Redfern Legal Centre has an exciting opportunity for a senior policy and advocacy officer to join our Financial Abuse Service which is expanding to a new integrated, best practice model to assist victim survivors experiencing financial abuse in intimate partner relationships to recover and thrive.

• 18 month contract, full time or part time role;
• Salary and benefits: $125,917 – $128,800/annum (pro rata for part time) depending on qualifications and experience.

Our Financial Abuse Service is an innovative and dynamic statewide practice with a specialist, cross-jurisdictional, and integrated approach that provides holistic legal and non-legal support to clients, increasing their safety and wellbeing and leading to financial independence and empowerment. We employ specialist financial abuse lawyers in the areas of credit, debt and consumer law, family law, company and tax law and immigration law as well as financial counsellors and social workers.

We also drive systemic change through test cases, advocacy and law reform. This includes coordinating the Economic Abuse Reference Group (EARG) which is a network of over 50 Australian community organisations which share expertise with government and industry to improve laws, policies and business practices and reduce the financial impact of domestic and family violence.

The Senior Policy and Advocacy Officer leads the systemic advocacy, policy, law reform and capacity building work of the Financial Abuse Service and the Economic Abuse Reference Group to both address the causes of financial and economic abuse and improve outcomes for victim survivors. It is an exciting opportunity to supervise and mentor another policy officer in the service.

Redfern Legal Centre is a non-profit community legal centre that promotes social justice and creates change. We provide free legal advice, legal services and education to people experiencing disadvantage in New South Wales. We drive innovation and work to address inequalities in the legal system through policy and law reform. We provide effective and integrated free legal services that are client focussed, collaborative, non-discriminatory and responsive to changing community needs - to our local community as well as state-wide.

Please click 'Apply Now' to submit your application. Enquiries should be directed to Catherine Hewett, [email protected] using the subject line: Financial Abuse Service - Senior Policy and Advocacy Officer enquiry via EthicalJobs.

A position description is attached.