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 inaugural Western Australian WWC in partnership with 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.

The Working Women's Centre 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.

For a confidential discussion about the position, please contact:

Dr Jennie Gray at [email protected] using the subject line: Working Women's Centre WA Manager enquiry via EthicalJobs, or 0427 017 467.

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.

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.