Women's Legal Centre is looking for two solicitors to provide maternity leave cover:
*12 month fixed term contract
*24 month fixed term contract

Job Description

Provide family law, family violence and care and protection advice, as well as ongoing family law casework as part of an integrated, multidisciplinary, trauma informed team.

Benefits

Competitive salary plus salary packaging benefits, additional paid end of year ‘shutdown’ period; health and wellbeing allowance; paid cultural leave; paid reproductive leave, paid domestic violence leave.

Genuine commitment to a flexible working environment that supports a diverse workforce.

Well-established, sector leading, award winning service with long-term, secure funding.

Tasks and Responsibilities

Deliver high quality legal advice and casework to clients in family law matters, including representation in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia, and ACT Courts and Tribunals.

Maintain a high level of technical competence in the areas of family law, family violence and care protection.

Manage your own case load with limited direction.

Work collaboratively with the Principal Solicitor – Family Law to lead legal service delivery, including active risk management; and compliance with the collection of accurate legal services data.

Supervise legal practitioners and oversee complex casework.

Build relationships with staff at partner organisations, including by delivering community legal education and through community outreach.

Work collaboratively within an interdisciplinary team to provide responsive, trauma-informed services.

About you

You’re a qualified lawyer with experience practising in family law who is interested in addressing gender inequality and using your legal skills to support women across the ACT. Your background may be from community legal or justice related roles, or you have relevant experience from working in a law firm or private practice. Ideally you bring knowledge of family and domestic violence or care and protection matters, and you’re able to:

Deliver high quality, accurate legal advice and manage casework

Develop and maintain strong relationships with community partners and stakeholders

Deliver community legal education to a range of audiences

Work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team in a trauma-informed service delivery model, with a personal commitment to reflection and self-care practices

Qualifications & experience

Minimum of four (4) years’ post-admission experience in family law practice and eligibility to hold an ACT Practicing Certificate.

The Centre highly values lived experience of intersectionality and welcomes applications from women from migrant and refugee women and women of colour and women with other relevant lived experience.

Please note being a woman is a genuine occupational qualification under s34 of the Discrimination Act 1991 (ACT).

How to apply

Please send your resume together with a one (1) page cover letter, addressing the selection criteria in the job description, to [email protected]. More information and a Position Description can be found on wlc.org.au/get-involved/work-with-us/familylawseniorsolicitor/

Contact for more information

Ms Alexandra McCosker, [email protected]
(02) 6257 4377