Senior Solicitor (Identified)

NSW Department of Communities and Justice; Sydney; On-site; AUD 148,000 - 151,000; Full time

Job summary

NSW Department of Communities and Justice is seeking an Aboriginal Identified – Senior Solicitor (FamAC) based in Haymarket, Sydney. This ongoing full-time role offers the opportunity to lead a specialist family law team serving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients.

You will provide leadership within the Family Law Service for Aboriginal Communities, delivering family law, care and protection, domestic violence and related legal services with cultural knowledge and community connection.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and develop a specialist legal team

Job description

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Aboriginal Identified – Senior Solicitor (FamAC)

Grade IV

• Lead with purpose. Drive justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families.
• Salary range $148,380 - $151,236pa (plus superannuation and entitlements)
• Ongoing full-time position located in Haymarket

Applicants for this position must be Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, identify as being Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, and be accepted in the community as such.

You Belong Here

Here, every role has purpose.

Whether you’re delivering frontline legal services or strengthening our organisation from behind the scenes, you’ll help create fairer outcomes for the people across NSW and the opportunity to share your skills, stories, and passions and to represent your mob and culture.

With over 120 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff, we are committed to creating a culturally safe workplace. We value the knowledge, skills and lived experience that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people bring to our organisation.

We promote dignity, trust, respect, and are committed to diversity and inclusion by offering recruitment and workplace adjustments.

This is a role where being Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander is a genuine occupational requirement. This means that your lived experience, cultural knowledge and community connection is essential to succeeding in this role and the services being provided.

As a Senior Solicitor in the Family Law Service for Aboriginal Communities (FamAC), you'll provide leadership within a specialist team delivering family law, care and protection, domestic violence and related legal services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients.

In this role, you will:

• Lead, mentor and develop a specialist legal team