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About the Role
As a Senior Solicitor in the Family Law Service for Aboriginal Communities (FamAC), you'll provide leadership within a specialist team delivering family law, care and protection, domestic violence and related legal services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients. This role requires your lived experience, cultural knowledge, and community connection to be essential for success.
Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor and develop a specialist legal team
- Represent and support clients in complex family law matters
- Work closely with communities and service partners
- Help improve outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families
Requirements
- Applicants must identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander and be accepted in the community as such.
- Hold Australian or NZ citizenship, Australian Permanent Residency, or a valid visa to work in Australia.
- Undertake relevant pre-employment checks such as Working with Children Check, Criminal Record Check and Conduct Service Check.
- Possess legal qualifications.
- Be admitted or eligible for admission as a legal practitioner in NSW.
- Provide a current NSW Unrestricted Practising Certificate before starting work.
- Be a Registered practitioner of the High Court of Australia before starting work.
- Have a valid Driver Licence and/or the capacity to travel regularly, potentially to regional and remote areas.
Skills
- Strong family law experience
- Strong care and protection experience
- Culturally informed approach to supporting Aboriginal families and communities
- Mentoring others
- Building strong relationships
- Improving access to justice
- Creating lasting positive change for Aboriginal people
Location
- Haymarket
Work Type
- Ongoing full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Legal qualifications
Salary/Compensations
- $148,380 - $151,236pa
Benefits
- Flexible Working
- Professional Growth opportunities
- Work Health, Safety and Wellbeing programs
About the Company
- Legal Aid NSW provides legal advice, support, and representation in criminal, family, and civil law.
- The organisation is committed to fairness, diversity, and inclusion.
- Legal Aid NSW has a significant number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff and is committed to creating a culturally safe workplace.
Equal Opportunity
- Applicants for this position must be Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, identify as being Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, and be accepted in the community as such.
- An applicant's race is a genuine occupational qualification and is authorised under Section 14(d) of the NSW Anti-Discrimination Act 1977.
- We promote dignity, trust, respect, and are committed to diversity and inclusion by offering recruitment and workplace adjustments.