Office Manager - Ongoing - 5/6 - Orange

Job Description

Select how often (in days) to receive an alert: Create Alert Are you a self-motivating manager experienced in leading and supporting teams to deliver high quality work? Looking for professional growth and collaboration? Wanting to contribute meaningfully to the local community, and help people who are most in need? If so, we want you to join our office and team up with a newly appointed Solicitor-in-Charge to manage the Legal Aid office in Orange and enhance the way we deliver services in our local community. About us Legal Aid NSW provides legal support in criminal, family, and civil law. We offer advice, court assistance, and family dispute resolution by phone or at our 28 offices. Legal Aid NSW has Australia’s largest family law practice, handling diverse and dynamic cases across all life stages. We help adults and children resolve disputes and achieve safe, workable family arrangements. Our services include legal advice, outreach, duty services, family dispute resolution, and case representation in Commonwealth family law matters and state care and protection cases across NSW. About the role You will support and advise the Solicitor-In-Charge (SIC) in operational matters to ensure the effective delivery of client services within a multi-disciplined and complex legal environment. You will manage and coordinate the administration team in a medium sized regional office to ensure client service activities are resourced and achieved. We may use this recruitment to create a talent pool for similar ongoing or temporary vacancies we have over the next 18 months. About you You will have extensive experience working in a busy and demanding environment, meeting tight deadlines, working collaboratively and managing conflicting priorities effectively. You will possess strong leadership skills and have the ability to demonstrate interpersonal skills in order to support the Solicitor In Charge to ensure the requirements of the role are met. Ideally, you will be someone who considers themselves to be highly organised and systematic in their approach to work. You will be proactive and enthusiastic about taking on varied tasks, in addition to being reliable and transparent in all aspects of your work. You will be passionate about leading a team to provide a high standard of client centred services, whilst also identifying and supporting the varied learning and development needs and goals of the team. About working in Orange The Orange office of Legal Aid is located in downtown Orange. The office is a busy mixed practice including specialist services which provides legal services to vulnerable people in Orange and surrounding towns in the central tablelands, including Bathurst, Lithgow, Cowra, Parkes and Forbes. Orange is a thriving regional centre, home to acclaimed restaurants and wineries, parks and gardens, with quality local music and art scenes, and near quaint heritage villages to explore. WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN LEGAL AID NSW! We are committed to diversity and inclusion We are committed to creating a culturally safe and genuinely inclusive organisation and workplace for everyone who works and interacts with us. We strive to be a place where people from diverse backgrounds want to work, where voices and cultures are valued and where people feel valued, welcomed, respected and heard. We want a workforce that reflects our clients, so we can deliver a service that meets the needs of the community. We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds — including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, the LGBTQI+ community, culturally diverse people and other diverse communities. We acknowledge, support and accommodate the diverse access needs of people with visible and invisible disabilities. If you need an adjustment to participate in the recruitment process, or you’d like information about what we can do to help you, please contact our team at Other benefits of working with us You will have access to training and development opportunities. We are an accredited Flex Ready certified employer and where possible we provide various flexible work options to our people. The essential requirements for this role You must: be willing to do a Criminal Record Check hold Australian or NZ citizenship, Australian Permanent Residency (for ongoing vacancies) or a valid visa to work in Australia (for temporary vacancies) How to apply To apply for this role click ‘apply now’ and make sure you include: your resume (no more than 5 pages) cover letter (no more than 2 pages). In your cover letter, please outline how your skills and experience will enable you to: Effectively lead a team and to demonstrate judgment and discretion within a regional office; Manage competing priorities and high volumes of work with limited resources, to main high quality service delivery. Do you need help to apply? It’s important to properly prepare before you apply for a role. Here is some other information to help you: If you are an Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and are thinking about applying, you can contact the Aboriginal Services Branch to arrange a confidential conversation about any questions you may have. The focus capabilities and key accountabilities in the role description indicate what is expected at that level. Being familiar with these will help you understand what the panel will be looking for in the successful candidate. #J-18808-Ljbffr