• Full-time or Part-time (4 days per week) position to 31 August 2022
• Boronia / Burwood Location
• Attractive employee benefits including salary packaging, leave loading and additional paid leave over Christmas/New Year

The Organisation

Eastern Community Legal Centre (ECLC) has been working with individuals and communities for over 40 years to resolve legal problems, improve laws and legal processes and alleviate socio-economic disadvantage, ECLC’s vision is a community that respects and upholds human rights, fairness and justice.

ECLC provides legal services, including information and referral, education, advice and advocacy, primarily to people living in Boroondara, Manningham, Whitehorse, Maroondah, Knox and the Yarra Ranges, as well as some specific services in Monash.

ECLC aims to make legal help available to all those in the community who would otherwise not have access to a lawyer, whilst prioritising services and targeting programs to those who experience acute disadvantage.

About the Role

As part of a newly established multi-disciplinary team comprising a financial counsellor and community lawyer and in collaboration with ECLC’s HJP partner (Eastern Health), the Co-ordinator – Elder Abuse (HJP) will:

• Develop and maintain effective relationships and communication with Eastern Health, the Eastern Elder Abuse Network (EEAN) and its members, and other agencies in the region;
• Facilitate good management of the HJP, including coordination of HJP meetings;
• Engage in partnership and community development activities, and participate in external forums, to raise awareness of elder abuse; and
• Support the Managing Lawyer with monitoring and evaluation activities, reporting, and the continuous improvement of the HJP to improve the system and outcomes for older people experiencing or at risk of elder abuse.

Skills Required

You will have experience working with or within a multi-disciplinary environment, as well as an understanding of the social context of Elder Abuse as a form of Family violence. You will have experience working at or with public health services and the ability to engage and liaise successfully with stakeholders in various sectors.

Specifically, you will have:

• Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline
• Demonstrated experience mentoring staff
• Demonstrated experience in planning, coordinating and delivering services to older people experiencing or at risk of elder abuse
• Commitment to social justice and equality

Attractive remuneration will be negotiated with the successful applicant based on qualifications, skills and experience.