Executive Director

The Organisation

Far West Community Legal Centre Ltd (FWCLC Ltd) has been serving the communities of the Far West for over twenty years, providing a range of services including free legal advice and representation and support services to people most in need.
  
FWCLC Ltd is funded to deliver four separate programs:

• Staying Home Leaving Violence, with offices in both Broken Hill and Wentworth
• Women’s Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service, based in Broken Hill and regularly servicing Wilcannia and Wentworth during respective court weeks
• Warra Warra Legal Service, based in Broken Hill and servicing communities across the Far West, providing specialist Family Violence Prevention Legal Services through lawyers, counsellors and client support workers to provide holistic wrap around assistance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and
• Far West Community Legal Centre based in Broken Hill and servicing communities across the Far West, to provide free legal services including representation and advice, advocacy, referral, community education, outreach and law reform.

The Far West Community Legal Centre Ltd is a registered charity overseen by a volunteer board of directors.

Benefits & Culture

• Lead an established community organisation through its next phase
• Generous salary and relocation assistance
• 38-hour week plus additional leave
• Make lifestyle change a reality living in one of NSW’s most legendary towns

The Role

This is a key position leading and managing a multidisciplinary team of solicitors, counsellors and community workers in their delivery of a range of specialised, trauma-informed programs, legal information, advice, casework and services to vulnerable members of the community.
Reporting to and working closely with the board of directors, you will support and shape organisational capability and mentor middle management into a leadership team including:

• Lead the delivery of strategic directions set by the Board and drive a high performing organisation
• Devise strategies for ensuring the long-term financial viability of the organisation, including diversifying its service offering
• Oversee the effective and efficient operations of the organisation, manage its compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and drive continuous business improvements
• Provide technical advice and support to the team of multidisciplinary managers
• Manage and work closely with key stakeholders, the Aboriginal community and pro-bono partners
• Build organisational capability with a focus on team development and risk management
• Identify risks and issues impacting service delivery, stakeholder relationships and projects
• Oversee the development of annual budgets and performance reporting to funding agencies

Skills Required

You will bring a blend of management and mentorship experience leading a team, alongside solid legal technical skills.  Your background may be community legal or as a principal/manager of a legal practice. You’ll bring to Far West Community Legal Centre Ltd a focus on risk management and continuous improvement, and you will have:

• Strong experience in legal processes ideally relevant to criminal, family violence, family law or child protection and or experience with working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
• An understanding or, or ability to quickly acquire an understanding of the National CLC Accreditation scheme and Risk Management Guide
• Interest in coaching and mentoring the team into strong people leaders
• A demonstrated commitment to social justice issues
• You will be a qualified solicitor with a practicing solicitor certificate

If you want to use your legal and leadership skills to work within a vibrant community assisting people most in need, please submit your resume together with a cover letter responding to the skills required section above quoting reference #1094793  . Alternatively, please call Hayley Martin on 02 8243 0570 for a confidential discussion.

Please note there is no formal closing date for this role, if you are interested, we would encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

NGO Recruitment values equitable recruitment practices and is committed to representing candidates reflective of the diverse organisations and communities we work with. We welcome and encourage applications from all backgrounds, ages, and identities, and are happy to adjust our recruitment process to support accessibility needs. If you are interested in this position and have most of the skills or experience we are looking for, please go ahead and apply.