North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency · Darwin, Australia
About the company
North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency is an Aboriginal community-controlled organisation providing legal assistance and justice services across the Northern Territory. Our work combines legal representation, community engagement, education and advocacy to advance dignity, respect and justice for Aboriginal people.
Your opportunity to make an impact
Provide strategic direction, professional oversight and people leadership across a geographically dispersed team of lawyers and administrative staff.
Work with Aboriginal communities and colleagues across NAAJA to ensure services are culturally safe, trauma-informed and responsive to community priorities.
Your role will include
Leading the civil practice, setting priorities and maintaining high standards of legal service delivery, ethics and accountability.
Developing and supporting your team, with a focus on supervision, learning, cultural safety and effective workload management.
Advancing strategic litigation and law reform, identifying opportunities to address systemic issues alongside NAAJA’s Strategic Policy team.
Strengthening relationships and influence, representing NAAJA and working with communities, courts, government and the legal assistance sector.
Contributing to organisational leadership, advising the Principal Legal Officer and CEO, briefing the Board as required, and collaborating across NAAJA’s programs.
What you will bring
Admission, or eligibility for admission, as a legal practitioner in the Northern Territory, with a minimum of five years’ post-admission experience in civil law.
Demonstrated leadership and people management skills.
Experience providing legal services to Aboriginal clients, including cultural competency and trauma-informed practice.
Significant expertise in one or more areas such as discrimination, child protection, tenancy, administrative law, coronial inquests or torts.
Strong communication, advocacy and strategic planning skills, knowledge of civil justice issues affecting Aboriginal people in the NT, and a commitment to social justice and community-led services.
The role includes travel to regional and remote communities as required.
Benefits of working at NAAJA
Six weeks’ annual leave with 17.5% leave loading.
Three weeks’ personal leave.
Five days’ cultural leave, plus an additional two days for Aboriginal staff on request.
$800 per year for personal wellbeing.
$3,400 per annum remote area allowance.
Up to $4,000 relocation assistance.
Up to 12 weeks’ paid parental leave.
Up to $18,500 in tax-free salary packaging, plus remote area salary packaging benefits through SMART Salary Packaging.
Benefits are subject to applicable eligibility requirements and employment conditions. Salary packaging benefits depend on individual circumstances.
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