Position OverviewThe Justice Centre at Battered Women’s Support Services is a legal advocacy community clinic that supports women and gender-diverse survivors of gender-based violence navigating family, immigration, criminal, and child welfare legal systems. The work draws on an intersectional feminist legal advocacy to support individual survivors while contributing to broader efforts to improve legal and public safety systems.The RoleThe Manager, Justice Centre leads a high-volume, frontline legal advocacy clinic and is responsible for ensuring effective, trauma- and violence-informed service delivery while contributing to program development and broader efforts to improve legal and public safety systems. The role brings together direct legal advocacy, program leadership, and systems-focused work grounded in BWSS’s decolonizing, intersectional feminist, and racial justice analysis.The Manager is responsible for:Leading the delivery of legal advocacy services to survivors of gender-based violenceManaging and supporting a complex, high-demand legal advocacy programSupervising staff and supporting consistent, high-quality practiceIdentifying patterns and barriers emerging from frontline legal workLeading and developing strategic legal and justice initiatives aimed at advancing system change for survivors of gender-based violence across provincial, national and international systemsContributing to law reform, public legal education, and systemic advocacy initiativesKey Areas of Responsibility1. Legal Advocacy & Clinic OperationsThe Manager ensures the Justice Centre operates as an effective and accessible legal advocacy community clinic.Responsibilities include:Overseeing day-to-day clinic operations and service deliverySupporting legal advocates working with survivors across:family lawimmigration lawchild welfarecriminal and civil systemsProviding case consultation and support on complex and high-risk filesEnsuring services are delivered using a trauma- and violence-informed approachSupporting safety planning within legal contextsMaintaining accessible, multilingual, and culturally responsive servicesCoordinating and supporting legal clinics, outreach, and service partnershipsProviding direct legal advocacy support where required2. Program Leadership & ManagementThe Manager is responsible for the leadership, stability,



and ongoing development of the Justice Centre.Responsibilities include:Supervising staff, paralegals, law students, interns, and volunteers, including:recruitmentonboarding and trainingperformance management and supportSupporting a committed collaborative, accountable, and sustainable team environmentLeading program development planning, implementation, and evaluationDeveloping and monitoring program budgets in collaboration with leadershipPreparing funder reports, proposals, statistics and required documentationEnsuring compliance with organizational policies and funder requirementsParticipates in weekly rotation as on-site manager, overseeing direct service operations and providing support to staff and volunteers as neededSupporting the development and delivery of:legal training programspublic legal education initiativesparalegal programsWorking with BWSS communications and development teams to support:funding applicationsprogram visibilityorganizational initiativesstatistics3. Systems Analysis, Law Reform & Racial JusticeThe Manager ensures that the work of the Justice Centre contributes to broader efforts to improve legal and public safety systems.Responsibilities include:Identifying patterns, institutional and systemic barriers, and service gaps emerging from frontline legal advocacy workSupporting and contributing to law reform and systemic advocacy initiativesParticipating in engagement with:governmentlegal institutionscommunity-based organizationsContributing to public legal education, training, and sector developmentIntegrating a racial justice lens, including attention to how legal systems impact Indigenous, Black, and racialized survivorsSupporting alignment with BWSS initiatives related to:public safetycommunity-based researchsystems change advocacy4.



Leadership & Organizational ContributionParticipates as a member of the BWSS Leadership TeamWorks in collaboration with the Executive Director and leadership staffContributes to cross-organizational planning and coordinationRepresents BWSS in external forums, committees, and partnerships as requiredScope of RoleLeadership of a frontline legal advocacy clinicManagement of a complex, high-demand programContribution to systems change, law reform, and public legal educationQualifications and ExperienceMinimum 5 years’ experience in legal advocacy, with at least 3 years related to gender-based violenceDemonstrated knowledge of legal systems impacting survivors, including:family lawimmigration lawchild welfarecriminal lawemerging civil legal issuesExperience supervising unionized staff in a frontline or legal service environmentStrong understanding of trauma- and violence-informed practiceDemonstrated ability to support complex and high-risk casesUnderstanding of the legal and social context of violence against women, including the impacts on Indigenous, immigrant, and racialized womenExperience contributing to program development, training, or community-based initiativesStrong communication and collaboration skills across:Victims-survivorslegal professionals including lawyers, legal advocates, victim service workerscommunity partners in all related sectorsWorking ContextThe Justice Centre operates within a high-demand environment supporting survivors navigating multiple legal systems. The role requires the ability to manage competing priorities, support staff working with complex cases, and maintain a consistent focus on survivor safety and access to justice.The hours are 32 - 40 weekly negotiable. Monday to Friday 9 - 5 with occasional evenings and weekends.What we offerA team of unapologetic intersectional feminists who live their values daily.Wage is a range $83,200 - $114,400 depending on weekly hours and experience.Extended health, paid stat holidays, sick leave, and other generous provisions.Ongoing training and career development.A workplace that values your critical thinking, your independence, and your voice.Equity StatementBWSS is committed to equity in hiring. We strongly encourage applicants from Indigenous women, Black women, racialized women, women who are disabled, transfeminine people and femmes.All our work takes place on the unceded and unsurrendered territories of the xʷməθkwəyə̓ m (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.#J-18808-Ljbffr

📌 Manager, Justice Centre - $83,200 - $114,400 A Year (Winnipeg)
🏢 Battered Women's Support Services
📍 Winnipeg