Overview
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Knowmore is a nation-wide independent community legal centre providing free legal information, advice, representation and referrals, financial counselling, support and systemic advocacy for victims and survivors of child sexual abuse.
We continue to provide free legal advice, support and financial counselling in relation to the National Redress Scheme.
Knowmore uses a multidisciplinary model bringing together lawyers, intake officers, social workers and counsellors, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander engagement advisors and financial counsellors to provide trauma-informed, client-centred and culturally safe legal assistance to clients.
Services are provided through a national phone line and face-to-face services in key locations, supported by outreach and community engagement across Australia.
Knowmore currently has offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Darwin.
About The Role
The Senior Lawyer will provide high quality legal services to clients in a culturally safe and appropriate manner within a trauma informed and multi-disciplinary framework.
This role delivers front line legal services and casework assistance and reports directly to the Managing Lawyer in the relevant Knowmore office and assists that role in providing support, mentoring and professional supervision to other lawyers in the legal team.
The role works collaboratively as a member of the national legal team and within Knowmore's multi-disciplinary model, working alongside intake, social work and cultural support services.
The role will advise clients who are survivors of child sexual abuse about redress and compensation options, including redress claims under the National Redress Scheme, and acting for clients making such claims.
Senior Lawyers will manage a significant caseload, including more complex matters.
They will contribute to Knowmore's policy and law reform work and prepare and deliver community legal education and participate in other community engagement activities.
The role may involve intrastate and interstate travel to deliver services on an outreach basis, and to undertake community engagement activities.
A current driver's licence is highly desirable, along with the ability and willingness to travel, including to remote and regional locations for up to a week at a time, and to work out of hours.
Duties And Responsibilities
Provide high quality advice and representation to clients in relation to the legal issues arising from their experience of sexual abuse, including redress options, undertaking a significant caseload and working with clients with complex needs.
Support the Managing Lawyer to lead Knowmore's service delivery to clients in a local office and to work cooperatively with Knowmore's other teams to ensure clients' legal and related needs are identified and actioned in an effective and consistent way and all timelines are met.
Contribute as a professional member of a national legal practice; ensuring compliance by self and supervised legal staff with professional and corporate responsibilities including the rules and requirements of relevant legal profession legislation and the Community Legal Centre Risk Management Guide.
Assist the Managing Lawyer in conducting regular file reviews and monitoring and contributing to the development and continuous improvement of service delivery standards, policies and precedents.
Ensure all relevant service data is recorded.
Support the development of effective working relationships and referral arrangements with other service providers.
Undertake legal research and drafting to support Knowmore's contributions to law reform and policy and procedural initiatives relating to its client group, including through the identification of issues arising from practice.
Assist in the preparation and delivery of community legal education and other engagement activities and materials, working cooperatively and collaboratively with non-legal service providers and other staff and external partners to raise awareness and provide information about Knowmore's services and common issues facing the client group.
Assist in the day-to-day supervision and coordination of the activities of volunteers and pro bono providers.
Proactively manage own self-care and workload and model a commitment to self-care and resilience.
Knowmore's Approach
Our Lawyers work closely with our Social Workers and Counsellors, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Engagement Advisers and Financial Counsellors to ensure our clients\' needs are met.
We work within values of respect, teamwork, courage, integrity and innovation.
What We Offer
We know that in working with people who have experienced trauma it is important that our workplaces and employment conditions are trauma informed.
Our workplaces provide time out spaces for our people to take a break and re-charge, with couches, puzzles and food.
Annual locality bonus for Darwin-based staff
5 weeks of annual leave, with 17.5% leave loading
Paid office shutdown from Christmas Eve to New Year's Day (not deducted from annual leave)
Above-industry personal and cultural leave entitlements
Flexible working arrangements after probation, including hybrid work (2 days WFH per week, pro-rated for part-time)
Access to paid external supervision, in addition to regular internal supervision
Generous professional development support, including a professional development budget equivalent to 2% of salary, access to core training programs
Competitive salary, with not-for-profit salary packaging options including general expenses, meals and entertainment, parking, and novated leases
12% superannuation on base salary, including an additional 0.5% above the standard guaranteed rate Application Requirements
Your application must include a cover letter outlining why you are applying for this position and a resume outlining your skills, experience and qualifications.
All staff are required to undergo a National Police Records Check prior to employment and have a Working with Children Check.
How To Apply
Further information about Knowmore is available at If this sounds like an opportunity you would be interested in, please click the "Apply Now" button.
Your Application Must Include
A cover letter outlining why you are applying for this position and your suitability
A resume with your skills, experience and qualifications
There is no application closing date but interviews may be conducted as applications are received.
The role will be required to satisfactorily complete a National Police Records Check and Working with Children MEET AUNTY GLENDRA
Aunty Glendra Stubbs is a Wiradjuri woman and an Elder in Residence at Knowmore.
She has been supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients since Knowmore began in 2013.
In this video, Aunty Glendra shares her story about working at Knowmore and supporting her clients on their journey.
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