Job Summary
- Applications close:
- Job posted on: 25th Jul 2022
The Women's Legal Centre ACT is an innovative community legal centre providing crucial services to vulnerable women in Canberra across the spectrum of need, including legal information and referral, legal advice and representation and litigation.
Employment, sexual harassment and discrimination law is one of the Centre’s primary legal practice areas, delivering holistic and wrap around services to clients, community legal education and a focus on early intervention and law reform agenda to redress power imbalances and address gender inequality.
You will lead and drive the employment, sexual harassment and discrimination practice area, managing a small team and working in close collaboration with the Principal Solicitor and CEO to deliver on strategy.
You’ll build and refocus the program with a gender imbalance and early intervention lens and lead law reform, public interest and advocacy work.
Additionally, you will:
Your background may be community legal, private practice, union or commercial as an employment lawyer or industrial officer. You’re passionate about gender inequality and have a genuine interest, vision and ability to lead and build a program to best respond to employment and discrimination law issues which affect women.
You bring a focus on big picture law reform and ability and desire to work as part of a multidisciplinary team in a trauma-informed service delivery model, collaborating with other agencies to deliver client outcomes.
Applicants must be admitted to practice/eligible to apply for a restricted practising certificate in the Australian Capital Territory.
If you’re passionate about driving change in employment & discrimination law issues affecting women, please apply now by submitting your resume and cover letter addressing the skills required above.
Alternatively, to discuss, please call Louise Furlong on 02 8243 0570.
Please note being a woman is a genuine occupational qualification under s34 of the Discrimination Act 1991 (ACT). Part-time applications will be considered. As there is no formal closing date for this role, if you are interested we would encourage you to apply as soon as possible.