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Geelong West

Full Time/Part Time (Hybrid)

$110,000 – $129,999 per annum + salary packaging

About the Role

Reporting to the Legal Practice Manager, the Senior Lawyers are primarily responsible for undertaking legal work and providing direct supervision and support to a small team of junior lawyers and volunteers; while ensuring compliance with Villamanta’s legal practice standards and Community Legal Centres Australia (CLCA) risk management framework, and all other applicable legal and regulatory standards.

Other responsibilities include:

• contributing to submissions that clarify issues, propose alternatives, and seek to improve outcomes under our purpose and service priorities;
• planning and delivering community and clinical legal education workshops and training to stakeholders;
• provide regular reports to the Legal Practice Manager

If you have legal experience with NDIS Appeals, Discrimination, Tenancy and/or Prisoner rights – this will be highly regarded.

Key Selection Criteria

Essential

1. Eligible to hold a practising certificate from the Legal Practice Board (LSB).
2. An understanding of the issues that affect people who have a disability.
3. Ability to work collaboratively and perform as an efficient and productive team member.
4. Provide high quality legal advice, casework services and tribunal or court representation.
5. Experience supervising the legal work and workload of junior lawyers.
6. Excellent verbal and written communication skills suitable for a range of audiences, including strategic and community stakeholders as well as stakeholder management and negotiation skills.
7. Proven strong level of initiative and organisational abilities; including time and project management skills and the ability to prioritise while managing a diverse caseload.
8. Demonstrated commitment to the protection and advancement of human rights.
9. Advanced computer skills relevant to the operation of Microsoft programs and Villamanta’s data systems.

Desirable

1. Knowledge of relevant disability legislation, government policies and current issues
2. Experience collaborating with people who have a disability, in particular people who have an intellectual disability or cognitive impairment.
3. Hold a current drivers’ licence.

Lawyers with a disability are encouraged to apply.

For further details, feel free to read out Position Description.

To submit your application, please visit our Ethical Jobs page

Please feel free to contact Naomi Anderson our Legal Practice Manager on naomi.anderson@villamanta.org.au using the subject line: Senior Lawyer / Lawyer – Unrestricted Practicing Certificate – Geelong West enquiry via EthicalJobs if you have any questions about the role and or Villamanta.

If you are not sure if you ‘qualify’ as a senior lawyer – or you are very interested in any other lawyer roles at Villamanta that may come up in the future, please reach out to naomi.anderson@villamanta.org.au and express your interest.

Our students and volunteer lawyers assist with the delivery of our services.

We have many different types of volunteers who assist us, including:

• Volunteer lawyers
• Law students
• Board members
• Other professional roles as the need arises.

Unfortunately, we currently have no open volunteer opportunities.

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