Project Officer

Location: Sydney, NSW, AU, 2000
- Req ID: 74743

**Project Officer (Policy)**
- Temporary Full Time
- Clerk Grade 7/8 $110,266 - $122,058 (plus super & annual leave loading)
- Location - Central Sydney

**About us**

Legal Aid NSW helps people with their legal problems. We can help people with most areas criminal law, family law and every day civil law legal issues. We give legal advice, help at court and do family dispute resolution. We can do this over the telephone or at one of our 28 offices.

Legal Aid NSW also manages service agreements with non-government organisations to deliver legal and non-legal services across NSW.

**About the role**
Working within a welcoming and passionate team, the role provides support to the Senior Project Officer (Policy) and Manager, WDVCAP* Unit, in relation to domestic and family violence policy development, managing service agreements with WDVCAS** providers and other WDVCAS professional support matters.
- Women's Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Program

**Women’s Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Services
- ** About the Women’s Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Program (WDVCAP)**
The Women's Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Program (WDVCAP) Unit administers NSW Government funding to 27 Women's Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Services (WDVCASs) across the state. WDVCASs are locally-based, non-government services who assist women experiencing domestic and family violence.

The WDVCAP Unit monitors WDVCASs to ensure they meet their service agreement obligations. We also provide policy advice and practice support, such as mentoring and training to WDVCAS staff.

The WDVCAP Unit works in partnership with:

- NSW Police
- NSW Local Court
- Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ)
- Other stakeholders including housing and health services.

**About you**

We may use this recruitment to create a talent pool for similar ongoing or temporary vacancies we have over the next 18 months.

WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN LEGAL AID NSW

**We are committed to diversity and inclusion**

We are committed to creating a culturally safe and genuinely inclusive organisation and workplace for everyone who works and interacts with us. We strive to be a place where people from diverse backgrounds want to work, where voices and cultures are valued and where people feel valued, welcomed, respected and heard.

**Other benefits of working with us**

You will have access to training, development and mentoring opportunities.
We are an accredited Flex Ready and Carers and Employers certified employer and are recognised as leaders in the area of flexible work. Most of our staff work flexibly — for example, from home some of the time or in a way that helps them balance family and work life.

**The essential requirements for this role**

You must:

- be willing to do a Criminal Record Check and/or Working with Children Check
- hold Australian or NZ citizenship, Australian Permanent Residency (for ongoing vacancies) or a valid visa to work in Australia (for temporary vacancies)
- For the first three weeks, FT attendance in the office is required for training and induction purposes. Following this, in line with Legal Aid NSW’s flexible work policy and the WDVCAP Unit team design agreement, attendance is required in the office at least twice a week.

**How to apply**
- your resume (no more than 5 pages)
- cover letter (no more than 2 pages). In your cover letter, please respond to the below targeted question

**Targeted Question 2**: In your opinion, what are the three most significant barriers facing women who experience domestic and family violence?

**Closing Date: Friday 6 June at 12:00pm**

**Do you need help to apply?**
- If you are an Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and are thinking about applying, you can contact the Aboriginal Services Branch to arrange a confidential conversation about any questions you may have.
- The Role Description sets out the responsibilities of the role.
- Working at Legal Aid NSW
- Guide to creating a resume and cover letter