Early Career Programs Coordinator

Location: Sydney, NSW, AU, 2000
- Req ID: 77085
- Clerk 9/10, $129,464.00 - $142,665.00 + super + entitlements
- 6-month full time temporary contract
- Location: Haymarket 2000, 5-minute walk from Central Station

**About us**

Legal Aid NSW delivers accessible legal services across criminal, family and civil law. We provide advice, court representation, and family dispute resolution through 28 offices and phone-based support, helping people navigate the legal system with confidence and fairness.

**About the role**

As the Early Career Programs Coordinator, you’ll play a strategic role in shaping Legal Aid NSW’s future workforce by delivering high-quality graduate, internship, and student programs. This role is ideal for someone passionate about talent development and stakeholder engagement.

In this role, you will:

- Design and implement early career programs that align with Legal Aid NSW’s strategic Workforce Plan.
- Work closely with Talent Acquisition Business Partners to support recruitment campaigns, assessment processes, and hiring activities.
- Coordinate onboarding, rotations, and development activities, ensuring a positive and enriching experience for program participants.
- Lead program planning, stakeholder engagement, and evaluation, driving continuous improvement and long-term success.

This role is central to building a strong pipeline of future talent and offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the careers of emerging legal professionals and the legal sector.

**About you**
- You’re a confident and strategic professional with a strong understanding of workforce planning and talent development. You excel at building relationships and influencing stakeholders at all levels, navigating diverse perspectives to gain buy-in and deliver shared outcomes.
- Your ability to manage complex projects and competing priorities ensures programs are delivered on time, within budget, and to a high standard. You bring sound judgement, clear communication, and a collaborative mindset to every challenge, and are motivated by the opportunity to shape meaningful career pathways for emerging talent.

**WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN LEGAL AID NSW**

**We are committed to diversity and inclusion**
- We are committed to creating a culturally safe and genuinely inclusive organisation and workplace for everyone who works and interacts with us. We strive to be a place where people from diverse backgrounds want to work, where voices and cultures are valued and where people feel valued, welcomed, respected and heard.

**Other benefits of working with us**
- You will have access to training, development and mentoring opportunities.
- We are an accredited Flex Ready and Carers and Employers certified employer and are recognised as leaders in flexible work. Most of our staff work flexibly — for example, from home some of the time or in a way that helps them balance family and work life
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**The essential requirements for this role**
- You must:

- be willing to do a Criminal Record Check
- hold Australian or NZ citizenship, Australian Permanent Residency (for ongoing vacancies) or a valid visa to work in Australia (for temporary vacancies)

**How to apply**
- your resume (no more than 5 pages)
- cover letter (no more than 2 pages). In your cover letter, please address the two (2) following targeted questions:

- **Outline your experience in developing and delivering early career programs such as graduate, internship or student placements. How have you successfully engaged with universities, graduates, and other stakeholders to attract and support emerging talent?**
- **How do you evaluate the success of early career programs or similar initiatives you have led, and what measures or outcomes do you use to demonstrate their impact?**
- We may use this recruitment to create a talent pool for similar ongoing or temporary vacancies we have over the next 18 months.

**Do you need help to apply?**

If you are an Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and are thinking about applying, you can contact Legal Aid NSW Aboriginal Services Branch to arrange a confidential conversation about any questions you may have.

The Role Description sets out the responsibilities and Focus Capabilities of the role.

**Closing Date: Wednesday, 3rd of September 2025 at 11:59pm