Solicitor[s] (3)
1. Full-time Permanent (35 hours a week) 1.0 FTE 2. Part-time Permanent (21 hours a week) 0.6 FTE 3. Full-time 12 month contract (35 hours per week )
Summary about this job
Criminal & Civil Law
Company: HIV/AIDS Legal Centre
Location: Sydney
Work type: Full Time
Salary: n\a
Phone: +61-7-3906-4333
Fax: +61-7-7202-4601
E-mail: n\a
Site: n\a
Detail information about job Solicitor[s] (3). Terms and conditions vacancy
The HIV/AIDS Legal Centre (HALC) is a specialist community legal centre that provides high quality legal services around HIV, Hepatitis C and the law. HALC provides free and comprehensive legal assistance to people with an HIV or HCV-related legal problem; undertakes community legal education for professionals and the wider community; and engages in law reform activities including public interest litigation.
HALC is enlarging its service footprint to help more vulnerable people.
STATUS
1. Full-time Permanent (35 hours a week) 1.0 FTE
2. Part-time Permanent (21 hours a week) 0.6 FTE
3. Full-time 12 month contract (35 hours per week) 1.0 FTE
CLOSING DATE 27 July 2018
CONTACT PERSON Vikas Parwani or Brady: 02 9206 2060
REMUNERATION
1. Full-time Permanent $61,500 - $66,350
2. Part-time Permanent $61,500 - $73,433 pro-rata
3. Full-time 12 month contract $63,400
Superannuation of 10%
Salary packaging available
Salary bands reflect experience
2 weeks additional leave during Christmas closure
Essential Criteria
- Current NSW Practicing Certificate and eligibility to practice as a Solicitor in the Supreme Court of NSW and High Court of Australia.
- A demonstrated understanding of the legal issues affecting people with HIV and priority groups at risk of HIV; and the ability to provide sound legal advice and representation to clients with HIV-related legal matters.
- The willingness and ability to become a registered migration agent with the Migration Agents Registration Authority.
- Previous experience and passion for migration law, in particular in respect of protection visa applications and the health waiver process.
- In addition to migration, demonstrated experience in at least 2 of the following areas of law: discrimination, employment, criminal, family, insurance, superannuation, social security, wills and estates, privacy/disclosure, public health.
- Demonstrated commitment to social justice and empathy with the Centre’s client groups, including people from cultural and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with disabilities (including mental illness), people from the LGBTQI community and people at significant social and economic disadvantage.
- Ability to work as part of a team in a co-operative work environment including supporting and working with volunteers.
- Ability to manage a busy legal caseload efficiently and effectively.
- Availability to commence employment as soon as possible.
Desirable Criteria
- An interest in and ability to identify funding opportunities and prepare applications for funding (for the 12 month contract position only).
- Social media skills (for the 12 month contract position only).
- Willingness to travel interstate for community legal education and outreach.
- Experience in assisting clients with appeals of migration decisions to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.
- Experience in briefing barristers for judicial review applications.
- Ability to contribute to Community Legal Education and law reform activities.
- We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people living with HIV to apply.
JOB DESCRIPTION
Legal Services
- To provide legal advice, assistance, referral & representation to clients with HIV and/or HCV related legal problems.
- To undertake casework in accordance with the policies and procedures of the service and/or as directed by the Principal Solicitor including undertake advocacy within the solicitor’s professional capability and within the capacity of the practice.
- To brief and instruct other legal practitioners in litigated matters.
- Advocacy limited to cases identified as cases of special need and/or where other representation on HIV/AIDS and/or HCV matters is not available elsewhere.
- To work collaboratively with other staff and volunteers.
- Contribute to the development and maintenance of referral information and other resources to support the advice and casework functions.
- Liaise closely with other service providers – both HIV and/or HCV specific and generic.
Community Legal Education
- Assist in the development and delivery of community legal education programs through the provision of legal education and training sessions for legal practitioners, community workers and other organisations.
- Develop materials for use in community legal education seminars, present community legal education seminars and other community legal education activities.
- Contribute to community networking and liaison with local community organizations, police, chamber magistrates, court staff and others.
- To undertake regular professional supervision and case review.
Law Reform
- Participate as required in the development of legal and/or public policy concerned with HIV and/or HCV including identifying suitable public interest cases to maximise the potential for law reform.
- Assist in research and contribute to the preparation of submissions, reports, recommendations and commentaries regarding law and administrative reform issues.
- Work collaboratively with other community legal centres and organizations on law reform and policy advocacy work.
Other
- Identify and prepare funding applications.
- Assist and participate in the training and supervision of legal and non-legal volunteers.
- In conjunction with management and other staff assist in the planning, establishment and evaluation of services conducted by the organization.
- Provide regular reports to management; attend staff and casework meetings, as required.
- To undertake professional training as required.
- Undertake other duties as required including fundraising and networking, as well as rostered housekeeping duties.
- The position may be required to make occasional short rural trips to provide community legal education as part of state-wide service delivery.
Please submit your application, indicating which of the 3 positions you are applying for, by way of a cover letter addressing the selection criteria including proposed earliest commencement date, with a CV to [email protected]
Applications that do not address the selection criteria will not be considered.