Posted: 23h ago
The role
Overview
Senior leadership role in a community legal service team supporting women through family law, domestic violence and child protection matters. Brisbane‐based.
Team Leadership
Lead a casework team of family lawyers, ensuring high‐quality work that genuinely matters.
Responsibilities
- Conduct file reviews, quality audits and sign off on advice for junior solicitors.
- Lead complex case management, chair case‐management meetings and coordinate workflows.
- Recruit, train, mentor and manage performance, building a career‐development plan for graduates.
- Shape a team culture grounded in feminist principles and professional excellence.
- Work through referral pathways with external stakeholders.
- Run complex matters requiring depth and judgment beyond routine practice.
Qualifications
- Senior family lawyer with substantial experience across family law, domestic violence and child protection.
- Prior supervisory experience, or demonstrable readiness to lead.
- Strong technical depth and sound judgment in complex and crisis matters.
- Excellent people and communication skills to lead a diverse team.
Benefits
- Generous salary package with salary‐sacrificing options and gifted leave over Christmas and Easter.
- Flexible working arrangements that work in practice.
- No billables, no business development, no marketing – focus purely on the work and the team.
About the Firm
Your client is one of the country's largest community legal services – a well‐established, mission‐driven organisation with a permanent team of 70+ and around 200 dedicated volunteers, operating across the Eastern Seaboard.
Where You'll Land
A workplace culture that lawyers actively seek out: collaborative, purpose‐driven and grown‐up, with a leadership role that carries real scope and responsibility.
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