Organisation : Justice Connect
Work type : Full-time, Contract/Temporary
Profession : Legal
Sector : Law, Justice & Human Rights
Salary type : Annual Package
Salary : $100,883.02 per annum (plus 11.5% superannuation) with annual leave loading and generous salary packaging options
Application closing date : 2 Oct, 2024
About the organisation
In the face of rising levels of unmet legal need, Justice Connect designs and delivers high impact interventions to increase access to legal support and progress social justice.
Justice Connect’s Access Program is a multidisciplinary team of in-house legal, data, project, and service design expertise. We collaborate to increase access to legal assistance and progress social justice by responding quickly to a wide range of legal problems with a particular focus on disaster response, financial rights and employment law problems. We have expertise in dealing with issues that have escalated to court proceedings with a long history of running court-based services across a range of jurisdictions.
Our legal services use a range of approaches including specialist advice, pro bono referrals (leveraging our network of over 10,000 pro bono lawyers) and online resources to help people experiencing legal problems. We also operate weekly pro bono clinics for help seekers involved in litigation in Victorian courts, Federal courts and VCAT.
Our strategy commits us to identifying ways to scale legal help with digital solutions, including our in-house developed digital platform, Justice Connect Answers (JCA). We seek to identify and respond quickly to emerging legal need in the community. In all our work, we centre client experience and our commitment to impact
About the role
In this role, you’ll work to:
- Support self-represented litigants to represent themselves at court
- Identify unmet legal needs and legal matters with public interest
- Facilitate referral to pro bono lawyers
- Develop relationships with community stakeholders and undertake outreach and engagement activities
- Review and develop plain English information resources
Our ideal candidate
You’ll bring to the team experience in the following areas:
- A minimum of 1+ years unsupervised practice as a lawyer (or equivalent experience in a legal role)
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to successfully build and maintain key relationships, including with sector collaborators and internal stakeholders
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in plain English
- Ability to work with members of the community experiencing disadvantage and vulnerability
Candidates will need to demonstrate commitment to Justice Connect’s vision, strategy and values.
What you will achieve in the role
In this role, you’ll work to:
- Support self-represented litigants to represent themselves at court
- Identify unmet legal needs and legal matters with public interest
- Facilitate referral to pro bono lawyers
- Develop relationships with community stakeholders and undertake outreach and engagement activities
- Review and develop plain English information resources
What we offer
We believe is creating an environment where people will thrive.
If you want your next role to have purpose, support you to master new skills and build meaningful relationships then Justice Connect is the place to work.
We offer a range of benefits including:
- Progressive leave entitlements
- Flexible working arrangements with a minimum of 40% in the workplace attendance across the month
- Access to EAP
- New hire and ongoing learning and development
Important role information
The position reports to the Principal Lawyer.
Employment is full time fixed term until enter 30 June 2025.
The salary for this role is $100,883.02 per annum (plus 11.5% superannuation) with annual leave loading and generous salary packaging options.
This role can be based at our Melbourne or Sydney CBD offices with 40% of the month in the workplace with hybrid working arrangements.
How to apply
Please upload your resume and a cover letter which outlines your skills and experience that will help you achieve success in this role.
For further information contact Hannah Muller on 02 8599 2110
Applications close on 2 October 2024 at 11:59 PM.
Please quote in application: Lawyer via Pro Bono Australia.
Sector: #Law_Justice_and_Human_Rights
