Why Work With Us

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Since 1996, TEWLS has been dedicated to advancing women’s rights by providing free legal services for women and non-binary people experiencing disadvantage in the Top End of the NT (primarily, the Greater Darwin region).

Through an integrated, trauma-informed, and culturally secure framework, we support our clients with intersectional vulnerabilities in the areas of family, migration, and civil law, with specific expertise in respect of domestic, family, and sexual violence.

TEWLS are committed to driving cultural change and advocating solutions to redress power imbalances and address violence and gender inequality.

At TEWLS, you will be surrounded by a supportive and motivated team, as well as the stunning Darwin tropics. If you’re looking for a role where you can use your professional expertise to make a meaningful contribution to the lives of women and non-binary persons, then TEWLS could be the place for you.

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Current Opportunities

Salary

108,699-121,738

Location

Darwin
You are a lawyer who is committed to advancing and promoting the interests of women and enjoys mentoring/supervising less experienced legal professionals. You have a naturally empathetic style and can communicate information in a sensitive manner when dealing with diverse clients with complex vulnerabilities including women from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, culturally and linguistically diverse and migrant backgrounds.
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If you are passionate about equity, social impact, and access to justice, TEWLS is the workplace for you. We welcome interest in working with TEWLS outside of advertised employment opportunities, noting that funding often arises without notice.

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“QUICK EXIT” BUTTON

The TEWLS website has a “quick exit” button in the top right-hand corner of the page.

This button will close the TEWLS website and open the Bureau of Meteorology website. You may need to use this button if you are worried that someone is watching you use the computer or that you have been looking at the TEWLS website.

The “quick exit” button does not delete your browser history. This means that if someone checks your browser history, they will be able to see that you have visited the TEWLS website.

MORE ABOUT HIDING YOUR HISTORY

Remember, deleting large parts of your internet history may be dangerous. This is because it may tell someone that you do not want your internet history to be found.

If you need help with online safety and/or technological safety, you can visit the eSafety Commissioner website here or you can call 1800 RESPECT on their 24-hour telephone counselling and support service. If you are in danger, you should call the Police on 000.

DO YOU SPEAK A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH?

If you would like to speak to TEWLS with an interpreter:

You can call TEWLS on 1800 234 441 and ask to speak to us with an interpreter. We can organise this for free. You will need to tell us your name, your phone number and the language that you speak. We will then call you back with an interpreter on the phone.

TEWLS are able to organise interpreters for most languages, including Aboriginal languages and Auslan.

 

You can also organise for TEWLS to contact you:

To organise for TEWLS to contact you, please complete the form through the Request An Appointment button on the TEWLS home page.

DO YOU WANT TO ACCESS THE TEWLS WEBSITE IN A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH?

If you would like to listen to the TEWLS website in an
Aboriginal language:

TEWLS has had four Top End Aboriginal languages recorded for this website. You can click the “play” button to listen to these recordings.

The languages that are currently available are:

  • Murrinh-Patha
  • Tiwi
  • Warlpiri
  • Yolngu Matha
 

If you would like to read the TEWLS website in a language other than English:

The TEWLS website is able to be translated to lots of different languages. To change the language settings, press the “English” button in the top bar of the website and choose the language that you speak.
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