Established in 1979, Mallee Family Care is a place-based agency delivering 70+ programs and services to meet the diverse needs of our community, across a catchment area of more than 160,000 km².
If you’re passionate about improving outcomes in the lives of children, families and individuals, and in building stronger communities, we would like to hear from you.
Mallee Family Care supports professional development and offers generous salary packaging and paid placements where appropriate.
We are committed to building an organisation that reflects the diversity of the communities we support.
As an Equal Opportunity employer, we invite applications from people of all walks of life. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD), LGBTQIA+, and people living with a disability are encouraged to apply for our roles.
Job Description
Position Objectives
The Mallee Family Care Community Legal Centre is seeking an experienced Senior Generalist Solicitor to join their dynamic Legal Team focusing on access to justice issues, social justice and human rights. The MFCCLC serves the Northern and Southern Mallee of Victoria, South West New South Wales and Far West NSW.
The MFCCLC Far West NSW program offers a range of services such as generalist, family law and/or family/domestic violence, outreach and duty lawyer services at the Broken Hill Local Court and Wilcannia court for minor traffic, tenancy matters and Domestic Violence orders. To do this the service provides free legal information, advice and casework to residents of Broken Hill, the Central Darling Shire, and Unincorporated Far West NSW area.
The MFCCLC Far West service is based in Broken Hill and provides outreach to Wilcannia, Menindee, Ivanhoe, Tibooburra and White Cliffs.
The Senior Generalist Solicitor is part of the wider MFCCLC team located across sites in the Mallee (Vic and NSW) and Far West NSW, including remote workers. This role will work with those most vulnerable in the community. To be responsive to community legal needs, staff are required to be on site in Broken Hill for face-to-face service delivery. The MFCCLC also provides community legal education and engages in law reform activities to address postcode injustice and access to legal services as a human right.
The Community Legal Centre (CLC) team consists of legal and non-legal staff and is part of the ‘Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Services’ Directorate within Mallee Family Care, all working together to provide supportive programs for our community.
At least (3) three years’ experience with an unrestricted Practicing Certificate and be admitted (or be eligible to be admitted) as a legal practitioner in New South Wales.
A commitment to social justice principles and a demonstrated capacity to provide legal services to disadvantaged individuals in a community legal environment.
Experience in mentoring legal practitioners and fostering a collaborative team environment.
A current driver’s licence and a willingness to travel and preparedness to be accommodated overnight when required.
For you to be considered for this role, all applications must be submitted with a Cover Letter, Resume and the Key Selection Criteria addressed, which can be found in the position description.
For more information regarding this position please contact Maree Fullgrabe – Human Resource Manager on 5023 5966