Legal Practitioner – Criminal Law

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Applications Close: 03-10-2024

Our Mount Isa Office seeks a skilled Legal Practitioner in Criminal Law with a keen interest in social justice. The opportunity is ideal for someone wishing to build on hearings experience, and work within a rostered court circuit.

Ideally you will have at least two years’ PAE full-time experience. Those with less experience are welcome to apply if you hold demonstrated advocacy skills and court acumen. Your experience with both Duty Lawyer type responsibilities and hearings will be a distinct advantage. Court Support Officers, specialist Through Care Officers and our Administration Staff provide support service to this role and know our communities well.

Our Workforce Development Strategy will enable you to undertake both team and formal training to succeed. We will interview promptly.

An attractive annual allowance for this role is available at $10,000 on the anniversary of your appointment and for some candidates, ATSILS-provided share-housing may suit which will ensure a prompt start.

Please review our position description (4 pages) for more information, particularly page two: ATSILS PD009R Legal Practitioner Criminal Law Regional

Please apply now, online, entering your responses, uploading your current Resume. No extra letter is required at this stage. You must be able to upload your Identification and any Certificates/Qualification testamur after interview in order to receive an Offer of Employment. Your Offer of Employment is also dependent upon your arriving with your Practising Certificate ready to utilise – Court in your first week.

For help regarding our online application process click here.

Enquiries to careers@atsils.org.au are very welcome. Please also phone our HR Team on (07) 3025 3888 for enquiries in confidence. We welcome your approach.

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Legal Practitioner – Criminal Law – FIFO State-wide

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Applications Close: 11-09-2024

ATSILS seeks a skilled Legal Practitioner in Criminal Law. Our dedicated workplace supports many, with strong services in the youth jurisdiction. Provide high quality legal representation to clients in a variety of teams, based in any Queensland location with significant expectation of legal services to Regional and Remote Offices throughout Queensland. The ability to travel by road, air and in rare cases short sea trips will be essential for this role. It is estimated that 50% of work time will involve travel for extended periods, some of which are in remote locations.

To be successful in this role, you will need at least five years’ PAE experience, or other demonstrated advocacy experience, resilience for a range of complex work and ability to develop culturally competent service skills. Your experience with both Duty Lawyer type responsibilities and Hearings will be a distinct advantage, as will provision of service in the youth jurisdiction. Court Support Officers and our Administration Staff provide extensive service to this role and know our communities well.

Our Workforce Development Strategy will enable you to undertake both team and formal training to succeed. We will interview promptly and look to candidates who can commence within seven weeks’ of interview.

Please review our position description (4 pages) for more information, particularly page two: ATSILS PD049 Legal Practitioner Criminal Law FIFO_

Please apply now, online, entering your responses, uploading your current Resume. No extra letter is required at this stage. You must be able to upload your Identification and any Certificates/Qualification testamur after interview in order to receive an Offer of Employment.

For help regarding our online application process click here.

Enquiries to careers@atsils.org.au are very welcome. Please also phone HR Team on (07) 3025 3888 for enquiries in confidence. We welcome your approach.

Court Support Officer

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Applications close: 24-06-2024

Our Mount Isa Team offers an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander candidate full-time social justice court and teamwork. You must be a steady computer user, good driver, reliable and resilient. We offer opportunity to make a difference for our people within the criminal justice system, case by case. You do not need to be studying law or justice to do a great job with us. ATSILS claims exemption under the Queensland Anti-Discrimination Act in identifying this role for an Indigenous candidate.

While you are not required to carry a current Queensland Government Blue Card to work with ATSILS as a Court Support Officer, you are required to have a current National Police Criminal Record check prior to commencing work with our people or accessing any client file, database record or attend Court. We look to candidates who can commence promptly.

Please review our position description (4 pages) for more information, particularly page two: ATSILS PD022 Court Support Officer Regional and Remote

Please apply now, online, entering your responses, uploading your current Resume. No extra letter is required at this stage. You must be able to upload your Identification and any Certificates/Qualification testamur after interview in order to receive an Offer of Employment.

For help regarding our online application process click here.

Enquiries to careers@atsils.org.au are very welcome. Please also phone HR Team on (07) 3025 3888 for enquiries in confidence. We welcome your approach.

Regional Manager – Legal Practitioner – Criminal Law

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Applications close: 23-06-2024

Our Mount Isa Regional Office provides an extraordinary opportunity to lead a busy, resilient regional team while practicing Criminal Law. It also presents an interesting Court Circuit with a variety of remote Courts operating on Mornington Island, smaller towns such as Cloncurry and Doomadgee, and other locations in Queensland’s outback.

You will have the support of a dedicated team of 16, including four Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Court Support Officers and nine Legal Practitioners in both our Mount Isa and Normanton Offices. We have two full-time Administration staff members and a Youth Through Care Officer focusing on reducing recidivism and incarceration rates of our youth clients.

You will require five years’ post-admission experience to apply for the role, but formal Practice Management qualifications are not essential. This role reports directly to our Chief Executive Officer and our Principal Legal Officer and is a key leadership position for Queensland.

Candidates with less than five years’ post-admission experience may consider applying for our Practice Standards Officer or Legal Practitioner position as a strong pathway is in place. If you wish to be considered for either of these positions, please email careers@atsils.org.au, for further guidance.

Please review our position description (4 pages) for more information, particularly page two: ATSILS PD004 Regional Manager Criminal Law 0124

Please apply now, online, entering your responses, uploading your current Resume. No extra letter is required at this stage. You must be able to upload your Identification and any Certificates/Qualification testamur after interview in order to receive an Offer of Employment.

For help regarding our online application process click here.

Enquiries to careers@atsils.org.au are very welcome. Please also phone HR Team on (07) 3025 3888 for enquiries in confidence. We welcome your approach.

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Legal Practitioner – Family/Civil Law

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Applications Close: 11-04-2024

Our Mount Isa Office seeks a skilled Family/Civil Law advocate. This dedicated workplace has expanded by 20% in the past two years, including regularly circuiting into remote communities with strong services in the youth jurisdiction. The successful candidate will be offered an attractive annual remote allowance to secure service continuity and community relationships.

Your experience with Family Law casework and hopefully success with matters to hearings (Family, Domestic Violence, etc), plus Civil Law casework will be highly regarded. An interest in developing skills in Child Protection matters will be well rewarded. Your commitment to social justice and the occasional support for your peers may also provide minor Criminal Law work opportunity – e.g. Duty Lawyer matters in Domestic Violence/Youth matters.

Our Lawyer’s share-house accommodation is available to facilitate a prompt commencement but may not suit all candidates longer term. Further, possibility for Brisbane Onboarding then onto Mount Isa as negotiated.

For the experienced Legal Practitioner, ATSILS also provides opportunity for Specialisation as an Independent Children’s Lawyer and Separate Representative supporting the attendance at LAQ required events and ongoing practice.

Please review our position description (4 pages) for more information, particularly page two: ATSILS PD012 Legal Practitioner Family and Civil Laws

Please apply now, online, entering your responses, uploading your current Resume. No extra letter is required at this stage. You must be able to upload your Identification and any Certificates/Qualification testamur after interview in order to receive an Offer of Employment.

For help regarding our online application process click here.

Enquiries to careers@atsils.org.au are very welcome. Please also phone our HR Team on (07) 3025 3888 for enquiries in confidence. We welcome your approach.