thinking about applying, you can contact the Aboriginal Services Branch to arrange a confidential conversation about any questions you may have.
• The Role Description here sets out the responsibilities 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
• Working at Legal Aid NSW

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Solicitor in Charge of Prisoners Legal Service (PLS) has a diverse and interesting role and plays a vital part in providing advice and directing a team of lawyers to provide high quality service to Legal Aid clients. Matters managed by PLS include hearings at the State Parole Authority and related Supreme Court proceedings, reviews of segregation directions, providing advice and minor assistance services including in person at various correctional centres, and providing other general criminal law and prison related advice to prisoners.
PLS has an inhouse Family Law Solicitor as well as Allied Professional Staff that the SIC is responsible for supervising. The team is also involved in projects and pilots in relation matters that impact prisoners – the SIC generally has oversight of these projects as well.
The role operates with a high level of autonomy, you are responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of PLS including management of a budget and coordinating appropriate resources of the team to meet services levels.

THE ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS ROLE

You must:

• be admitted as a legal practitioner in NSW
• be able to provide a current NSW Practising Certificate before you start work with us
• be willing to do a Criminal Record Check
• hold Australian or NZ citizenship, Australian Permanent Residency (for ongoing vacancies) or a valid visa to work in Australia (for temporary vacancies)

It’s important to properly prepare before you apply for a role. Here is some other information to help you:

• If you have questions about the role, you can contact the Hiring Manager - Melissa Burgess on (02) 9219 5816 or melissa.burgess@legalaid.nsw.gov.au
• If you are an Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and are thinking about applying, you can contact the Aboriginal Services Branch to arrange a confidential conversation about any questions you may have.
• The Role Description here sets out the responsibilities 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
• Working at Legal Aid NS