This position is a mental health and disability lawyer in the Civil team at Tasmania Legal Aid, appearing as a Tribunal-appointed separate representative for people who have cases in the Mental Health and Guardianship streams of TASCAT with scope to work across other civil law programs.

We encourage applications from Indigenous Australians, people living with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, mature age workers and LGBTIQA+ people.

The Department of Justice supports reasonable adjustment requests in any stage of the assessment process to remove barriers and facilitate full participation in all aspects of employment for applicants with disability. If you have individual requirements that need to be accommodated in order to participate in an interview or recruitment activity, please inform the contact listed at the end of this vacancy.

We are a diverse and inclusive workplace and understand the importance of flexible working arrangements.  Talk to us about how this could work for you.

Hours per fortnight

73.50 hours per fortnight - flexible options available. 

Duties

• Provide legal advice and information to clients regarding the law, rights and legal processes.
• Obtain expert reports and make detailed referrals to appropriate internal and external services, as required.
• Act as solicitor and counsel at Tribunals, the Magistrates Court and Supreme Court.
• Assist and advise Tasmania Legal Aid practitioners in relation to legal proceedings and support the management of relevant legal matters.
• Provide guidance to less experienced staff including legal practitioners.
• Assist more senior Legal Practitioners with research, preparation, drafting and other appropriate tasks as directed.
• Participate in stakeholder meetings and working groups as requested.
• Prepare reports as required by Tasmania Legal Aid or under funding agreements.
• Undertake legal research to assist in the development of program policy and legislation to support law reform and complex legal matters relating to the civil jurisdiction.
• Engage in service development, outreach and other community legal education activities.
• Perform such other professional legal work within the Tasmanian Legal Aid as required.

Essential Requirements

• Admitted or eligible for admission as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Tasmania and the relevant Federal courts.
• A Current Tasmanian Registration to Work with Vulnerable People.

Desirable Requirements

• A Legal Practitioner with more than 2 years’ relevant post-admission experience.
• Current Motor Vehicle Driver’s Licence.         

Download the Statement of Duties and any Associated Documents

 Statement of Duties (357665) Legal Practitioner - Mental Health Separate Representative.docx

 Statement of Duties (357665) Legal Practitioner - Mental Health Separate Representative.pdf

 Information for applicants (Tasmania Legal Aid).docx

 Information for applicants (Tasmania Legal Aid).pdf

How to apply

To apply, please provide a Short Form Application which is a 1-2 page covering letter outlining your experience, skills and knowledge as they relate to the Statement of Duties, and a copy of your current Resumé/CV.  We do not require a separate statement addressing the selection criteria.

Please apply online by clicking the 'Apply Now' button.

Refer to the 'Information for Applicants' document for further information. Please note, attachments must be in Microsoft Word or PDF format.

If you are unable to submit your application online, please contact the Department of Justice Recruitment Team on (03) 6165 4911. 

For more information

Philippa Jones
Civil Law Manager
Email: Philippa.Jones@legalaid.tas.gov.au 
Phone: (03) 6236 3800 

Reasonable Adjustment Queries

People Strategy Team
(03) 6165 7602