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NAAJA provides legal aid for Indigenous people in the Northern Territory, with offices in Darwin, Palmerston, Katherine, Tennant Creek and Alice Springs.

We are considered to be a leading Australian legal service and have received both national and Northern Territory human rights awards for our work. We are committed to providing quality representation for our clients and bringing about long term change in the justice system. Our staff are motivated, dedicated and do work that matters.

NAAJA is seeking a:

 

Administration Officer – Throughcare

DUTIES

The key responsibilities of the position are to:

  1. Provide administrative and ancillary support to the Throughcare Management Team and Case Managers.
  2. Ensure all Throughcare client records and statistical information is maintained in accordance with practice standards and recorded in an accurate and timely manner in the Prisoner Advocacy Throughcare (PAT) database;
  3. Provide support to the Administration Manager to ensure the smooth functioning of the offices in areas of information technology, office equipment, alarm services, vehicles, building repairs and maintenance;
  4. Maintain office supplies and services including purchasing goods, raising purchase orders, making travel and accommodation arrangements, arranging appointments/meetings and booking interpreters as required.
  5. Provide general office support including photocopying, answering and effectively screening incoming calls, taking and delivering accurate telephone messages, supporting case managers by producing correspondence as required and monitoring incoming and outgoing mail in a timely manner.  Attend meetings to accurately take, transcribe and distribute in a timely manner, meeting minutes.
  6. Maintain the integrity of the information partition and client confidentiality between Throughcare and other sections of NAAJA;
  7. Other duties as reasonably directed.

180304 Throughcare Administration Officer Duty Statement.Basic Employment Conditions

Applications must be submitted by 4 March 2018

Please note: applicants for this position must address the selection criteria in their written application, which should be sent to Recruitment@naaja.org.au 

ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.