- 12-month fixed-term opportunity
- Make a meaningful difference for survivors
- The role can be based at any of our offices
The National Redress Scheme is in its final stage, and there is urgent work to do. Before applications close, Knowmore is focused on helping as many survivors as possible understand their options, access legal advice and make informed decisions about applying for redress.
We are looking for Lawyers who want to use their legal skills in a role with real purpose.
About Knowmore
Knowmore is a free, independent and confidential community legal service. Knowmore currently has offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Darwin. Our work is trauma-informed, culturally safe and survivor-centered. We recognise that every person’s experience is different, and we are committed to providing advice and support in a way that is respectful, empowering and responsive to each client’s needs.
You will be part of a supportive and friendly team environment where collaboration, learning and wellbeing matter. We value people who bring empathy, sound judgement, cultural humility and a commitment to social justice.
About the Capability Development RSS Team
This is a small team of specialist lawyers and paralegals based across Knowmore’s offices. We assist the workers of Redress Support Services around the country who support survivors applying to the National Redress Scheme.
We support these services through legal advice and capability building assistance to Redress workers. Lawyers in this team are responsible for maintaining strong relationships with services, providing legal advice in writing and verbally and developing and delivering learning and education material. Training and capacity building is delivered by team members in large and small group training, one-on-one case consultations and in Communities of Practice and other stakeholder meetings. The role requires strong legal advice skills, as well as the ability to develop and maintain effective stakeholder relationships, understand the needs of different services and work collaboratively to support shared objectives.
What you’ll do
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Develop and apply specialised legal knowledge regarding the National Redress Scheme and options for survivors of institutional child sexual abuse
- Provide high-quality, timely and practical legal advice to Redress Support Services and survivors, both verbally and in writing, including advice on complex and nuanced legal issues
- Design and develop legal information materials, practice guidance and reference materials
- Be a main point of contact for Redress Support Services including building and maintaining relationships and supporting capability development, while responding to the differing needs and priorities of services
- Deliver training in small and large groups – including virtual webinars, in person workshops and Communities of Practices
- Identify knowledge gaps and barriers and work with Redress Support Services to address them
- Build connections with external services to assist with meeting Knowmore’s objectives and maintain constructive and collaborative stakeholder relationships
- Work effectively across competing priorities, balancing legal advice, capability development, training and stakeholder needs while maintaining quality and responsiveness
About you
You are a confident lawyer with strong skills in delivering complex legal advice. You are able to analyse complex legal issues, exercise sound legal judgement and provide clear, accurate and practical advice that is accessible to non-legal audiences. You have attention to detail and have a genuine interest in helping others build and develop their skills. You’re experienced in balancing competing priorities, multi-tasking, building stakeholder relationships, and working independently and collaboratively in a team. You are able to build trust and credibility with a range of stakeholders, manage competing demands and exercise sound judgement when determining priorities.
To be successful in this role, you will bring:
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Strong legal analysis and legal advice skills, with the ability to identify key issues, assess risk and exercise sound legal judgement
- The ability to navigate complex legislation quickly and explain it in plain, accessible ways to non-legal audiences
- Demonstrated ability to provide clear, practical and well-reasoned legal advice, both verbally and in writing
- Confidence with relationship building across a range of services
- Demonstrated experience, or ability to acquire skills, in delivering and developing training material
- Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and stakeholders while also working independently and taking responsibility for the quality and timeliness of legal work
- Prior experience in managing stakeholder relationships and capability development, including community legal education, will be highly regarded. Experience working across multiple stakeholders with competing priorities will also be highly regarded.
What we offer:
We know that in working with people who have experienced trauma it is important that our workplaces and employment conditions are also trauma informed.
Our workplaces provide time out spaces for our people to take a break and re-charge. There are couches, puzzles and always food!
We provide the following benefits:
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General leave entitlements, with shut down between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day without deduction from your annual leave
- 17.5% leave loading on annual leave
- Not-for-Profit salary packaging options through our provider including general expense, parking, novated lease, and meals and entertainment programs
- Access to paid regular external supervision, in addition to regular work supervision
- Generous professional training and development opportunities in addition to our core training requirements
- Access to EAP 24/7
- Additional 0.5% superannuation on top of the guaranteed rat
How to apply
Your application must include:
- A cover letter outlining why you are applying for this position and your suitability for the role
- A resume with your skills, experience and qualifications
The role will be required to satisfactorily complete a National Police Records Check and Working with Children Check.
To apply or to find out further information about Knowmore, please visit https://knowmore.org.au/about-us/work-at-knowmore/
Applications will be screened as they are received.
We are committed to a trauma-informed and culturally safe approach, walking alongside victim-survivors every step of the way.
We recognise and value the strength that diversity brings to our work. We strongly encourage applications from individuals of all ages with diverse lived experiences and backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from multicultural, multifaith and linguistically diverse communities, members of the LGBTQIA+ community and people with disability. Your unique perspective and voice are not only welcome—they are essential to the work we do.
Please visit https://knowmore.org.au for more information
