Permanent Full-Time (part-time working arrangements considered)Level 6 SCHADS AwardGenerous salary packagingGreat team culture - work with a team of passionate and caring professionals on meaningful work.About Working Women's Centre WA (WWC)Working Women's Centres provide free information, advocacy, advice, and assistance to women on workplace issues, including workplace entitlements and rights, gender issues, cultural diversity, discrimination, and sexual harassment.
Women's Legal Service WA is implementing the Western Australian WWC in partnership with Circle Green, who currently deliver the WA Workplace Respect Project.
The WA WWC service model is holistic and trauma-informed, ensuring that workplace issues are addressed in the context of women's other needs.About Circle Green Community Legal (Circle Green)Circle Green is a community legal centre in Western Australia providing state-wide specialist legal services in employment, workplace discrimination, residential tenancy law, family and domestic violence, and humanitarian services aimed at assisting people who are otherwise disadvantaged in their access to legal services.
Circle Green will collaborate with Women's Legal Service WA to oversee the WA Working Women's Centre.
The WA WWC will also work closely with Circle Green's Workplace Respect Project.About Women's Legal Service WA (WLSWA)WLSWA is the only gender-specific community legal centre in WA, delivering services to women who are financially disadvantaged and who live with multiple vulnerabilities that create barriers to accessing justice.
Socio-legal assistance is tailored to ensure continuity in support and mitigate re-traumatizing clients.
As a specialist legal service, WLSWA works alongside and complements generalist community legal centre work.
WLSWA also promotes women's human rights and fosters legal and social change through a range of strategic activities, including law and policy reform.
WLSWA is the lead agency in delivering the WWCWA and will host the service hub and provide central coordination.ABOUT THE ROLEWe are seeking Lawyers (unrestricted) to provide comprehensive legal advice, casework, representation, community legal education & training, and law reform contributions in the area of workplace law under the direct supervision of Senior Lawyers and ultimate supervision of the Principal Lawyer – Workplace at Circle Green.
Lawyers will also be responsible to the WA WWC Manager.You will work closely with both WA WWC staff and Circle Green's Workplace Stream as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide clients with trauma-informed, effective, and accessible socio-legal services to working women in WA.
You will walk with clients and WA WWC social workers to ensure each client's workplace issues are addressed in the context of their broader social needs.
A client-centred approach and a commitment to ensuring a best practice integrated response for working women experiencing complex and intersecting needs are essential.Based in the Perth office, Lawyers will be required to travel to undertake outreach circuits across regional WA.Key Responsibilities of the role include:Client work.
Delivering high quality, trauma-informed, and pragmatic legal advice on a wide range of employment law and workplace discrimination issues.Work with social workers, interpreters, disability advocates, financial counsellors, and other support workers to meet clients' broader needs and deliver accessible legal services.Legal Supervision.
Conduct regular file reviews of open client matters, identifying and actioning relevant deadlines as appropriate.Strategic Law Review and Advocacy.
Identify gaps and opportunities for meaningful reform of workplace laws for the benefit of working women in WA.ABOUT YOUShortlisted candidates will have:Credentials and ExperienceA Law Degree and admitted (or eligible for admission) as a legal practitioner in the Supreme Court of Western Australia and hold an unrestricted (or eligible to hold) WA practicing certificate.At least 2 years post-admission experience in workplace lawA demonstrated commitment to human rights and social justice issues, including advancing the interests of women, reducing gender inequality, and empowering women.SkillsExcellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to understand and convey complex concepts to people from diverse social, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds.Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders.Demonstrated problem-solving, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills.Ability to conduct casework and litigation, including advocacy skills.This is an exciting and unique opportunity to play a key role in empowering and supporting women in the workplace.Join a team of passionate and diverse, like-minded professionals committed to creating accessible justice and providing best practice legal services in our specialist field.If you have any questions or would like to have a confidential discussion about the role, please contact Human Resources at or by email to using the subject line: Lawyer - Working Women's Centre WA enquiry via EthicalJobs.$106,392 - $111,091 per annum + salary packagingApplications close: No Deadline - please apply as soon as possible.#J-18808-Ljbffr
