• Full-time ongoing with part time (0.8 FTE) considered
• Salary based on experience, range: $97,922 - $122,400 (pro rata) plus super
• Up to $15,900 in salary packaging and hybrid WFH & office model

About the role

In this role, you will coordinate activities for implementing and delivering a new co-designed legal service model for consumers experiencing compulsory mental health treatment and who have a hearing at the Mental Health Tribunal. This includes supporting the implementation of the Mental Health Legal Rights Service model across the three legal service partners – Victoria Legal Aid, Mental Health Legal Centre and Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service, working collaboratively with project partners and internal and external stakeholders to coordinate activities and initiatives, systems and processes across the legal partners to ensure effective delivery of accessible, consumer-centred legal services under the new model, and the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022.

This role is based at our Melbourne CBD office on Wurundjeri Country.

About you

As our ideal candidate, you will possess:

• Demonstrated experience in project management, including developing a plan and working within a project management framework, assessing resource needs, developing and delivering training and resources, and the ability to meet deadlines under pressure.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with a demonstrated ability to use those skills to influence and negotiate with people and demonstrated experience in building collaborative relationships with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Excellent analytical and writing skills with the ability to convey information and ideas in a clear, logical and concise manner.
• Demonstrated knowledge of and commitment to social justice principles, human rights and an understanding of the legal assistance sector and non-legal advocacy and support services, particularly for people subject to compulsory treatment and detention.

About Mental Health Legal Rights Service

The Mental Health Legal Rights Service is a new legal service model co-designed with consumers and stakeholders that will be implemented across VLA, Mental Health Legal Centre and Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service. The service will provide legal assistance to consumers subject to compulsory mental health treatment, in particular in relation to their Mental Health Tribunal hearings. It is a coordinated collaborative consumer-centred model that will increase access to timely legal assistance, protect consumer rights, and advocate for a more consumer-centred and human-rights focused mental health system.

Don't meet every requirement? At VLA, we understand that your work and life experiences can be just as valuable. If you're excited about this role but your CV doesn't align perfectly with our job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or one of our many other opportunities.

About Victoria Legal Aid

We provide legal representation to those who need it most. With over 1000 staff employed in 15 offices across Victoria, we help people with their legal problems by providing information, advice and education with a focus on the prevention and early resolution of legal problems.

Our clients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds and foster a work culture that's inclusive as well as diverse. Your unique ideas and perspectives are valued so that we best represent the people we serve.

Employee benefits

• Focus on work-life balance including flexible working arrangements
• Hybrid work from home & office model
• Training and professional development opportunities
• Excellent salary packaging options including General Expenses up to $15,900, Meals & Entertainment up to $2,650 and Novated Leasing
• Opportunity to join Myki Commuter Club (and salary package the cost)
• Supportive team environment in modern offices (including free gym and end-of-trip facilities at our CBD office)

How to apply

To be considered for this role, please submit a current resume and completed candidate application form (listed within the file attachments).

If you require adjustment to the recruitment and selection process or need an alternative format to any of the application material, please don't hesitate to get in touch with our team via [email protected] using the subject line: Project Coordinator enquiry via EthicalJobs.

For further information review the attached position description or contact Catherine Leslie, Program Manager on (03) 9280 3706.

No agency applications will be accepted.

Other relevant information

It is a requirement that staff attend for office-based days at their primary work location. In line with this requirement, interstate applications will be considered only where the candidate is able and willing to relocate to Victoria, unless part of a border community.

VLA is committed to putting the safety and wellbeing of children first.