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Solicitor

Refugee Advice and Casework Service
  • 12 month contract

The primary role of the RACS Solicitor is to provide legal assistance to people seeking asylum and refugees in an immigration setting. The position reports to a RACS Supervising Senior Solicitor. The Solicitor will carry out their duties in accordance with RACS policy and funding guidelines. The successful applicant will be working at RACS’ main Randwick office, but will be expected to travel to our outreach locations, to external meetings, detention centres and other locations as reasonably required.

RACS seeks a solicitor that holds or is eligible to hold a NSW legal practicing certificate with less than 3 years legal experience/PQE or less than 2 years’ experience in the field of Refugee Practice or other relevant experience.

The RACS working environment can be high volume and the successful applicant must be skilled in managing time and priorities.

Essential selection criteria:

  • Demonstrated experience as a legal practitioner with knowledge of Australian immigration law and practice, particularly refugee law.
  • Previously had or currently engaged in the direct supervision of volunteers, practical legal trainees or Paralegals.
  • Experience working with clients from torture & trauma backgrounds and or/ culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
  • High-level communication and interpersonal skills, including an ability to communicate with a wide range of stakeholders in a confident and a respectful manner.
  • Ability to work under pressure, manage time and priorities effectively and meet strict deadlines.
  • Ability to work independently and in a diverse team.
  • A commitment to refugee and human rights issues.

RACS is committed to working together to achieve a more inclusive community. Our workplace strives to be one that embraces and celebrates diversity and the wide range of skills, expertise and experience we can all bring to strengthen our dynamic, collaborative and responsive environment. RACS encourages people from all backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, people that identify as LGBTIQ+ and people with disabilities. RACS welcomes applications from those with the lived experience of seeking asylum, including those on temporary visas.

A position description is attached.

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