• Employment Type: Full Time, Fixed Term for 12 months (35-hour week)
• Remuneration: Level 6 Position $100,354 - $107,054 + 17% Super (Level 7 Position Level is only available for applicants with the relevant skills and experience, $110,073 - $119,132)
• Location: Kensington, NSW

Why Your Role Matters:

Kingsford Legal Centre (KLC) is a community legal centre providing free legal advice and assistance to our local community and to people across NSW.

The Solicitor/Clinical Supervisor will provide advice, casework and community legal education in areas of law relevant to our service including employment, discrimination, criminal, family and generalist law, but with a focus on employment and discrimination work. KLC works in a community development model and the solicitor/clinical supervisor staffs advice nights, outreaches and our Health Justice Partnership at Prince of Wales Hospital. This position works closely with UNSW Sydney law students teaching them in a best practice clinical legal education model.

This position is based from KLC located within UNSW Kensington Campus.

Accountabilities:

Level 6:

• Provide legal advice and conduct casework in conjunction with the other lawyers employed at the Centre in accordance with the Centre’s policies and across the range of the Centre’s advice and casework guidelines.
• Provide legal advice and conduct casework in the Centre’s collaborative Employment Rights Legal Service, together with Redfern Legal Centre and Inner City Legal Centre.
• Provide legal advice at the Centre’s regular community outreaches, and participate generally in KLC’s work in the community.
• Participate in delivering quality clinical legal education to UNSW Law students including by: assisting with the induction of students each session; supervising student participation in advice, casework and administrative duties, undertaking student assessment, assisting with the teaching of classes, and supervising and developing student projects.
• Supervise the Centre’s advice nights on a weekly basis.
• Develop and deliver community legal education (CLE) workshops and resources on relevant areas of law, with a particular focus on employment and discrimination law.
• Contribute to the Centre’s law reform activities, with a particular focus on employment and discrimination law.
• Assist in the general day to day administration of the Centre, including assisting other staff members during periods of leave.

Level 7 (in addition to the above):

• Conduct complex casework and litigation with minimal supervision.
• Develop and deliver new and innovative CLE workshops on relevant areas of law and assist in the planning of the Centre’s CLE activities, including the development of resources and community development work.
• Contribute and develop law reform work, including submission and report writing with a human rights focus on the Centre’s areas of specialisation and legal issues faced by KLC’s community.
• Provide legal supervision to other solicitors as an experienced member of the legal team, including taking responsibility as a nominated person.
• Develop innovative clinical legal education opportunities for students at the Centre.

Skills and Experience:

To be considered you will hold Australian Working Rights or Australian Citizenship. Visa sponsorship will not be available for this role.

Level 6:

• Eligible to practise as a solicitor New South Wales.
• An ability to provide high quality legal advice, in employment and or discrimination law.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including experience working with people from diverse backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with a disability and people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities.
• Experience working in a community legal centre, or legal aid environment and/or a good understanding of the legal assistance sector.
• Demonstrated experience working with people experiencing distress in relation to their legal problems.
• Experience in developing and delivering community legal education events and modules to key stakeholders.
• An understanding of and commitment to UNSW’s aims, objectives and values in action, together with relevant policies and guidelines.
• Knowledge of health and safety responsibilities and commitment to attending relevant health and safety training.

Level 7 (in addition to the above):

• Extensive experience in advice and casework (including litigation), in particular in employment and discrimination law.
• Extensive experience in delivering CLE events across all stakeholders using the latest technology and developing new CLE strategies in response to legal need.
• Demonstrated experience in law reform work, including submission and report writing.
• Proven experience providing legal supervision to solicitors, volunteers and students.

Pre-Employment Checks:

• Verification of Qualifications
• Working with Children Check
• Criminal Record Check

Benefits and Culture:

People are at the core of everything we do. We recognise it is the contributions of our staff who make UNSW one of the best universities in Australia and the world.

Our benefits include:

• 17% Superannuation contributions and additional leave loading payments
• Career development opportunities
• Additional 3 days of leave over Christmas period
• Discounts and entitlements (retail, education, fitness), for further details please visit - Discounts & Entitlements | Jobs@UNSW
• Option to study and save with 50% off tuition fees for courses and degrees at UNSW.
• UNSW’s Flexible Work Policy provides staff with the opportunity to personalise worktimes (e.g., early start time to finish early).
• UNSW supports staff who have family responsibilities through a number of entitlements including parental leave, primary carer leave and more!

For further details on the benefits, please click here.

How to Apply:

Please submit both a CV and Cover Letter online. Please ensure your Cover Letter addresses how your experience fits the role (maximum length 2 pages).

Get in Touch:

If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Allyssar Hamoud, Talent Acquisition Coordinator at [email protected] using the subject line: Solicitor / Clinical Supervisor - Employment Solicitor enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Please apply online, any applications sent to the contact above will not be accepted.

UNSW is committed to evolving a culture that embraces equity and supports a diverse and inclusive community where everyone can participate fairly, in a safe and respectful environment. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and encourage applications from people of diverse gender, sexual orientation, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background, people with disability and those with caring and family responsibilities. UNSW provides workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options for eligible staff.

The University reserves the right not to proceed with any appointment.

A position description is attached.