Lawyers X2 - Unrestricted - Circle Green Community Legal

• Due to growth funding, we are seeking several Lawyers (unrestricted) to join our growing team at Circle Green Community Legal.
• Full-time (2 FTE) positions for unrestricted Lawyers, preferably with experience in residential tenancy law.
• Salary $89,041-$93,071 plus superannuation, additional end of year paid leave, generous salary sacrifice provisions and excellent employee conditions.

About Circle Green

Circle Green Community Legal is a community legal centre providing workplace, humanitarian, tenancy and family and domestic violence legal advice, further assistance, representation, advocacy, community legal education, referrals, outreach, and support.

Circle Green Community Legal services include a state-wide telephone service, face to face client interviews, casework, clinics and outreach legal advice, education sessions, legal resources, law reform submissions, and collaborative partnerships with legal and non-legal organisations.

Circle Green Community Legal is a growing community legal centre offering its staff job stability and development and training opportunities, with clear career progression pathways.

About the Role

The Position – Lawyer (unrestricted) (Level 5)

You will be providing comprehensive legal advice, further assistance, representation, community legal education and training, and law reform under the supervision of the Principal Lawyer. You will also be involved in the direct supervision and management of lawyers (restricted), advocates, law graduates, secondees, and volunteers.

Responsibilities include:

Legal Supervision

Includes supporting supervision and training of lawyers (restricted), advocates, secondees, intake and triage teams, and volunteers. Review intake processes and file review.

Client Work

Includes providing legal advice, information, referral, procedural support and compliance to clients. Being an ongoing point of contact and liaison for existing clients, providing information, and assisting with arrangements for further service delivery in consultation with the Principal Lawyer. Working with an interpreter. Providing duty lawyer services. File review, closure and research.

Strategic Legal Review and Advocacy

Includes ensuring appropriate compliance of guidelines and policies. Identifying future legal needs. Contributing to law reform and policy change.

Community Legal Education

Includes developing, promoting, facilitating and presenting community legal education initiatives and professional development training in the area of tenancy law. Developing resources and fact sheets.

The Person

We are seeking an energetic, confident individual who enjoys a challenge and is interested in making a significant difference to the lives of the people we work with to join our Tenancy team. We are seeking two unrestricted lawyers on a full-time (1FTE) basis. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a unique specialist community legal centre in the access to justice / social justice space.

Selection Criteria

Qualifications

• Law degree.
• Admitted, or eligible for admission, as a legal practitioner in the Supreme Court of Western Australia and eligible to hold an unrestricted WA practising certificate.

Skills and Experience

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to understand and convey complex concepts to people from diverse social, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds.
• Ability to effectively time manage a high and diverse workload.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision and be an effective team member.
• Experience supervising junior lawyers, paralegals, students and volunteers in the delivery of legal services.
• Demonstrated problem solving, negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
• A demonstrated commitment to human rights and social justice issues.

Desirable

• Experience in relevant area of law

Successful applicants will also need a current Full Australian Driver’s License, and a satisfactory National Police Check.

Application Process

If you are interested in applying for the Lawyer (unrestricted) position, please submit a copy of your current resume and a cover letter of no more than two (2) pages:

• outlining your suitability for the position in the context of the role.

Applications which do not address the selection criteria may not be considered. Interviews may commence prior to the closing date, and an appointment be made, so early applications are encouraged.

Through the selection process, shortlisted candidates will initially be asked to provide samples of previous work and attend interviews.

Shortlisted candidates may also be requested to undertake psychometric assessments, undergo criminal history screening and provide information on their work rights in Australia.

For further information, please download the Candidate Information Pack from the Talenting website using the following link: http://www.talenting.com.au/careers/. If you have any questions about the position, please contact our recruitment partners, Talenting: Tara Roopra – HR Consultant on (08) 6219 7102 or by email to recruitment@talenting.com.au using the subject line: Lawyers x2 - Unrestricted - Circle Green Community Legal enquiry via EthicalJobs.

A position description is attached.