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Senior Lawyer

knowmore

An opportunity for an enthusiastic and diligent Senior Lawyer has become available to join our legal team in Adelaide. This is an opportunity for the right candidate to be part of a reputable organisation with fantastic career progression and professional development prospects. Attractive remuneration package and access to salary packaging.

About knowmore

knowmore is a nation-wide, free and independent mainstream community legal centre providing legal information, advice, representation and referrals, education and systemic advocacy for victims and survivors of child abuse.

knowmore uses a multidisciplinary model bringing together intake officers, lawyers, social workers and counsellors, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander engagement advisors and financial counsellors to provide trauma-informed, client-centred and culturally safe legal assistance to clients. Services are provided through a national phone line and face-to-face services in key locations, supported by a comprehensive program of outreach and community engagement across Australia. 

About the Role

This role delivers front line legal services and casework assistance and reports directly to the Principal lawyer and assists that role in supervising the day to day activities of a small legal team of lawyers and paralegals as well as providing mentoring and professional supervision to them. 

The role will advise clients who are survivors of child sexual abuse about redress and compensation options, including redress claims under the National Redress Scheme, and acting for clients making such claims. The Senior Lawyer will manage a significant caseload, including more complex matters. The Senior Lawyer will also contribute to knowmore’s policy and law reform work and prepare and deliver community legal education and participate in other community engagement activities, working cooperatively and collaboratively with other staff and service providers.

The role will involve some intrastate and interstate travel to deliver services to clients on an outreach basis, and to undertake community engagement activities. 

Duties and Responsibilities are including but not limited to:

  • Provide high quality advice and representation to clients in relation to the legal issues arising from their experience of sexual abuse, including in relation to their redress options, undertaking a significant caseload and working with clients with complex needs.
  • Support the Legal team leadership to lead knowmore’s service delivery to clients in a local office and to work co-operatively with knowmore’s other teams to ensure clients’ legal and related needs are identified and actioned in an effective and consistent way and all timelines are met.
  • Contribute as a professional member of a national legal practice; ensuring compliance by self and supervised legal staff with professional and corporate responsibilities including the rules and requirements of relevant legal profession legislation and the Community Legal Centre Risk Management Guide.
  • Conducting regular file reviews and monitoring and contributing to the development and continuous improvement of service delivery standards, policies and precedents.
  • Ensure all relevant service data is recorded.
  • Support the development of effective working relationships and referral arrangements with other service providers.
  • Undertake legal research and drafting to support knowmore’s contributions to law reform and policy and procedural initiatives relating to its client group, including through the identification of issues arising from practice.
  • Assist in the preparation and delivery of community legal education and other engagement activities and materials, working cooperatively and collaboratively with non-legal service providers and other staff and external partners to raise awareness and provide information about knowmore’s services and common issues facing the client group.
  • Manage the day-to-day supervision and coordination of the activities of volunteers and pro bono providers.
  • Proactively manage own self-care and workload, and model a commitment to self-care and resilience.

Location & Hours

  • The role is based in Adelaide
  • Full-time hours
  • Ongoing contract – subject to the funding of the knowmore service.

Selection Criteria

  • Applicant must have their unrestricted practising certificate in the relevant jurisdiction, or be able to obtain it immediately
  • A strong awareness of the legal issues facing survivors of child sexual abuse and demonstrated experience practicing in a relevant area or areas of law, experience in personal injury claims may be advantageous
  • Demonstrated experience in supervising and assisting more junior legal staff to identify and manage priorities, meet timelines and comply with the responsibilities of legal practice
  • Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and effectively as a member of a larger multi-disciplinary team of legal and non-legal staff, with the capacity to work flexibly, independently and with limited supervision
  • Demonstrated understanding of the issues affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and experience in providing culturally safe services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
  • Demonstrated ability to identify broader and systemic issues arising from casework and to develop appropriate responses and to contribute to policy development and law reform activities
  • Proactively manage own care and workload
  • Ability and willingness to travel and work in regional, rural and remote areas
  • Capacity to accept and respond appropriately to constructive feedback regarding professional capability and work performance

Benefits

A competitive salary commensurate with the not for profit sector is offered together with the availability of salary packaging to achieve a tax effective total salary package.  In addition to being a flexible workplace, knowmore offers 10.5% superannuation (0.5% above the SGC), a 37.5 hour working week and 4 weeks annual leave, including annual leave loading.

Additionally, knowmore offers the ability to partially work from home to facilitate a balanced work life.

Further Information about knowmore is available at www.knowmore.org.au

If this sounds like an opportunity you would be interested, please click ‘apply now’.

Interviews may be conducted as applications are received.

The role will be required to satisfactorily complete a National Police Records Check and a Working with Children Check.

Due to the volume of anticipated applications, only successful applicants will be contacted. Interviews will be conducted as applications are received.

Agencies please note: This recruitment assignment is being managed directly by knowmore. We do not require extra assistance at this time

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