The Working Women’s Centre SA Inc is a not-for-profit organisation, charity and a community legal centre that provides a legal service to vulnerable working women and people. The Centre has three arms of work:

• Legal Service – we provide legal advice and representation to vulnerable workers who contact the Centre with work issues through one-to-one clinic appointments. Clients may require ongoing advice and if so we also provide advice outside of these clinic appointments. We provide a representation service and have the capacity to represent a client through to the conclusion of a hearing.
• Advocacy – we conduct advocacy to resolve systemic issues that affect women and other vulnerable workers, such as sexual harassment and precarious work. Our advocacy program is informed by our legal and education service.
• Education – we provide fee-for-service and free training for workers and employers about workplace rights, sexual harassment, responding to disclosures of domestic violence and other topics.

The Centre was established in 1979 and has been advising, supporting and advocating for vulnerable women for 42 years. The Centre provides support, advice, information, and representation to women who face issues in their employment in both federal and state jurisdictions. The Centre is also concerned with the structural inequalities for women in the workplace, and conducts outreach, community.

Employment conditions are specified in the Working Women’s Centre SA Inc Enterprise Agreement 2021 however bargaining has commenced for a new agreement.

We have recently won funding from the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations to build capacity within the Centre. The legal assistant will report to the Principal Solicitor and work within the legal team with some intake/reception backfill.

Selection Criteria

You must address each selection criteria. We suggest that you use each criterion as a heading for your response.

• Demonstrated experience in a busy administrative team;
• Demonstrated experience in triaging and prioritising customer enquiries;
• Demonstrated ability to manage and prioritising competing tasks;
• Strong Microsoft word and excel skills;
• Customer service skills and a good phone etiquette;
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Experience in document management, online filing systems and inputting data in databases;
• Drafting simple court documents (such as notices of acting).
• A demonstrated commitment to the principles of intersectional feminism, economic justice and workers’ rights.
• A demonstrated capability to work in a team and contribute to a positive team culture.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with good attention to detail.

To submit your application please click 'Apply Now' by the closing date.

We will be interviewing in the week commencing 27 May 2024.

We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

We encourage applications from people of colour.

We encourage applications from all cis and trans women, as well as non-binary people who are comfortable working on advocacy that focuses on the experiences of women.

We encourage applications from disabled applicants, please contact us about the accessibility of the workplace.

We encourage LGBTIQ+ applicants.

We encourage applications from survivors of gender violence.

We know that sometimes the best people for the role may not fit the exact selection criteria.

A position description is attached.