Administration and Project Coordinator

Department: LRLS PD Public Defenders; Sydney; On-site; AUD 117,000 - 129,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay and conditions

Training and development opportunities

Health & Wellbeing and EAP

Job summary

Department: LRLS PD Public Defenders in Darlinghurst, NSW, seeks a senior support role to provide advanced IT and administration support, supervise Legal Support Officers, and manage data analytics and projects in a fast-paced legal environment.

The role focuses on coordinating financial management, events, and business support while ensuring compliance with office protocols and delivering high-quality service to barristers and staff.

Qualifications

• Advanced IT and administrative skills, preferably in a legal setting.
• Legal sector knowledge and understanding of legal terminology.
• Experience with practice management systems, audio-visual technologies and website management.
• Leadership and staff management experience.
• Experience in data analytics, data quality management and data remediation.
• Project and event management experience.
• Experience developing, implementing and improving administrative systems and processes.
• Facilities and asset management experience.
• Detail-oriented and adaptable, with a passion for providing exceptional support in a legal environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced IT support and manage electronic systems, primarily BriefCase.
• Lead the work allocation of Legal Support Officers to ensure high-quality service.
• Project manage the annual Public Defender Criminal Law Conference.
• Assist the Chambers Manager with projects and business initiatives.
• Lead data remediation and data analytics work.

Skills

IT & admin skills

Leadership

Data analytics

Project management

Admin processes

Facilities management

Tools

BriefCase administration

Audio-visual tech

Website management

Case management systems

Job description

Department: LRLS PD Public Defenders – Darlinghurst NSW

$116,981 - $129,492 a year

Full time, Permanent

1d ago , from Department of Communities and Justice NSW

• Salary - Clerk Grade 7/8, Base Salary ($116,981 - 129,492), plus employer’s contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading

Your role

This position is a key support role in the running of the NSW Public Defenders Chambers. Public Defenders are statutory appointed barristers who provide legal representation to legally aided people charged with serious criminal offences. This role is responsible for the provision of advanced information technology and project management support; financial management, event coordination, and administrative and business support. The successful applicant will be required to supervise a team of Legal Support Officers to ensure high-quality, on the ground responsive support is provided, in a high pressure and fast paced environment, to contribute to the efficient operation of Chambers.

What you’ll do

As part of the Public Defenders Chambers, you will provide advanced multimedia and information technology support, as well as financial, project, event and high level business administration. You will be required to manage the work allocation of Legal Support Officers (LSOs), ensuring high-quality service is provided and adherence to office protocols.

You will also:

• Provide information technology support to metro and regionally based barristers
• Serve as the administrator for key electronic systems, primarily BriefCase, a complex case management system
• Project manage the annual Public Defender Criminal Law Conference.
• Assist the Chambers Manager with various projects and business initiatives.
• Lead important data remediation and data analytics work.

You will work as part of a dedicated team of professionals committed to excellence in legal services, fostering a collaborative and dynamic work culture in a fast-paced environment.

What we’re looking for

• Advanced information technology and administrative skills, preferably in a legal office or similar setting with experience working on complex legal client management systems.
• Legal sector knowledge, with an solid understanding of legal terminology and processes.
• Demonstrated experience with various information technology applications, including practice management systems, audio-visual technologies and website management.
• Leadership and staff management experience.
• Experience in data analytics, data quality management and data remediation.
• Project and event management experience.
• Experience developing, implementing and improving administrative systems, processes and procedures.
• Facilities and asset management including experience in office accommodation management.
• Detail-oriented and adaptable, with a passion for providing exceptional support in a legal environment.

Appointments are subject to reference checks. Some roles may also require the following checks/ clearances:

• National Criminal History Record Check in accordance with the Disability Inclusion Act 2014
• Working with Children Check clearance in accordance with the Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012

We focus on hiring people who share our commitment and goals of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, courage and integrity. If you meet the essential requirements and the role resonates with you, please apply – you do not need to meet every desired requirement for us to want to talk to you.

What We Offer

We offer a variety of benefits, including:

• A challenging and rewarding career
• Competitive pay and conditions
• Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities
• Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.

Please note this role is based in Darlinghurst and requires mandatory in-person attendance in the office five days per week.

We do work that really matters

Working for the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners, to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families and communities. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It’s work that really matters.

Applications close: Sunday, 08 November 2026 at 11:59pm AEDT.

For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager, Ilona Kernick at

If you’ve got a question about applying or would benefit from an adjustment in the recruitment process to help you perform at your best (including an alternate method submission of the application), please contact Lois Jebin at

Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit

We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.

To find out what DCJ are doing to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, visit .

Other Information

A talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.

Thank you for your interest in this role. We look forward to receiving your application.