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Circle Green is a specialist community legal service in WA providing state-wide employment, workplace discrimination, residential tenancy law, family and domestic violence, and humanitarian services.
We are committed to creating access to legal advice, education and advocacy so human and social rights can be upheld.
Current vacancies within our team are listed below.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Working Women’s Centre WA Manager to lead a multi-skilled team supporting women in the workplace.
About Working Women’s Centre WA (WWC)
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), 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 Circle Green Community Legal (Circle Green)
Circle Green provides state-wide specialist legal services in employment, workplace discrimination, residential tenancy law, family and domestic violence, and humanitarian services aimed at assisting people who are otherwise disadvantaged in their access to legal services.
About Women’s Legal Service WA (WLSWA)
WLSWA is the only gender specific community legal centre in WA, delivering services to women who are financially disadvantaged, and who live with multiple vulnerabilities that creates other barriers to accessing justice. Socio-legal assistance is tailored to ensure continuity in support and mitigate re-traumatising clients. As a specialist legal service, WLSWA works alongside and compliments generalist community legal centre work. WLSWA also promotes women’s human rights to be upheld and fosters legal and social change through a range of strategic activities, including law and policy reform. WLSWA is the lead agency in the delivery of the WWCWA and will host the service hub and provide central coordination.
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 YOU
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 position 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.
HOW TO APPLY
To apply, submit your CV and a Cover Letter addressing the selection criteria directly via Ethical Jobs. Please do not email applications.
Early applications are encouraged as shortlisting may commence immediately. All applications will be treated in strictest confidence.
If you have any questions or would like to have a confidential discussion about the role, please contact Celia Dufall, Circle Green CEO, at 0421 219 035 or by email to celia.dufall@circlegreen.org.au using the subject line: Working Women’s Centre WA Manager enquiry via CG Website.
Circle Green is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace that values and supports all individuals. We encourage applications from diverse backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds, people from the LGBTIQA+ community, people with disabilities and people of all ages.
Unique and exciting opportunity for a Lawyer to join Working Women’s Centre (WWC), an initiative to empower and support women in the workplace!
WHAT WE CAN OFFER
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 Western Australian WWC in partnership with Circle Green. The WA 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.
We are seeking a Lawyer (unrestricted) to provide comprehensive legal advice, casework, representation, community legal education & training, and law reform contributions in the area of workplace law under the direct supervision of Senior Lawyers and ultimate supervision of the Principal Lawyer – Workplace at Circle Green. Lawyers will also be responsible to the WA WWC Manager.
You will work closely with both WA WWC staff and Circle Green’s Workplace Stream as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide clients with trauma-informed, effective, and accessible socio-legal services to working women in WA. You will work with clients and WA WWC social workers to ensure each client’s workplace issues are addressed in the context of their broader social needs. A client-centred approach and a commitment to ensuring a best practice integrated response for working women experiencing complex and intersecting needs are essential.
Based in the Perth office, Lawyers will be required to travel to undertake outreach circuits across regional WA.
Key Responsibilities of the role include:
Shortlisted candidates will have:
Credentials and Experience
Skills
This is an exciting and unique opportunity to play a key role in empowering and supporting women in the workplace. Join a team of passionate and diverse, like minded professionals committed to creating accessible justice, and providing best practice legal services in our specialist field.
Please see the position description.
To apply, submit your CV and a Cover Letter addressing the selection criteria directly via Seek. Please do not email applications.
Early applications are encouraged as shortlisting may commence immediately.
If you have any questions or would like to have a confidential discussion about the role, please contact Human Resources at (08) 6148 3648 or by email to hr@circlegreen.org.au
Circle Green is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace that values and supports all individuals. We encourage applications from diverse backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds, people from the LGBTIQA+ community, and people with disabilities.
