• $97,500 - $133,050 per annum plus full salary packaging options

Who we are

WLC improves women’s lives through specialist legal representation, support and advocacy. We strive to be a feminist employer of choice, and our work practices reflect the realities of women’s lives and support all staff to balance personal, family, cultural, and community responsibilities alongside meaningful work. Wellbeing, gender equity, and trauma-informed practice is an integral commitment to our employees.

What you will do

Our Sexual Violence Legal Service (SVLS) deliver high-quality, trauma-informed legal services to women, trans and gender diverse people who have experienced sexual violence. Working within a multi-disciplinary team alongside victim advocates, solicitors provide legal advice, representation, and advocacy across criminal and civil matters, including family violence orders and restorative justice processes.

This role is suited to practitioners with strong litigation experience and a commitment to feminist, trauma-informed practice, with solicitors providing support, advice and representation for clients including representation in ACT and Commonwealth courts:

• Develop and maintain a high level of technical competence across criminal and civil matters
• Support clients through all stages of criminal justice processes including reporting, protected confidence applications and sentencing
• Maintain technical competence in sexual assault law, family violence and related areas
• Collaborate with victims advocates and social workers to deliver integrated, wrap-around support

About you

• Identify as a woman, trans or non-binary person
• Up to 5 years PQE
• Are reliable, organised and detail oriented
• Enjoy working in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to listen to and manage difficult conversations
• Have knowledge of and interest in Australia’s legal systems and processes
• Tech savviness

A lived experience of intersectionality is highly valued, so we welcome applications from First Nations women, women from migrant and refugee backgrounds, women with disabilities and women from the LBTIQA+ community.

What we will offer you

Our employment conditions include generous leave provisions, flexible working hours and generous Christmas shutdown as well as access to salary packaging of everyday living expenses and meals and entertainment (which adds approx. $5.5K to your take-home pay).

What you need to do

To submit your application, please click 'Apply Now' by 12.00PM on the closing date.

Further information can be sought by emailing [email protected] using the subject line: Solicitor - Sexual Violence - Canberra enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Being a woman is a genuine occupational qualification under s34 of the Discrimination Act 1991 (ACT).

A position description is attached.