Redfern Legal Centre has an exciting opportunity for a tax and company lawyer 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.

• One year contract, full time or part time role;
• Salary and benefits: $109,625.40 - $130,112.74 p.a. (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 also drive systemic change through test cases, advocacy and law reform.

The company and tax lawyer will work collaboratively with financial counsellors, social workers and other specialist lawyers to assist clients from across New South Wales. This role has ongoing opportunities to contribute to the development of systemic advocacy, policy and law reform to both address the causes of financial and economic abuse and improve outcomes for victim survivors.

This role will provide trauma informed legal advice, representation and referrals to victim survivors of financial abuse in the area of company and tax law advice. This role will advise victim survivors coerced to become a director of a company they have limited knowledge or control of but personal liability. There may also be opportunities to identify and work on test cases and coordinate and supervise volunteer solicitors.

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.

Redfern Legal Centre is a diverse and inclusive workplace that offers flexible working conditions and supports wellbeing. We require staff to be fully vaccinated for Covid-19. We strongly encourage applications by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people and people with disability.

Enquiries should be directed to Catherine Hewett, [email protected], using the subject line: Financial Abuse Service - Company and Tax Lawyer enquiry via EthicalJobs.

A position description is attached.