Managing Lawyer

• Ongoing, full-time position
• Can be based at any one of our regional offices around Victoria!
• Generous SCHCADS Award Salary on offer (SCHCADS Level 7.1 - $ $110,907.68)

About the Organisation

Djirra is an Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation with over 20 years’ experience accompanying Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, and their children, on their individual journeys. We find solutions through Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women sharing their stories, journeys, and experiences. Djirra celebrates women’s strength and resilience. We are committed to a future without family violence.

We deliver holistic, culturally safe, specialist family violence support, legal services and case management, alongside cultural and wellbeing workshops and programs. Our services have state-wide reach, touching every part of Victoria to meet the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women. Self-determination is the foundation of everything we do.

Djirra amplifies the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women. We advocate for system-wide change to improve access to justice, eliminate systemic violence, and strengthen women’s resilience.

We are an active member of the National Family Violence Prevention and Legal Services Forum, the peak body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are experiencing or at risk of family violence.

About the Role

The purpose of the position is to lead, plan, and manage the provision of high quality, culturally safe, client-focused, holistic legal assistance across regional Victoria, under the overall direction of the Manager Legal Services. The regions that the Managing Lawyer has responsibility for may vary from time to time depending on Djirra’s office locations and operational requirements. We currently have regional offices in the following areas: Warrnambool (Barwon South West region), Bendigo, Echuca (servicing Shepparton), Bairnsdale (Gippsland region), Morwell (LaTrobe Valley) and Mildura (Mildura region).

The Managing Lawyer will foster a positive, staff supportive culture and provide leadership, operational support and supervision to Legal Services staff in the area, while collaborating with the Manager Legal Services in the overall management of Legal Services ensuring compliance is met within legal, professional and accreditation requirements.

This position will be a fantastic opportunity for a senior lawyer or someone with relevant experience, who can demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the nature and consequence of family violence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, particularly in relation to women and children. This role would suit an experienced and nurturing people leader or someone who is ready to take the next step up into a leadership role.

Please apply via our the 'Apply' link below. Applications must include a resume and cover letter and all applicants must answer the questions in the application form. Only applications received through Workable will be considered.

If you would like to know more about the vacant roles or about the work we do, please refer to our website www.djirra.org.au and our “Get Involved” page to view a full copy of the Position Description. Alternatively, you can contact Teresa Kyprianou, Human Resources Advisor on 9244 3333 or **@djirra.org.au for a confidential discussion.

All applicants must be an Australian Citizen, Permanent Resident or hold a valid work permit or visa. Please note, work eligibility will be checked as part of the recruitment process.

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.

Applications will close at 5pm Wednesday 20th March 2024.

Requirements

Essential:

• You are a qualified legal practitioner holding, or eligible to hold, an unrestricted Victorian Practising Certificate.
• A current and valid Employees Victorian Working with Children Check
• A National Police Check
• Drivers Licence

Desirable:

• Victorian Legal Aid Panel Certifier status or capacity to apply for certification. Post-graduate qualifications.

Benefits

• Attractive salary packaging options (including meals and entertainment)
• Generous leave provisions apply, including additional paid leave for end of year office closure period
• Employee Assistance Program with supportive, confidential counselling for personal and work concern
• Supervision and debriefing program
• Cultural Safety training in both formal and informal settings is provided
• Collaborative and inclusive team culture
• Access to company vehicles for any work-related travel
• Accrued Day Off (ADO) Program available to full time staff