This is a full-time contract for 12 months. Available to start 7 July 2025.

Remuneration and Benefits

Level 5 - 6 SCHADS Award (depending upon experience).

$97,388 - $111,092 per annum excluding super and attractive salary packaging options.

Four weeks of annual leave per annum plus leave loading as well as additional paid leave during the Christmas closure.

Staff are eligible to salary sacrifice a portion of their base salary (up to $15,900).

An OPPORTUNITY to Make a difference

Caxton Community Legal Centre is a community legal centre whose purpose is to promote and protect human rights in Queensland through access to justice. Caxton provides accessible legal information so people know their rights and can prevent or respond to legal problems. Prioritising those who experience disadvantage, trauma and marginalisation, Caxton provides free, high-quality legal assistance and social supports.

Reporting to the Managing Senior Lawyer – Elder Law, this role is responsible for providing legal advice and casework to clients, as well as legal education and community engagement activities as a member of the Seniors Legal and Support Service team which is a multidisciplinary program using a health justice partnership approach. The role visits older persons in the community, is rostered to work some days in hospitals across the Greater Brisbane Region, provides legal assistance across a range of areas of law and conducts proceedings in QCAT, the Magistrates Court and other courts as necessary to promote the human rights of older persons who are experiencing or at risk of elder abuse.

Key accountabilities

Deliver legal advice, casework and conduct lower court proceedings for clients of the Seniors Legal and Support Service

Within a human rights framework, work collaboratively with the SLASS social workers to provide holistic, client- centered, trauma-informed and culturally appropriate services to older persons to enhance their decision- making agency and their safety, security and wellbeing when they are at risk of or experience elder abuse

On a roster, attend hospitals throughout the Greater Brisbane Region to deliver legal services within a health justice partnership model

Attend aged care facilities, clients’ homes or other outreach locations to increase service accessibility

Deliver legal education and community engagement events, participate in sector development and networking, and contribute to law and policy reform

Provide direct supervision for restricted practitioners, paralegals, PLT students and volunteers (Senior Lawyer)

Trouble-shoot issues related to clients accessing the service or making complaints and identifying PII issues to the Managing Senior Lawyer – Elder Law (Senior Lawyer)

Essential requirements

Demonstrated experience across relevant areas of law

Demonstrated experience supervising lawyers on restricted practising certificates, PLT students or volunteers (Senior Lawyer)

Bachelor of Laws or similar (with 5+ years post admission experience – Senior Lawyer)

Admitted in an appropriate Australian state jurisdiction, and in the High Court of Australia

Current Queensland Practising Certificate

Have an unrestricted working right in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment.

Why Caxton legal?

Caxton Legal Centre has played a central part in Queensland’s legal landscape over the past 50 years, leading the state’s first Stolen Wages case, successfully representing well over 100 victims of the 2011 floods, and paving the way for multidisciplinary service delivery to people experiencing elder abuse.

We are an engaged, passionate and talented group of lawyers, social workers and administrative staff with whom you are encouraged to collaborate with and learn from in order to meet our client’s needs.

Our full-time staff enjoy a 35-hour working week paid at the full-time Award rate, with time off in lieu if additional approved hours are worked.

Paid Christmas leave is provided during the office shut-down period to New Years in addition to four weeks paid annual leave.

Caxton is currently experiencing significant growth and change across many of its programs; these roles represent investments into the future of our service delivery and capabilities across South-East Queensland.

Application Instructions

If you are interested in joining a team who are highly committed to social justice and value diversity and human rights, please apply by providing a 1-2 page cover letter addressing the key accountabilities and your CV, for the attention of Nicky Mitchell, Managing Senior Lawyer.