Women’s Legal Centre ACT is an innovative, specialist community legal centre providing crucial legal and social support services to women and trans and gender-diverse people. The Sexual Violence Legal Service is a nation-leading service, delivered in partnership with Victim Support ACT. It delivers legal assistance to people subjected to violence within a multi-disciplinary service model, with a focus on people engaged in the criminal justice system. In this managerial and practising role, you’ll lead a small team of legal practitioners working collaboratively with victim support advocates to provide integrated and trauma-informed support to clients. The organisation offers an attractive remuneration package, including salary packaging, five weeks paid leave plus an annual health and wellbeing allowance and paid cultural and reproductive health leave. Candidates from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply, contributing to WLC’s mission of empowering women across the ACT.
If you want to use your leadership and legal skills to improve the experience and outcomes of people subjected to sexual violence in the criminal justice system, please submit your resume together with a cover letter addressing the skills required to cv@ngorecruitment.com.
