Generalist Solicitor

✓ NFP Organisation

✓ City Location

✓ Flexible Working

✓ Salary Sacrifice benefits

Intellectual Disability Rights Centre (IDRS) is seeking a generalist Solicitor to join our Community Legal Centre, Ability Rights Centre.

Reporting to the Principal Solicitor, this role provides legal advice and casework to people with disability, predominantly those with intellectual disability and cognitive impairment.

IDRS values a diverse workforce and encourages people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people from cultural and linguistically diverse backgrounds to apply.

About IDRS

Intellectual Disability Rights Service (IDRS) operates a community legal centre and disability advocacy services working to ‘make rights real’ for people in NSW living with disabilities, particularly cognitive disabilities. We value and demonstrate justice, respect, and persistence in all our work.

The Ability Rights Centre (ARC) provides legal and advocacy services for people with cognitive and other disabilities. It also delivers community legal education and engages in law and policy reform work with a view to promoting and protecting the rights of people with disability. ARC’s services are available to people across NSW.

About the position

This role is an integral part of the ARC general legal team. The solicitor is responsible for providing legal services, providing information and referral, and undertaking some administrative duties.

Commencing: As soon as possible

Maximum term contract position to 18th June 2027, located in Sydney CBD

Salary range $106,389.92 - $111,092.80 per annum based on SCHADS level 6 depending on skills and experience

11.5% super + salary sacrifice tax benefits

Option of working some hours from home

ARC provides an after hours legal advice service to people with cognitive impairment in police custody. Remote advice after hours and week end on-call work will be required on a roster basis and remunerated according to the SCHADS Award. You must be available and willing to participate in the after hours on-call roster.