Your expertise can help create fairer workplaces and stronger communities.

Are you an employment lawyer looking for a role where your legal expertise can make a meaningful difference to the lives of women?

Northern Community Legal Centre (NCLC) is seeking an Employment Lawyer to join our specialist employment law team. Working as part of the Working Women's Centre Victoria (WWC Vic) model, you will provide high-quality employment and equality law advice, casework and representation to women workers, including migrant and refugee women, young women and women experiencing family violence.

This is an opportunity to combine legal practice, community legal education, advocacy and law reform, while working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team to provide holistic support to clients.

ABOUT NORTHERN COMMUNITY LEGAL CENTRE (NCLC)

Northern Community Legal Centre (NCLC) is adynamicnot-for-profit community legal centre that operates in one of the fastest-growing areas of Melbourne and has a significant catchment, including the Merri-bek, Hume and Mitchell Shire Local Government Areas. NCLC operates from a central office in Broadmeadows, a satellite office in Wallan, and with outreach clinics in other service areas. NCLC ensures services are accessible to the community by providing legal advice, education and referrals.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Employment Lawyer will be part of our employment law team which consists of senior employment lawyer, graduate lawyer and community development worker. The position reports into the Managing Employment Lawyer, and indirectly to the Director of Legal Practice. You will be responsible for ensuring high quality employment and equality law advice and casework to women workers, including migrant and refugee women, young women and women experiencing family violence. Working closely with other NCLC lawyers and community development workers,



you will ensure wrap around services including community engagement. Based in either Broadmeadows or Wallan with flexible work arrangements, and travel to our Wallan office to service regional clients.

ABOUT YOU

We are looking for a lawyer who combines strong professional expertise a commitment to social justice to join the Working Women's Centre at Northern Community Legal Centre.

We are seeking an Employment Lawyer that has been admitted to practice with at least two-years post admission experience. You will have demonstrated practice experience in employment law, sexual harassment and/or discrimination.

REMUNERATION

Salary: $108,742 - $113,664 per annum (SCHADS Award Level 5, with above-award remuneration under the Victorian Community Legal Centres Multi-Enterprise Agreement ), plus employer-funded superannuation.

BENEFITS

NCLC is committed to providing a working environment that is flexible, friendly, collaborative, positive and supports team members to achieve a work/life balance. We offer:

- Generous salary packaging is available, including access to Accommodation and Meals Entertainment packaging.
- Five weeks annual leave, including Christmas to New Year shut down leave
- Access to Employee Assistance Program
- Adaptable working arrangements - hybrid working available for all staff
- Learning and development opportunities.

NCLC is committed to building a diverse workforce and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and racially marginalised and refugee backgrounds, people of all ages, neurodiverse people, gender diverse people and LGBTIQA+ people. We welcome applications from people with a diversity of backgrounds and experience, including lived experience of the issues we work on.

A position description is attached.

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