Redfern Legal Centre has an exciting opportunity for a First Nations person with strong connections to the local First Nations community in Redfern and Waterloo. The First Nations Engagement Worker strengthens meaningful and trusted connections between Redfern Legal Centre and the local First Nations community and enhances the cultural safety of Redfern Legal Centre.

• One year contract, full time or part time role;
• Salary: $95,825.30 - $116,879.41 p.a. (pro rata for part time) depending on qualifications and experience.
• This is an identified role for people of First Nations descent who identify and are accepted as such in the community.

The position involves maintaining strong relationships with stakeholder organisations and supporting First Nations clients in a holistic manner to ensure Redfern Legal Centre provides a culturally safe service. The responsibilities of the position will be further developed in consultation with local First Nations organisations and First Nations staff at Redfern Legal Centre to ensure it is responsive to the needs of the local community.

Redfern Legal Centre is a non-profit community legal centre that promotes social justice and creates change. 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. Our specialist legal services focus on tenancy, credit, debt and consumer law, financial abuse, employment law, international students, First Nations justice, police accountability, and provide outreach services including through our health justice partnership. We drive innovation and change through policy and law reform work to address inequalities in the legal system, policies and social practices that cause disadvantage.

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Enquiries should be directed to Catherine Hewett, [email protected], using the subject line: First Nations Identified Role - First Nations Engagement Worker enquiry via EthicalJobs.

A position description is attached.

Redfern Legal Centre is a diverse and inclusive workplace that offers flexible conditions and supports wellbeing. We require job applicants to be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 or to have a valid medical and to comply with s 121 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law. Being an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person is a genuine occupational requirement for this role under s 14 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW).