ABOUT THE NORTHERN COMMUNITY LEGAL CENTRE

Northern Community Legal Centre (NCLC) operates in one of the fastest growing and disadvantaged areas of Melbourne, and has a significant catchment including the Hume City Council, Moreland City Council and Mitchell Shire Council.

NCLC operates from a central office located in Broadmeadows, with outreach services to other service areas, including Wallan, Sunbury, Coburg, Glenroy, Fawkner and Craigieburn.

Our purpose is to ensure equal access to justice for all in Melbourne’s North West and we do this by the provision of legal services, community legal education and law reform aimed at the most vulnerable and disadvantaged people in Melbourne’s North West. NCLC gives priority to victims/survivors of family violence, refugees and newly arrived communities, people who have a diagnosed mental illness, young people and members of our community who have or are facing multiple systemic barriers to achieving justice in their legal matters.

PURPOSE

The Policy and Evaluation Lead, supervised by the Partnerships and Community Development Manager will work also with the Management Team, to contribute to program development within NCLC with a particular emphasis on monitoring legal needs in our community and providing input into designing innovative projects to respond. Utilising data to identify legal needs including the impacts of COVID on legal needs, the Policy and Evaluation Lead will identify systemic issues and apply evaluation frameworks across internal programs to ensure that our interventions are evidence-based and demonstrating intended outcomes.

The Policy and Evaluation Lead will contribute to policy development, funding needs, law reform, advocacy, research, monitoring and evaluation, submission writing and consultation to inform public policy and address systemic barriers that impact upon justice equity.

This position is a one year contract position.

Generous salary packaging is available.

A complete Position Description is attached.

next steps

For further information on the role, please contact Tania McKenna, Partnerships & Community Development Manager on [email protected] using the subject line: Policy and Evaluation Lead enquiry via EthicalJobs, or call 9310 4376.

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