Careers

WHAT WE CAN OFFER

• Permanent Full-Time (part-time working arrangements considered)
• Level 6 SCHADS Award
• Generous salary packaging
• Great team culture – work with a team of passionate and caring professionals on meaningful work.

About Working Women’s Centre WA (WWC)

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, who currently deliver the WA Workplace Respect Project. 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.

About Circle Green Community Legal (Circle Green)

Circle Green is a community legal centre in Western Australia providing 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. Circle Green will collaborate with Women’s Legal Service WA to oversee the WA Working Women’s Centre. The WA WWC will also work closely with Circle Green’s Workplace Respect Project.

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

Please see the position description.

We are seeking Lawyers (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:

• Client work. Delivering high quality, trauma informed and pragmatic legal advice on a wide range of employment law and workplace discrimination issues.
• Work with social workers, interpreters, disability advocates, financial counsellors and other support workers to meet client’s broader needs and deliver accessible legal services.
• Legal Supervision. Conduct regular file reviews of open client matters, identifying and actioning relevant deadlines as appropriate.
• Strategic Law Review and Advocacy. Identify gaps and opportunities for meaningful reform of workplace laws for the benefit of working women in WA.

ABOUT YOU

Shortlisted candidates will have:

Credentials and Experience

• A Law Degree and admitted (or eligible for admission) as a legal practitioner in the Supreme Court of Western Australia and hold an unrestricted (or eligible to hold) WA practicing certificate.
• At least 2 years post admission experience in workplace law.
• A demonstrated commitment to human rights and social justice issues, including advancing interests of women, reducing gender inequality and empowering women.

Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communications skills, with the ability to understand and convey complex concepts to people from diverse social, cultural and linguistic backgrounds.
• Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrated problem solving, negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
• Ability to conduct casework and litigation, including advocacy 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.

HOW TO APPLY

Submit your Cover Letter and CV directly via Ethical Jobs, addressing the selection criteria. Application closes 5pm, 11 September 2024.

Please note that shortlisting, interviewing, and appointing may begin immediately. We reserve the right close the position prior to the closing date. Early applications are encouraged.

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 using the subject line: Lawyer – Working Women’s Centre WA enquiry (please do not email applications).

Due to high number of applications received, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Thank you for your interest in working at Circle Green.

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.

WHAT WE CAN OFFER

• Permanent Part-time position – 25 hours per week.
• Generous salary packaging.
• Additional paid leave – up to 10 days inclusive of public holidays over the Christmas/New Year period when the office closes.
• Work life balance. 
• Great team culture – work with a team of passionate and caring professionals on meaningful work.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are seeking Program Support Officer to provide program support across various Workplace stream programs. The Program Support Officer will assist with the implementation and monitoring of program planning, delivery and impact.

Reporting to the Principal Lawyer – Workplace, this position also support the Workplace leadership team with reporting, research, analysis and coordination activities pivotal in the achievement of programs and outcomes for the benefit of WA community.

Responsibilities of the role include:

• Providing a range of program support services to the Principal Lawyer and Workplace stream, including preparation of reports and briefs, coordinating resources and maintaining program coordination.
• Contribute to the implementation and monitoring of Workplace stream-specific operational plans, deliverables and impact.
• Collate, monitor, and analyse data and information to identify trends, and preparing briefs to support informed decision making and planning within the Workplace stream programs.
• Undertake research and analysis, identifying trends, and preparing briefs to support informed decision making and planning within the Workplace stream programs.

Please see the position description.

Why join the workplace team?

The Workplace stream provides legal assistance services to vulnerable and disadvantaged non-unionised WA workers on all aspects of employment and workplace discrimination law, including dismissal, wage theft, bullying, discrimination and sexual harassment.

ABOUT YOU

Shortlisted candidates would have:

• Experience in providing program support in a community services or similar context.
• Excellent oral communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to relate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Well-developed research, analytical and problem solving skills, including the ability to collate, interpret and analyse data.
• Experience and proficiency in using computer applications and databases, including Excel and Powerpoint.
• Demonstrated interest and commitment to human rights and social justice issues.

HOW TO APPLY

Submit your Cover Letter and CV directly via Seek, addressing the selection criteria. Application closes COB 2nd September 2024.

Please note that shortlisting, interviewing, and appointing may begin immediately. We reserve the right close the position prior to the closing date. Early applications are encouraged.

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 (please do not email applications).

Due to high number of applications received, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Thank you for your interest in working at Circle Green.

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.

WHAT WE CAN OFFER

• Part-time position – minimum 2 days per week.
• Generous salary packaging.
• Additional paid leave – up to 10 days inclusive of public holidays over the Christmas/New Year period when the office closes.
• Work life balance.
• Great team culture – work with a team of passionate and caring professionals on meaningful work.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are seeking part-time Advocates in our Tenancy team.

