Solicitor – Legal Officer I-III - Coffs Harbour – Civil Law Division

at  NSW Legal Aid Commission Office of the

SOLICITOR – LEGAL OFFICER I-III - COFFS HARBOUR – CIVIL LAW DIVISION

• Temporary – 1 August 2024 to 30 July 2025
• Legal Officer Grade I-III
• Full Time – 35 hours per week

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 – Kylie Hyde on (02) 6650 6003 or email kylie.hyde@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 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 successful candidate will provide high quality advice, minor assistance and casework services in areas such as consumer, mental health, human rights, employment, housing, immigration, social security, and/or coronial inquests, or other areas of civil law.

The role will involve the following:

• Deliver client-centred, trauma informed services to clients experiencing deep and persistent disadvantage and dislocation.
• Effectively engage and work collaboratively with communities and external stakeholders.
• Deliver targeted Community Legal Education.
• Provide high quality advice and casework service to disadvantaged clients, including representing clients in alternative dispute resolution processes, Courts and Tribunals.

THE ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS ROLE

You must:

• be admitted or be eligible for admission 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 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)
• current valid Drivers Licence

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 – Kylie Hyde on (02) 6650 6003 or email kylie.hyde@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 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