About Us

The Federation is a fast-paced and dynamic organisation that seeks to create a fairer Victoria for all members of our community. We are the peak body for Victoria’s Community Legal Centres (CLCs), who are at the forefront of helping those facing economic, cultural or social disadvantage and whose life circumstances are severely affected by legal challenges.

For more than 40 years, CLCs have been part of a powerful movement for social change, reshaping how people access justice, creating stronger, more equitable laws, and more accountable government and democracy.

Our vision is for a community that is fair, inclusive and thriving, where every person belongs and can learn, grow, heal, participate and be heard.

We work with CLCs by enabling a strong collective voice for justice and equality; mobilizing and leading strategic, well-coordinated advocacy campaigns; leading and supporting ongoing learning and evaluation across the sector; and driving creativity and excellence in delivering legal services to communities.

Our workplace is flexible and rewarding for those who can see the bigger picture and who are comfortable working with multiple stakeholders across a range of social issues. We focus on delivering impact and outcomes, we celebrate collective success, and we encourage ongoing learning.

Our staff are driven, collaborative, solution-focused and adaptable. But most of all we share a strong commitment to social justice.

About the role

You will collaborate with colleagues and engage the membership to develop sector and legal policy and advise how best to influence, affect and implement the change we want to see, from policy development through to policy implementation.

You will contribute to research and evidence building across the sector and translate this into practice – working with and supporting members to ensure that service design is evidence-informed and person-centred, and building a strong evidence-base of legal need.

You will work closely with key partners, including community organisations and legal assistance partners, recognising collaboration is key to our success.

About you

You are a multi-tasker who is passionate about social justice and systemic change. You understand how the law and legal system can impact social disadvantage and inequality and you thrive on building the solutions and strategy for change.

You will use your strong stakeholder engagement to collaborate closely within the Federation team and with the membership, developing sector and legal policy, supporting policy implementation, and encouraging the development of best practice service delivery models that positively impact communities.

With experience ideally across the practice areas of our members - civil, criminal, family law, mental health and family violence - you will help us to ensure that both our priority and responsive legal and societal issues are on the policy and political agenda from development through to implementation and service design.

Rewards and Benefits

The base salary is $90,000 per annum (pro-rata if part-time), plus annual leave loading and superannuation.

Additional benefits include:

• Generous salary packaging (up to $18,550 pa of your salary tax free);

• Flexible working arrangements to support employees to balance their personal and work life - the role is offered as full-time or part-time (0.8 – 1.0 FTE);
• Christmas and New Year shut-down leave;
• Access to an Employee Assistance Program;
• Learning and development opportunities;
• Opportunity to work in a fast-paced and dynamic peak organisation; and
• An everyday working environment that is friendly, collaborative and positive.

How to apply

• Email [email protected] to request a copy of the Position Description
• Click Apply Now below to view the application instructions and to submit your application
• Any queries may be directed to Tanya Sawtell (Human Resources Adviser) via [email protected]