Advocates deliver high-quality, client centred supervised legal advice to clients, and work with them to understand their legal issues and rights. Advocates work closely with the supervising lawyers and other team members delivering legal and support services, including cultural support, to provide clients with trauma-informed, effective, and streamlined services.

You may be an ongoing point of contact and liaison for existing clients, providing information, further advice, and assisting with arrangements for further service delivery.

Please see the Position Description.

Why join the tenancy team?

The Tenancy team at Circle Green Community Legal provides quality legal services to residential tenants across Western Australia that includes a state-wide telephone advice service, further assistance and casework, and duty advocacy service at the Perth Magistrates Court. As the Central Resource Unit of the Tenant Advice and Education Services program, we deliver community legal education and professional development activities for lawyers and tenancy advocates, and lead law reform on behalf of the WA Tenancy Network.

ABOUT YOU

We are seeking passionate and confident individuals who enjoy a challenge and are interested in making a difference to the lives of the people we work with. The ideal person would have:

• Demonstrated interest and commitment to human rights and social justice issues.
• Demonstrated capacity to interpret and apply legislation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to understand and convey complex details to people from diverse social, cultural and linguistic backgrounds.
• Genuine interest in the relevant area of law.

This role would suit someone currently studying or intending to commence studying a law degree.

HOW TO APPLY

Submit your Cover Letter and CV directly via Seek, addressing the selection criteria and indicating the days you are able to work.

Application closes COB 27 August 2024.

Please note that shortlisting, interviewing, and appointing may begin immediately. We reserve the right close the position prior to the closing date. Early applications are encouraged.

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 (please do not email applications).

Due to high number of applications received, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Thank you for your interest in working at Circle Green.

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.

WHAT WE CAN OFFER

• Full-Time 12 month fixed term contract
• Generous salary packaging
• Additional paid leave- Up to 10 days inclusive of public holidays over the Christmas/ New Year period
• Great team culture- work with a team of passionate and caring professionals on meaningful work

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are seeking a Marketing and Communications Officer to lead the development and is responsible for the implementation of project-specific marketing and communications activities. You will develop and deliver comprehensive marketing and communications strategy and support key advocacy initiatives across select projects.

This role reports to the Marketing and Communications Manager but is also accountable to the relevant Principal Lawyer and/or Project Manager in relation to the creation of specialised content and the delivery of project activities.  Working to raise awareness of project services and advocacy initiatives to improve community impact, this role will work collaboratively across the organisation with key stakeholders.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in working on specialised projects as a critical piece of creating social change.

Responsibilities of the role include:

Project Marketing and Communications

• Develop and manage project-specific communications, marketing materials and collateral.
• Create and publish content on associated websites and social media platforms.
• Identify opportunities to raise the profile and amplify messages of key projects and services.
• Manage the development or optimisation of the relevant project website.
• Supported by the Project Manager, engage with legal assistance service providers, courts and tribunals, government and community organisations, suppliers, law firms, and other stakeholders to disseminate content.
• Conduct research, capture and report on project-specific marketing and communications efforts

Impact Measurement

• Measure success and impact of marketing and promotional programs and campaigns.
• Develop and provide reports and updates to Marketing and Communications Manager, Project Managers and / or Principal Lawyers.

Please see the position description.

ABOUT YOU

We are seeking an enthusiastic creative thinker with the ability to drive change , influence and engage others. Shortlisted candidates will have:

Credentials and Experience

• Tertiary degree in a relevant discipline.
• 2+ years’ experience in a similar role.
• Demonstrated commitment to the principles of social justice and human rights.
• Experience working with people from diverse cultural, socio economic and linguistic backgrounds.
• Experience within not-for-profit or community-based organisations (desirable).

Demonstrated Skills and Experience

• Demonstrated experience in project planning.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven experience in digital marketing and content creation.
• Technical knowledge of social media platforms, including but not limited to LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
• Experience with design tools such as Canva or Adobe.
• Experience using email marketing platforms such as Mailchimp.
• High attention to detail and ability to undertake tasks with precision and accuracy when working under pressure.
• A high degree of computer literacy and proficiency in MS Office suite.
• Demonstrated capacity to work in and support a cohesive team environment.
• Excellent organisational skills, with capacity to plan a high and diverse workload, manage timelines, coordinate contributions, and deliver on high quality outcomes on time.

Working at Circle Green means working for a purpose and making a meaningful difference to the lives of the people we work with. 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.

HOW TO APPLY

Submit your Cover Letter and CV directly via Seek, addressing the selection criteria. Application closes COB 26 August 2024.

Please note that shortlisting, interviewing, and appointing may begin immediately. We reserve the right close the position prior to the closing date. Early applications are encouraged.

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 (please do not email applications).

Due to high number of applications received, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Thank you for your interest in working at Circle Green.

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.