POSITION DETAILS

Employment Status Full TimeReports To Principal SolicitorLocation Hobart/Launceston/Burnie

ORGANISATONAL OVERVIEW

Women’s Legal Service Tasmania (WLST) provides a statewide community legal service for women in Tasmania, providing legal advice and information about legal and non-legal options through a dedicated telephone advice line, as well as face to face appointments, community legal education, outreach, drafting of law reform submissions and referrals to appropriate support services. Our clients are also supported by in-house financial counselling and social work services. WLST operates from three offices in Hobart, Launceston, and Burnie.
WLST is a community legal service funded by the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department in recognition that in addition to the general legal problems that can affect everyone, there are some areas of law in which a woman’s experience is different – as a victim of a crime, as a primary carer of children, or through discrimination or lack of equal opportunity in employment or business.
Some women also face additional barriers in accessing justice due to factors such as cost, childcare responsibilities, and feelings of intimidation in going to Court or dealing with a male dominated legal profession and judiciary. Our work focuses on the needs of vulnerable women who often have experienced family violence, sexual abuse, child sexual abuse and or other forms of discrimination or abuse. We understand that this is challenging work, and

we offer
staff a supportive environment that aims to maintain their resilience. Other issues such as language barriers, cultural backgrounds, disability, sexuality,



or geographical isolation can compound to make access to a legal service intimidating and difficult. Workers at WLST are sensitive to the diverse needs of women as individuals and as a part of the community.
WLST’s mission is to promote justice, equality, and safety for women, particularly those who are disadvantaged or facing discrimination. WLST also auspice a Working Women’s Centre.
WLST is committed to protecting children, young people and other vulnerable people from harm and will require completion of screening checks prior to finalising employment.

POSITION OBJECTIVE

Under the supervision of the Principal Solicitor, the Solicitor will provide a high level of supportive, plain language legal advice, information and referral to women who contact the telephone legal advice line. Where appropriate, the provision of face-to-face advice, preparation of written documents and correspondence, and ongoing representation will be undertaken. A large percentage of calls received by WLST relate to family law issues, however, calls can relate to any area of the law, and as such a commitment to career development is important.

The Burnie and Launceston offices were established under the Australian Government Women’s Safety Package, and function as a specialist domestic violence unit (DVU) to assist women and their families impacted by or experiencing family and domestic violence.





The provision of community legal education (CLE) workshops, drafting of law reform and lobbying submissions, along with organisational and administrative responsibilities are also a component of this position.

Some intrastate travel may be required from time to time.

A full-time employee, the normal hours of work will be 38 hours per week, between 9:00am and 5:06pm, inclusive of a 30-minute lunch break.

KEY ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

Legal Services

Position Description

- Provide high-quality legal advice, information, referral, and representation to clients in both State and Federal jurisdictions, ensuring efficient, appropriate and plain language service delivery, including preparation of documents, forms and correspondence.
- Provide an integrated and holistic client service, working with social workers and financial counsellors to address both legal and non-legal needs of clients.
- Assist to develop and co-deliver community legal education activities and resources, training and outreach programs in line with the work of the organisation, working collaboratively with key stakeholders to deliver these services.
- Maintain and develop relationships with key stakeholders in order to deliver outreach services to the community, with a focus on working in an integrated and collaborative manner.
- Assistance with research, preparation and presentation of law reform and lobbying submissions, working in consultation with other staff and key stakeholders to prepare submissions with reference to Women’s Legal Service Tasmania’s Strategic Plan.

Organisational Responsibilities

- Carry out the responsibilities of the position in accordance with the Position Des

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