Description:
Legal Services CommissionJob reference: req73
Location: 5001 - ADELAIDE
Job status: Long Term Contract
Eligibility: Open to Everyone
The Organisation
Legal Services is passionate about ensuring justice is available and accessible for all South Australians. As the largest legal assistance service in SA, we ensure that South Australians have access to a trusted lawyer when they need help to be heard, easy ways to learn about their rights and responsibilities, and service to answer any legal questions.
Each year 140,000 South Australians benefit from the services we deliver.
The Opportunity
Join our dynamic criminal law division and open the door to a future filled with growth and advancement. As a valued member of our team, you will have access to a range of opportunities designed to elevate your career.
As a Duty Lawyer, you will represent defendants in court, particularly focusing on bail applications and simple guilty pleas, and providing advice to those charged with a criminal offence. You will attend to members of the public who are in urgent need of representation including overnight custodies.
You will also manage a file practice consisting of lower complexity criminal law mattes within the Magistrates Courts and/or Youth Courts.
If you feel you have what it takes to be successful in this role, apply now!
Total Indicative Remuneration Package
$81,261 - $88,109 per annum pro rata including salary, superannuation and leave loading.
As a not-for-profit organisation, Legal Services is able to offer its employees attractive salary sacrifice arrangements, including up to $15,900 pre-tax each Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) year for general living expenses.
Term of Employment
24 month temporary contract available at the LSC1 classification level.
Positions with an immediate start are available along with positions to retain a pool of recommended candidates for upcoming vacancies and positions available within the next 12 months.
What You Need for Success
The ideal candidate will:
- Be an admitted practitioner of the Supreme court of South Australia or urgently eligible for admission to practice in South Australia.
- Hold a Category C Practicing Certificate or currently eligible to apply for a Category C Practising Certificate.
- Be an admitted practitioner of the High Court of Australia or currently eligible for appointment.
- Relate well to members of judiciary, support staff, government and non-government agencies, other professional agencies, fellow legal practitioners and members of the public.
- Communicate effectively with persons from a wide range of backgrounds including differing socio-economic and cultural backgrounds.
- Possess a strong commitment to the principle of equality of access to justice for all persons.
Workplace Benefits
We provide a range of financial and non-financial benefits to our employees that include:
- The opportunity to work alongside passionate and dedicated colleagues in a supportive workplace that is concerned about employee well-being.
- Generous salary sacrifice benefits through Smart Salary (as outlined above).
- Flexible working arrangements.
- Payment of Practising Certificate for legal staff.
- Payment of relevant Professional memberships.
- Support for employees and their family through our inclusive Employee Assistance Program.
- Supported training and development opportunities in areas including working with vulnerable clients, cultural sensitivity and trauma informed practice.
- Access to a comprehensive in-house legal Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program.
- Contemporary workplace accommodation.
- Career development opportunities within the team and the organisation.
- Payment of employment screening checks.
- Access to Fitness Passport: a workplace health and fitness program that give you and your family access to wide choice of gyms and pools across South Australia.
Next Steps
To apply for this role, you will need to click on the Apply now button. Have your resume, preferably in a PDF version ready to be attached and a cover letter. All applications are to be submitted by 5pm Sunday 20 April 2025.
Should you require any further information please direct your query to Leah Annese, Senior Lawyer and Team Leader, Duty Lawyers on (08) 8111 5773.
Please refer to the Job and Person Specification for further details LSC1 Duty Lawyer .
We welcome applications from everyone. We are an inclusive employer, and support diversity and inclusion by recognising our staff for their unique qualities, ideas, and insights.
Applications close: 20/04/2025 5:00 PM
Flexibility Statement
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.