About the Working Women’s Centre WA

Servicing as a catalyst for positive change, WA’s Working Women’s Centre (WWC) aims to provide integrated supports, information, advice, advocacy and services to support women, particularly those facing systemic barriers, to address issues relating to the workplace.

Women’s Legal Service WA (WLSWA) is implementing the Western Australian WWC in partnership with Circle Green Community Legal (Circle Green), and who currently deliver the WA Workplace Respect Project. The WWC service model is holistic and trauma-informed, to ensure that issues in relation to the workplace are addressed in the context of women’s other needs.

About the Role

The WWC Manager will work with and lead a multi-skilled team employed across WLSWA and Circle Green to establish and co-ordinate WA’s WWC. The Manager will work to raise the profile of the WWC and that it becomes widely known for delivering quality and integrated assistance to women experiencing workplace issues and that leads to demonstrated improved outcomes for them. The WA WWC will develop its own identity separate to WLSWA and Circle Green, with the objective of being regarded as an informed and trusted source of expertise, advice and advocacy that contributes to systems change.

The Manager will undertake this work with directions and support from the Management Group, comprising Executive members of the partner agencies, and a sector-based Reference Group convened for high level input and guidance. The Manager will also be responsible for operations of the service.

In addition to being a member of the WA WWC team, and reporting to the WWC Management Group for strategy, the Manager will join the WLSWA team and report to the WLSWA Chief Executive Officer for day-to-day matters, with a dotted line to Circle Green’s Principal Lawyer – Workplace for legal and staff co-ordination matters. The social workers and client service officers will report to the Manager. The lawyers, project officer and marketing officer will have a dotted line to the Manager and co-locate with the WWC regularly.

Based in the Perth office, the Manager will likely be required to undertake some travel around regional WA.

About the Candidate

The successful candidate will be passionate about advancing the interests of women, reducing gender inequality, and empowering women through the provision of excellent services to know and understand their legal rights.

For a full breakdown of the responsibilities of the role and selection criteria, please see the attached job description.

Conditions

In addition to the opportunity to join a great team, WLSWA offers flexible working arrangements, employee assistance program, targeted professional development, opportunity to salary sacrifice, and additional paid leave between Christmas and New Year.

We welcome people with diverse skills, experiences, perspectives and backgrounds and encourage applications from Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander peoples, and individuals who may identify as LGBTIQ, live with a disability, have a culturally and linguistically diverse background and people of all ages.

For a confidential discussion about the position

Please contact Celia Dufall, Circle Green CEO, at [email protected] using the subject line: Working Women's Centre WA Manager enquiry via EthicalJobs, or 0421 219 035.

All applications will be treated in strictest confidence. We look forward to hearing from you.

We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills and passion, as well as how you can enhance our organisation. When you apply, please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.

We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible. If the suitable candidate is successful prior to this date the ad will close early.

A position description is attached.