Legal Support Officer

Division: LRLS Law Reform & Legal Services- Location: Darlington, NSW, AU, 2008- Req ID: 70240

**Legal Support Officer**

**Public Defenders Office**
- **Sydney CBD**:

- **Employment Type - Temporary opportunity until 30 June 2025 - Full time (35 hrs per week)**:

- **Salary - Clerk Grade 3/4, Base Salary ($79,032 - $86,539), plus employer’s contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading**

**Your role**

**What you’ll do**

As part of The Public Defender, you will provide vital paralegal and administrative support. You will assist in drafting legal documents, managing reception, co-ordinating meetings including Audio Visual Link (AVL) bookings, printing material and undertaking records management, providing on the ground information technology support and undertaking financial responsibilities such as raising purchase orders and paying of invoices to ensure smooth business operations.

You will also:

- Manage the reception desk and all incoming calls, mail, deliveries and solicitor/ client and other visits to enable efficient and appropriate access to Public Defender services.
- Assist the Chambers Manager with financial tasks and event management
- Manage the CASES database to ensure accurate record-keeping and timely data entry.
- Arrange travel for Public Defenders and assist with submitting travel claims in accordance with Department policies.
- Provide technology support, including troubleshooting IT issues and updating the Public Defenders website.
- Supporting the CASES (client/work) data base by correctly entering data and other associated duties to ensure records are accurate and timely, track work of Public Defenders and provide statistics for various reports for efficient management of the office.

Please note that this position involves handling extremely distressing material, which will require emotional resilience.

You will work as part of a dedicated team of legal professionals who value collaboration, integrity, and commitment to social justice. You’ll be working in a dynamic and supportive environment, where your contributions directly enhance the delivery of quality legal representation for our clients.

**What we’re looking for**
- Experience providing high level para-legal and administrative support to barristers involved with criminal defence work or within a social justice environment.
- Proven ability to deal with challenging and confronting legal material involving serious criminal offences.
- 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

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**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.

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**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.

**Are you ready to join us?**

Click apply, attach a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements of the role as well as an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages).

**Applications close**:Sunday, 27 October 2024 at 11:59pm AEST.

**Got a question?**

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**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 Inclusion and diversity on the DCJ website.

**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.

For more information visit Your recruitment journey on the DCJ website.