• Join the friendly team at one of Australia’s most successful Community Legal Centres
• Supportive culture with a strong focus on staff wellbeing
• Not for profit salary packaging and additional leave benefits
• 12-month part-time contract based in Randwick with hybrid arrangements

We are:

Refugee Advice & Casework Service (RACS), a nonprofit providing essential legal support and advocacy for people who have fled persecution to find safety in Australia. We help refugees, people seeking asylum, stateless individuals and those who are displaced. Our vision is of justice and dignity for and with refugees and since 1987, we've helped tens of thousands of people secure protection in Australia.

RACS provides free, dedicated legal services to people seeking asylum and refugees. Through individual advice sessions, community education and public advocacy, RACS strives to ensure that individuals and families, at risk of persecution or other forms of significant harm, gain access to equal and fair representation before the law, and are granted protection by Australia, and opportunities to seek family unity, in accordance with Australia’s international obligations.

The Role:

The primary role of the Finance Assistant is to provide accountancy and payroll support to the Finance team at RACS. The position reports to the Finance Officer and will carry out their duties in accordance with RACS policy and guidelines.

The Finance Assistant will assist the Finance Officer with bookkeeping, payroll and other financial functions. The Finance Officer may also provide some administrative support to the RACS Fundraising team with financial reporting and donor support.

'This is a part-time (14-21 hours per week), 12-month contract position. We are offering a hybrid arrangement worked remotely 50% of the time and 50% from the RACS office in Randwick. Working hours will be agreed with the successful candidate.

You will:

• Process accounts payable and receivable using MYOB accounting software
• Assist with fortnightly Payroll processing
• Reconcile monthly accounts
• Ensure accuracy of CRM (Salesforce) information for the Fundraising team
• Provide administrative and other support to the Finance Officer and Director of Finance & Operations
• Assist with Operations as necessary

You are:

An enthusiastic and personable team player looking for an opportunity to use your accounting skills to make a difference to the lives of vulnerable people. The successful candidate will have the following:

Essential

• Degree in Accounting and/or three years’ experience in relevant field
• Demonstrated experience in payroll, accounts receivable and payable and month end reconciliations
• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office products, including SharePoint
• Demonstrated experience using Excel at an advanced level
• Previous experience using a CRM
• Ability to work under pressure, manage time and priorities effectively and meet deadlines
• Ability to work independently and as part of a diverse team
• Ability to communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders
• A commitment to refugee and human rights issues

Desirable

• Experience using Salesforce
• NFP salary packaging experience
• Experience working in an environment with limited resources
• Experience working in a fundraising environment
• Communications skills in a language other than English will be considered highly favourably

Salary

The remuneration for the position is at the SCHADS Award rate Level 3.1 – 3.3 depending on the experience of the successful candidate, plus superannuation contribution and loadings. Salary packaging is available to increase your take-home pay.

To Apply:

If you're keen to join our team, please submit your CV, together with a cover letter addressing the above selection criteria. Applications will close at 9am on the closing date. Interviews will be held in the fortnight following with a view to commence at RACS as soon as practical. To find out more, contact Kirsty Wood on (02) 8317 6537.

Please note, recruitment may commence earlier, and we may make decisions prior to the application close date should we find appropriate candidates.

RACS is committed to working together to achieve a more inclusive community. Our workplace strives to be one that embraces and celebrates diversity and the wide range of skills, expertise and experience we can all bring to strengthen our dynamic, collaborative, and responsive environment. RACS encourages people from all backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, people that identify as LGBTQIA+ and people with disabilities.

Non-lawyers employed by RACS are required to comply with s 121 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law.

RACS particularly welcomes applications from those with the lived experience of seeking asylum, including those on temporary visas with the relevant permission to work.