Position details

Tasmanian Government•Meriden, CT

About The Position

The Department of Justice encourages applications from Indigenous Australians, people living with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, mature age workers and LGBTIQA+ people. The Department supports reasonable adjustment requests in any stage of the assessment process to remove barriers and facilitate full participation in all aspects of employment for applicants with disability. If you have individual requirements that need to be accommodated to participate in an interview or recruitment activity, you can include this information with your application. The Department is a diverse and inclusive workplace and understands the importance of flexible working arrangements. The position involves providing routine legal advice, information and guidance to clients or their support person, obtaining expert reports and making detailed referrals, assisting senior practitioners with administrative investigations and legal proceedings, and providing legal advice for relevant legal matters. The role also requires appearing in Court and at conferences, participating in stakeholder meetings, preparing reports, undertaking legal research, and engaging in service development and community legal education activities.

Requirements

Admitted or eligible for admission as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Tasmania.
Current Tasmanian Registration to Work with Vulnerable People (Registration Status-Employment).

Nice To Haves

Current Motor Vehicle Driver’s Licence.

Responsibilities

Provide routine legal advice, information and guidance to clients or their support person regarding the law, their rights and legal processes.
Obtain expert reports and make detailed referrals to appropriate internal and external services, including obtaining expert reports as required.
Assist senior practitioners by undertaking administrative investigations and straightforward legal proceedings.
Provide legal advice to support the management of relevant legal matters and assist more senior Legal Practitioners with research, preparation, drafting and other appropriate tasks as directed.
Appear in Court and at conferences for clients on a duty solicitor basis or pursuant to a Grant of Legal Aid funding.
Participate in stakeholder meetings and working groups as requested.
Prepare reports as required by Tasmania Legal Aid or under funding agreements.
Undertake legal research and assist in the development of program policy and legislation to support law reform and complex legal matters.
Engage in service development, outreach and other community legal education activities.
Perform such other professional legal work within the Tasmanian Legal Aid as required.