Company description:

Legal Aid

Job description:

• Are you a self-motivating manager experienced in leading and supporting teams to deliver high quality work?

Looking for professional growth and collaboration?

Wanting to contribute meaningfully to the local community, and help people who are most in need?

About us

Legal Aid NSW provides legal support in criminal, family, and civil law. We offer advice, court assistance, and family dispute resolution by phone or at our 28 offices.

About the role

You will support and advise the Solicitor-In-Charge (SIC) in operational matters to ensure the effective delivery of client services within a multi-disciplined and complex legal environment.

You will manage and coordinate the administration team in a medium-sized regional office to ensure client service activities are resourced and achieved.

About you
You will have extensive experience working in a busy and demanding environment, meeting tight deadlines, working collaboratively and managing conflicting priorities effectively.

You will possess strong leadership skills and have the ability to demonstrate interpersonal skills to support the Solicitor in Charge to ensure the requirements of the role are met.

Ideally, you will be someone who considers themselves to be highly organised and systematic in their approach to work. You will be proactive and enthusiastic about taking on varied tasks, in addition to being reliable and transparent in all aspects of your work.

You will be passionate about leading a team to provide a high standard of client centred services, whilst also identifying and supporting the varied learning and development needs and goals of the team.

About working in Albury

The Albury office of Legal Aid is located in downtown Albury. The office is a busy mixed practice including specialist services which provides legal services to vulnerable people in Albury and surrounding towns. Albury is a thriving regional centre sitting on the northern bank of the Murray River. Albury is an agricultural and transport hub. Albury has an abundance of parkland including its botanic gardens and recreational facilities along the meandering course of the Murray River. If you are looking for a tree change, Albury may be the change you are looking for.

WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN LEGAL AID NSW!
We are committed to diversity and inclusion
We are committed to creating a culturally safe and genuinely inclusive organisation and workplace for everyone who works and interacts with us. We strive to be a place where people from diverse backgrounds want to work, where voices and cultures are valued and where people feel valued, welcomed, respected and heard.

We want a workforce that reflects our clients, so we can deliver a service that meets the needs of the community. We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds — including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, the LGBTQI+ community, culturally diverse people and other diverse communities.

We acknowledge, support and accommodate the diverse access needs of people with visible and invisible disabilities. If you need an adjustment to participate in the recruitment process, or you'd like information about what we can do to help you, please contact our team at [email protected].

Other benefits of working with us

You will have access to training, development and mentoring opportunities. We are an accredited Flex Ready and Carers and Employers certified employer and are recognised as leaders in flexible work.

The essential requirements for this role
You must:

• 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)

How to apply
Your application must include:

your resume (no more than 5 pages)

cover letter (no more than 2 pages). In your cover letter, please address the following two targeted questions:

1. Tell us how you have effectively led a team and demonstrated judgment and discretion within a regional office; and
   
   
2. How you manage competing priorities and high volumes of work with limited resources, to main high quality service delivery

You MUST submit your application online. Applications received late or by email, will NOT be accepted.

Make sure your application is complete, and you have answered all questions before you submit.

We may use this recruitment to create a talent pool for ongoing or temporary vacancies we have over the next 18 months in Albury office.

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 or Talent Acquisition Business Partner - Axel Maire on 0404161900 or email: [email protected]

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.

Closing Date: Sunday 22nd June 2025, 11.59pm

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