• Use your skills to support women across the ACT, and advance gender equality.
• Feminist workplace that values work/life balance, diversity and collaboration

Work as part of a supportive, collaborative team to be the first point of contact for clients, referring agencies and other stakeholders and provide secretarial and administrative support to the Centre’s legal practices.

Tasks and responsibilities

• Perform intake assessments for all incoming clients, including trauma-informed collection of information, completing relevant client need assessment documentation, identifying possible conflicts of interests, assessing eligibility and making client appointments and appropriate referrals,
• Triage requests for assistance and respond in a timely and appropriate manner to enquiries from referring agencies and other stakeholders about the work of the Centre.
• Provide high quality paralegal and administrative support for the Centre’s legal practice areas, and the Centre more broadly, as required.

Qualifications and experience

We are looking for someone who is empathetic and resilient, with interest or experience in legal and community support systems. This role will suit someone who is experienced in client facing roles, and comfortable receiving and analysing complex and sensitive personal information.

You:

• Are reliable, organised and detail oriented
• Enjoy working in a fast-paced environment
• Can demonstrate your strong communication skills – especially your excellent phone manner, ability to listen and manage difficult conversations
• Have knowledge of, or interest in, Australia’s legal systems and processes
• Possess strong administrative skills, and are comfortable using databases and systems
• Identify as a woman, trans or non-binary person

A lived experience of intersectionality is highly valued, so the Centre welcomes applications from First Nations women, women from migrant and refugee backgrounds, women with disabilities and women from the LBTIQA+ community.

About the Centre

WLC is a community legal centre specialising in family law, migration, employment, discrimination and sexual harassment and sexual violence. WLC provides legal services within a multi-disciplinary, trauma informed practice model that incorporates cultural support and collaborative services to provide wraparound support to women.

More information can be found on https://wlc.org.au/get-involved/work-with-us/

Contact for more information

Danielle Al-Ani – [email protected] using the subject line: Paralegal enquiry via EthicalJobs / (02) 6257 4377

Note: Being a woman is a genuine occupational qualification under s34 of the Discrimination Act 1991 (ACT)

A position description is attached.