Job Summary
- $110,000 - $129,999 per annum + salary packaging
- Applications close:
- Job posted on: 27th Jun 2024
- Adelaide > Adelaide CBD
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:
The Centre was established in 1979 and has been advising, supporting and advocating for vulnerable women for 45 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 are currently in a 4 day week pilot and this condition is subject to EBA negotiations.
We have recently won funding from the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations to build capacity within the Centre. The Senior Lawyer will be responsible for litigating post conciliation/mediation, assisting the Principal with supervision. The Senior Lawyer is a member of the leadership team.
Funding
This position is funded by federal and state funding agreements.
Mission
The Senior Lawyer will work to identify and run strategically selected matters post conciliation and to the end of a hearing, in line with the Centre’s litigation strategy.
This position is designed to build the WWC’s in-house capacity to run matters post conciliation and create better outcomes for South Australian working women.
The Senior Lawyer supports the Principal Lawyer’s overall management of Legal Team.
The position description is attached.
We recommend that you address each selection criteria in your cover letter and use the criteria as headings.
1. Litigation Experience:
The Senior Lawyer must be capable of holding an unrestricted practicing certificate with 5 or more years experience practicing with a practicing certificate in Australia.
3. Strategic Case Management:
4. Leadership and Team Supervision:
5. Pro Bono and Partnership Building:
6. Commitment to Organisational Values and Advocacy
We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. We will launch our RAP later in the year and creating a culturally safe place for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is an organisational and leadership priority. Cultural leave is a workplace right.
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. Our new office will is wheelchair accessible and sensory needs will be taken into account.
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 here.