Volunteer Roles
Last updated 15/5/2025
Volunteer Legal Advisor Committee Position — The Her Village Foundation
The Her Village Foundation is a not-for-profit that strives towards empowering young women of refugee background to be the leaders of our tomorrow.
Our program, the Village Championship, focuses on raising funds and awareness for these incredible women, as well as supporting their settlement into Australia through friendship-building and sport.
This year, we aim to expand our team by introducing a volunteer committee that helps develop projects, fundraisers, events, and planning for 2025 and leading into 2026. We will be looking for individuals to fill executive roles, including the role of Legal Advisor.
Legal Advisor responsibilities:
Provides expert legal guidance on various matters affecting the non-profit, such as compliance, regulations and best practices.
Identifies potential legal risks and help implement strategies to minimise or mitigate those risks.
Drafts, reviews and approves contracts, agreements and memoranda of understanding (MOUs) related to partnerships, vendors and volunteers.
This will be an incredible work experience and advantage on your CV for anyone with a law background wanting to gain beneficial and rewarding experience in a not-for-profit organisation.
Start Date: 1 July 2025
Duration: 2025 and 2026
Application Deadline: 1 June 2025 (11:59pm)
Apply through our EOI form: https://linktr.ee/hervillagefoundation
Please note that applicants must have a licence to practice law.
Volunteer Paralegal — HIV/AIDS Legal Centre (HALC)
The HIV/AIDS Legal Centre (HALC) is currently looking for volunteer intake paralegals to join our team for an immediate start.
About the Organisation:
HALC is a community legal centre that provides free legal services to people affected by, and those most at risk of, HIV and/or Hepatitis on related legal matters. We deal with a range of HIV and/or hepatitis related legal issues including:
Immigration
Criminal
Employment
Discrimination
Tenancy
Breach of privacy
Public health
Insurance
Wills & Estates
Centrelink
Position Description:
Volunteers perform a variety of day-to-day tasks including:
Drafting of legal advice, submissions, applications to courts & tribunals and other legal correspondence
Maintaining accurate files and legal records
Completing new client intakes
Casework tasks and client interviews under directions from solicitors;
General administrative work e.g. answering phones, scheduling appointments • Researching legal and administrative laws and procedures.
Essential Criteria:
Sensitivity to people affected by HIV and/or hepatitis
Sensitivity towards clients from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds, the LGBTQIA+ community, sex workers, people who use drugs and persons with disabilities
Ability to work independently, under pressure and to proactively work on files (all work is supervised and monitored by solicitors)
Good communication skills and phone manner
Basic computer skills
Ability to work in a small team/open office environment
Ideal Start Date: 8 May 2025
Duration: At least 3 months
Application Deadline: 30 May 2025
We request that Volunteer Paralegals commit to at 1-2 full days per week, ideally 2 days a week at commencement. We request volunteers completing PLT to commit to a minimum of 3 days a week, ideally 4 days a week, over Tuesday-Friday 10am-6pm. We do not need students on Mondays. Please send in your brief resume and cover letter, to admin@halc.org.au. Your cover letter should address the selection criteria and indicate the specific days you will be able to work for and a proposed start date. Our office is located in Surry Hills, NSW. We do not have resources for volunteers to work remotely.
Please send in your brief resume and cover letter, to admin@halc.org.au. Your cover letter should address the selection criteria and indicate the specific days you will be able to work for and a proposed start date.