The Royal Children's Hospital

Senior Lawyer

The Royal Children's Hospital  •  $110k/yr  •  Mildura, AU (Onsite)  •  3 months ago
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Job Description

  • Generous SCHCADS Award salary on offer - SCHCADS Level 6, Pay Point 1 $110,102.72 pa
  • Opportunity for relocation assistance may be offered for the right candidate
  • Full time, ongoing
  • An exciting opportunity has arisen in our Mildura Office for a Senior Lawyer to join Djirra’s Aboriginal Family Violence Legal Service (AFVLS) — providing culturally safe, trauma informed legal support to Aboriginal women impacted by family violence and sexual assault across child protection, family law, victims of crime, and family violence intervention matters.

About the Role

The Aboriginal Family Violence Legal Service (AFVLS) is a program of Djirra. AFVLS provides legal and non-legal assistance and facilitates access to justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who have experienced family violence or sexual assault.

AFVLS operates a culturally safe, trauma informed, holistic and intensive client service model. Clients are assisted by Lawyers and Paralegal Support Workers to access a variety of legal, social, psychological, cultural, health and other support services to address their complex needs and issues.

Senior Lawyers provide legal services including advice, representation and advocacy in the areas of

  • child protection
  • family violence intervention orders
  • family law; and
  • victims of crime assistance.

Senior Lawyers also supervise legal and non-legal work undertaken by Lawyers and Paralegal Support Workers.

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply.

A Position Description for this role can be viewed on the Djirra website ' Join our Team' page. Please do not hesitate to contact People and Learning at hrinfo@djirra.org.au for a confidential discussion if you would like further information.

To apply, please click the ' apply' button and submit your resume, cover letter and completed screening questions which will be sent via email once you have submitted your application. Please note screening questions are a requirement of your application. During the application process you may see an option to upload a video. Please note this is not a requirement of the application process.

Requirements

Essential

  • A Victorian Employees Working with Children's Check card or willing to obtain one
  • Willing to obtain a Police Check at Djirra's expense
  • Driver’s License
  • Eligible to hold a legal practising certificate in Victoria.
  • A degree in law.
  • At least five years practical legal experience in family violence related law.

Benefits

  • Opportunity for relocation assistance may be offered for the right candidate
  • Attractive salary packaging options (including meals and entertainment)
  • Generous leave provisions apply and annual leave loading
  • Employee Assistance Program with supportive, confidential counselling for personal and work concern
  • Collaborative and inclusive team
  • Additional paid leave for end of year office closure period
  • Access to company vehicles for any work related travel
  • Cultural awareness training both formal and informal settings is provided
  • Accrued Day Off (ADO) Program available to full time staff

Please note this role may close prior to the advertised closing date (if applicable) if a suitable applicant is identified, or if we receive a high volume of quality applicants. If you are interested in this position, we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.

The Royal Children's Hospital

About The Royal Children's Hospital

The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.

We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.

With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.

We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.

When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.

In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Parkville, AU
Year Founded
Unknown
Website
org.au
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