• Be a part of a feminist community organisation supporting Victorian women.
• A fantastic opportunity to build the role and make it your own.
• Your expertise will directly contribute to building a more gender-equitable society.
• Hybrid working model (part in office/working from home), promoting a true work/life balance.
• A welcoming, passionate, and supportive work culture
• Competitive remuneration, bonus leave days, flexible work arrangements, salary packaging

Your new role

Our Migration Lawyers provide high quality legal advice and representation for women on temporary visas who are experiencing family violence.

Due to the complexity of the legal issues that women on temporary visas experience, our Migration Lawyers provide legal assistance and work collaboratively with Women’s Legal other lawyers, social workers and financial counsellors as part of a wraparound casework, integrated model of service.

• Maintain a caseload of migration and family violence matters
• Provide legal advice and representation through service delivery programs, including duty lawyer services
• Provide an integrated and holistic client service, working with social workers and financial counsellors, to address both legal and non-legal needs
• Assist in developing the capacity of Women’s Legal to work with and assist women on temporary visas with concurrent family law or child protection law needs
• Assist in education and training activities to increase Women’s Legal’s capacity to effectively support women on temporary visas

This is a full time or part time (minimum 4 days) position.

What you’ll need to succeed

To succeed in this role, you will be able to manage an ongoing caseload. You will be able to provide high level legal advice and representation while being able to approach your work through a trauma informed lens.

A minimum of 2 years post admission experience in Migration Law is required for this role.

Desirable:

• Experience with working with women experiencing family violence
• Experience in advocacy with the Department of Home Affairs and at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal
• Experience in litigation and court advocacy in the Federal Court, Family Court/Federal Circuit Court, Magistrates Court and/or Children’s Court

What you’ll get in return

In return for your dedication, we offer competitive remuneration, bonus leave days, flexible work arrangements, salary packaging, and a vibrant, supportive work culture.

The detail

• 5 weeks annual leave!
• Above-award remuneration
• A strong commitment to your professional development, personal development, and wellbeing
• A very flexible working environment that supports work-life balance
• A hybrid working model that supports both in-office and work-from-home arrangements
• Salary packaging (which can add up to $15,900 in tax-free pay every year)
• Fresh fruit available in the office
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program

Our Purpose

To improve outcomes for all women, with a specific focus on victim-survivors of family violence by:

• Providing high quality legal services for Victorian women who are disadvantaged or marginalised by structural and systemic barriers​​​​​​​,
• Assisting women and professionals that work with women, to better understand the law and navigate the legal system safely, and
• Advancing gender equality by challenging unsafe and discriminatory policies and laws and informing and advocating for legal and policy initiatives that respect and promote the rights of women

Our culture

We’re continually building on our culture of inclusivity, collaboration and safety so our teams and individuals thrive. Our values are more than words – they’re actions we take together.

Together, we are:

Authentic: We are reliable, trustworthy and transparent about how we work. We reflect on our work and take responsibility for our actions.

Collaborative: We are stronger when we work together. By sharing power and privilege with diverse voices, we achieve better outcomes. We respond to requests for help with generosity.

Courageous: We are brave, resilient and face challenges with integrity. We unapologetically advocate for our goals and back one another to take considered risks to increase our impact.

Inclusive: We believe respect, equality and opportunity must be afforded equitably and to everyone. We understand this will require critical reflection on where power lies and how it functions, and active effort to disrupt it.

Purposeful: Our services respond to the community, laws and people we work with. We value curiosity and relish opportunities to improve our work.

To apply

Submit a resume and covering letter to tell us how you are the right candidate for this role. Please ensure the cover letter addresses how you personally align to Women’s Legal values that are listed above.

See the Women’s Legal ‘Work with Us’ page for a full position description.

Any other enquiries can be emailed to Ruth McKendrick, HR Officer at [email protected] using the subject line: Migration Lawyer enquiry via EthicalJobs.

We will begin shortlisting immediately, so please apply as soon as possible.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We recognise our work benefits greatly from the unique knowledge, skills and expertise of individuals with diverse experiences, including those with lived experience of family violence, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women with disability and women from migrant, refugee or non-English speaking backgrounds. If this is you, we strongly encourage you to apply.

Women's Legal relies on an exception under the Equal Opportunity Act to employ women only.

A position description is attached.