Assistant Manager, Sydney Women's Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service

Are you ready to embark on a fulfilling journey where you can play a pivitol role in transforming lives and breaking the cycle of domestic and family violence? Do you possess the compassion, capabilities, and commitment to empower women and  help break the cycle of abuse and support survivors to safety and healing?  If so, we want you to be part of our remarkable team! Why Join us?:

• Professional Growth: Contribute to building something extraordinary and grow along with us with regular professional supervision
• Balance and Well-being: We prioritize your work-life harmony, ensuring a supportive and flexible work environment with a 35 hour week and flexible hours
• More holidays: We have 5 weeks holiday plus additional leave at Christmas
• Great salary: Starting package full time $110k + super (neg. dependent on experience)

About the role The WDVCAS Assistant Manager supports the Manager in the overall administration and Coordination of the WDVCAS, whilst maintaining direct engagement with the WDVCAS clients. The Assistant Manager exercises a high level of responsibility and provides the Manager with high level expert advice. Applicants must have a commitment to empowering women and children affected by DFV, an understanding or willingness to learn the principles of a trauma-informed approach to service delivery, have demonstrated ability to engage effectively with clients from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and have demonstrated ability to engage effectively with clients in crisis. Proficiency in a language other than English is desirable. This position is open to female applicants only. Justice Support Centre considers being a woman to be a genuine occupational qualification for this position under s. 31 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW).  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are strongly encouraged to apply. The preferred applicants will be required to undergo a Working with Children Check and a National Police Records Check.

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Essential Criteria

• demonstrated high level of knowledge and understanding of the dynamics, complexities and legal and social welfare consequences of domestic and family violence and an understanding of the effects of DFV trauma
• demonstrated high level of knowledge and understanding of the criminal justice response to domestic and family violence including ADVO applications and criminal prosecutions and related legal matters such as family law, care and protection, migration and victim’s compensation issues
• knowledge and understanding of Legal Aid NSW policies in relation to grants of legal aid for people in domestic and family violence matters
• minimum three years team or people management experience and demonstrated ability to work independently. Demonstrated excellent organisational, administrative and management skills
• minimum three years’ experience providing quality advocacy to a diverse range of community members including socio-economically disadvantaged people, young people, people with disabilities, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people experiencing financial hardships. Sensitivity to and demonstrated ability to engage with women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
• demonstrated ability to work flexibly, collaboratively and effectively with a multi-disciplinary team and with external stakeholders. Experience in maintaining constructive working relationships with key internal and external stakeholders and excellent networking skills
• excellent written and verbal communication skills. In particular: high level skills in negotiation, advocacy, conflict resolution and general interpersonal communication; and high-level writing skills (e.g. for case notes and letter writing)
• knowledge of and an ability to work effectively with interpreter services
• good computer literacy - ability to use word processing software including Outlook, Word, Excel and databases.

Desirable Criteria

• proficiency in a language other than English
• direct experience working in the legal system and courts
• local knowledge of the Eastern Suburbs, Sydney City and Inner West and their community service network.

How to Apply

1. Visit our website https://jsc.org.au/about-us/work-with-us/ for a copy of the position description, essential and desirable criteria and instructions on how to apply.
2. Your application must include a cover letter, resume and a document detailing how your skills and experience meet the essential and desirable criteria
3. Please address the essential criteria in full. Applications that do not address the essential criteria will not be considered.

Justice Support Centre

Justice Support Centre is a not-for-profit community legal Centre. Our legal services include information, advice and legal representation for people in South West Sydney, whose access to justice is denied or constrained, including specialised legal services for victim-survivors of DFV. Our DFV services include court support and advocacy, safety planning, case management and financial counselling. Both the legal and DFV teams offer tailored training and workshops to the community members and community organisations. We give our clients the guidance, legal advice, support services and strength they need to claim their rights, know their options and choose their next steps.