We are a team of more than 80 diverse professionals, including a large legal practice consisting of lawyers, social workers, financial counsellors and paralegals.
Together, we support thousands of women each year.
We are committed to our vision of building a society where everyone lives free from violence and are afforded the same opportunities.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively recruit for and promote cultural diversity. We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women to apply for positions to work with us.
Develop and deliver best practice training, legal education and community and sector development programs.
Full time or Part time (minimum 0.8EFT) | Ongoing
Salary: $99,333 per annum + super + salary packaging
Applications close: 11:59pm Monday 12 August
Provide strong project management, policy and law reform, and stakeholder engagement expertise to the new Victorian Women’s Working Centre (WWC Vic).
Full time or Part time (minimum 0.8EFT) | Fixed Term until 28 August 2028
Salary: $100,000 – $108,000 per annum + super + salary packaging
Applications close: 11:59pm Sunday 4 August
Provide high quality legal advice and representation for women on temporary visas who are experiencing family violence.
A minimum of 2 years post admission experience in Migration Law is required for this role.
Full time or part time (minimum 4 days) | Fixed term for 12 months
Salary: $90,000 – $100,000 per annum + super + salary packaging
Applications close: 5pm Tuesday 23 July
You will work in an integrated model of service, with a focus on child protection and family violence matters. The role will include some duty lawyer appearance work, particularly for the Children’s Court.
The Senior Lawyer role will be expected to provide mentoring and support to other lawyers within the team and support to the Managing Lawyer.
Full time or part time (minimum 4 days)
Salary: $100,000 – $120,000 per annum + super + salary packaging
Applications close: 5pm Monday 8 July
We are a genuine, motivated and passionate team who are driven to help build a gender equitable country.
We are committed to supporting people’s mental health and making sure everyone gets learning opportunities throughout the year.
We offer 5 weeks annual leave and 3 bonus leave days to support rest at the end of the calendar year.
Paid parental leave for 16 weeks and up to 10 days of cultural leave are also on offer.
You can get up to $15,900 in tax-free pay each year ($611 each fortnight) for costs like rent, car expenses or a mortgage.
In addition to your ordinary pay, you are also paid an annual leave loading of 17.5% of your ordinary rate of pay during periods on annual leave.
We offer a hybrid working model, so that we all have options to work some days in the office and some days at home.
We also offer flexibility in terms of part time/full time employment, and some flexibility with regards to your working hours.
We know that the work we do is complex and can be emotionally challenging All Women’s Legal staff can access free and confidential support and counselling or subsidised visits with a mental health professional they have a relationship with.
Group sessions are run by an external professional each month to make sense of our roles from a trauma informed lens, debrief and learn ways to support ourselves through self-care.
We will reopen at 9am Monday 8 January 2024.
You can contact Victoria Legal Aid for legal support or Safe Steps for family violence support.
Our duty lawyer services will continue during this period. Please contact your local court if you need legal help at court.
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