Senior Solicitor / Clinical Supervisor

UNSW; Sydney; On-site; AUD 123,000 - 139,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading community legal centre is seeking a Senior Solicitor / Clinical Supervisor to lead a dedicated team, manage casework, and supervise legal advice services. This role combines leadership and mentoring with hands-on legal practice, providing a unique opportunity for professional growth while ensuring high-quality legal services in line with community needs.

Benefits

17% Superannuation contributions

Additional 3 days of leave over Christmas period

Discounts and entitlements (retail, education, fitness)

50% off tuition fees for courses at UNSW

Flexible Work Policy

Qualifications

• Extensive experience managing and supervising staff in a legal assistance environment.
• Demonstrated ability to supervise a generalist legal practice.
• Knowledge of risk management requirements.

Responsibilities

• Oversee advice casework and community legal education.
• Manage a team of lawyers focusing on client service.
• Conduct complex casework and support solicitors.

Skills

Leadership

Supervising

Interpersonal Communication

Analytical Skills

Problem Solving

Education

Eligible to practise as a solicitor New South Wales

Job description

• Employment Type : continuing full time (35hour week)
• Remuneration : (Level 8) $123044 $% Superannuation
• Location : Kensington NSW

Why Your Role Matters :

Kingsford Legal Centre (KLC) is a community legal centre providing free legal advice and assistance to people who live work or study in the Randwick and Botany Bay local government areas in NSW. Our team of Solicitors / Clinical Supervisors provide advice on a wide variety of matters.

The Senior Solicitor / Clinical Supervisor position at KLC offers a unique blend of leadership mentorship and handson legal practice. In this role you will oversee advice casework and community legal education while providing daytoday supervision to a team of dedicated lawyers. Working closely with the Principal Solicitor you will ensure the effective running of the legal practice delivering highquality legal services to KLC clients in line with funding and risk management requirements.

This leadership role involves managing and developing a team of lawyers focusing on client service process development and collaboration. You will conduct complex casework and support solicitors handling demanding client work across various legal areas including general civil law employment law discrimination and sexual harassment law and a health justice partnership. Additionally you will manage advice nights attend community outreaches and conduct community legal education while teaching UNSW Law & Justice students in a best practice clinical legal education model.

The role of Senior Solicitor / Clinical Supervisor reports to the Director / Deputy Director of KLC and has direct legal supervision reports. Join us to advance your career and contribute to the professional growth of future legal leaders.

Accountabilities

Specific accountabilities for this role include :

• Lead and support a team of lawyers within Kingsford Legal Centre and work collaboratively with other Centre staff to drive the Centres strategic work.
• Provide legal supervision to a team of lawyers in accordance with the Centres risk management policies under the direction of the Principal Solicitor.
• Conduct strategic and complex advice and casework across the Centres work and provide highlevel supervision to lawyers undertaking this work.
• Assist with the management of the daytoday operation of the Centres legal service including around the effective utilisation of the Centres electronic case management system as delegated.
• Supervise evening advice sessions as required.
• Contribute to the development of funding and strategic relationships and work collaboratively to secure new opportunities which align with the Centres needs and goals.
• Proactively develop and deliver community legal education and law reform projects.
• In conjunction with the team collaborate and develop innovative opportunities for student learning in the Centre and continuous process improvement to the daytoday work.
• Represent the Centre to high level stakeholders and ensure relationships are built and maintained to ensure the success of the Centres goals and objectives.
• Identify service gaps and respond to new and emerging legal issues for our community in innovative ways.
• Identify and implement Access and Equity strategies in respect of the Centres students and clients.

Skills and Experience

To be considered you will hold Australian Working Rights or Australian Citizenship. Visa sponsorship will not be available for this role.

• Eligible to practise as a solicitor New South Wales on an unrestricted practising certificate.
• Extensive skills and experience as a supervising solicitor including strong knowledge of risk

management requirements and managing vicarious trauma.

• Extensive experience managing and supervising staff volunteers and students in a community

legal centre environment or legal assistance environment and a knowledge of funding

requirements.

• Demonstrated ability to supervise a generalist legal practice and extensive experience providing

legal advice within a traumainformed model to clients with complex needs.

• Strong experience in complex advice and casework including experience undertaking litigation in

areas relevant to KLCs practice.

• Excellent interpersonal oral and written communication skills with the ability to develop strong

relationships with stakeholders.

• Demonstrated initiative with excellent analytical and creative problemsolving skills.
• Proven experience to manage multiple projects experience working in complex funding

environments a knowledge of electronic case management systems and an ability to drive

innovation in relation to responding to legal need.

PreEmployment Checks :

• Verification of Qualifications

Benefits and Culture :

People are at the core of everything we do. We recognise it is the contributions of our staff who make UNSW one of the best universities in Australia and the world.

Our benefits include :

• 17% Superannuation contributions and additional leave loading payments
• Additional 3 days of leave over Christmas period
• Discounts and entitlements (retail education fitness)
• Option to studyand save with50%offtuition fees for courses and degrees atUNSW.
• UNSWs Flexible Work Policy provides staff with the opportunity to personalise worktimes (e.g. early start time to finish early).

UNSW supports staff who have family responsibilities through a number of entitlements including parental leave primary carer leave and more!

For further details on the benefits please visit to Apply :

Please submit both a CV and Cover Letter online before Sunday 11th May 2025 by 11 : 30pm. Please ensure your Cover Letter addresses how your experience fits the role (maximum length 2 pages).

Get in Touch :

If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process please contactAnabel WasonTalent Acquisition Consultant at

Please apply online any applications sent to the contact above will not be accepted.

UNSW is committed to evolving a culture that embraces equity and supports a diverse and inclusive community where everyone can participate fairly in a safe and respectful environment. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and encourage applications from people of diverse gender sexual orientation cultural and linguistic backgrounds Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background people with disability and those with caring and family responsibilities. UNSW provides workplace adjustments for people with disability and access to flexible work options for eligible staff.

The University reserves the right not to proceed with any appointment.

Required Experience :

Manager

Key Skills

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Monthly Salary Salary : 123044 - 138636

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