Team Leader Allied Professional Services - Criminal Law

Team Leader, Allied Professional Services (Criminal Law)
 

• Temporary – Full Time 2-year contract 
• Clerk Grade 9/10 (between $125,693 - $138,510 plus super & annual leave loading)
• Location – Sydney City
   

About us

Legal Aid NSW helps people with their legal problems. We can help people with most areas criminal law, family law and every day civil law legal issues. We give legal advice, help at court and do family dispute resolution. We can do this over the telephone or at one of our 28 offices.

About the role

The Team Leader Allied Professional Services for Crime will manage allied staff working in that practice areas such as in the high-risk offender program and at Walama Court. This position will be largely responsible to develop and manage a pilot program that will see allied professionals placed within four of Legal Aid’s busiest Court districts. These four positions will focus to provide case management to defendants on DV list days.
 

About you

We are looking for a skilled and proactive Team Leader to manage and supervise our state wide Allied Professional Services (APS) staff within the Criminal Law Division. You will develop and implement strategic plans to meet the socio-legal needs of clients while ensuring high-quality, culturally safe services. 

You will have demonstrated abilities in developing and maintaining effective working relationships across an organisation, government departments and other key stakeholders.

We may use this recruitment to create a talent pool for similar ongoing or temporary vacancies we have over the next 18 months.

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.

We want a workforce that reflects our clients, so we can deliver a service that meets the needs of the community. We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds — including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, the LGBTQI+ community, culturally diverse people and other diverse communities. 

We acknowledge, support and accommodate the diverse access needs of people with visible and invisible disabilities. If you need an adjustment to participate in the recruitment process, or you’d like information about what we can do to help you, please contact our team at erecruitment@legalaid.nsw.gov.au.

Other benefits of working with us

• You will have access to training, development and mentoring opportunities.
• We are an accredited Flex Ready certified employer and are recognised as leaders in the area of 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.

The essential requirements for this role

You must:

• have a Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree in Social Work, or related field such as Psychology.
• provide eligibility for Professional Registration
• have a minimum 7 years practice experience
• be willing to do a Criminal Record Check and Working with Children 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

You MUST submit your application online. If you submit your application late or by email it will NOT be accepted.

Your application must include:

• your resume (no more than 5 pages)
• cover letter (no more than 1 page). In your cover letter, please respond to the following targeted question:

Targeted Question: What strategies would you use to manage a team in the context of a criminal legal setting where your staff are working with clients who have complex socio legal needs.   

Make sure your application is complete and you have answered all questions before you submit it.
 

Applications Close: Sunday 2 March 2025 at 11:59PM

Do you need help to apply?

It’s important to properly prepare before you apply for a role. Here is some other information to help you:

• If you have questions about the role, you can contact the Hiring Manager – Jennifer Brown on email: jennifer.brown@legalaid.nsw.gov.au  

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

• The Role Description sets out the responsibilities of the role. 

• The focus capabilities and key accountabilities in the role description indicate what is expected at that level. Being familiar with these will help you understand what the panel will be looking for in the successful candidate.  

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