Position Overview

This position to perfect for a creative person that has a passion for providing support to community members to navigate the legal system and identify their legal needs, create and provide educational material to members of the community through information sessions, promotional material and interactive workshops.

These events and materials that this position will create will be delivered to the Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal community members and should be focused on providing legal knowledge and information relating around the issue of family violence and how we can create safe family and community environments. This role focuses on:

1. Designing and delivering community legal education activities tailored to victims and perpetrators of family violence on relevant areas of law such as child protection, intervention orders, family law, housing, debt etc
2. Community Development
3. Raising awareness of the VALS’s family violence related services
4. Networking with stakeholders
5. Crime Prevention within the community
6. Pro-actively working towards changing the negative existing perceptions of the Aboriginal community

Key Duties and Responsibilities

1. Develop, deliver and maintain community legal education content within publications and other resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities that increase their:
   1. Understanding of the law and their legal rights
   2. Capacity to engage with and influence the legal system
2. Awareness of free legal assistance provided by VALS
3. Scope, test and refine new content with the needs of end users in mind, in balance with the priorities of the organisation and the needs of stakeholders
4. Research, write and edit content for community legal education print publications, digital content, reports, memos and other documents
5. Regularly monitor, evaluate and report on community legal education publications and projects. Document and respond to key risks, issues and trends in a timely fashion
6. Support the promotion of VALS’s community legal education content to internal and external stakeholders
7. Support effective project management practice and delivery. This includes demonstrating an ability to effectively operate systems and processes to support the monitoring and implementation of projects
8. Support engagement with key stakeholders, including conducting discussions with stakeholders, the preparation of communication materials and agendas, organising meeting venues and logistics, drafting meeting summaries and facilitating follow-up action
9. Provide high-level administrative and project management support
10. Develop and maintain effective networks and relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders at all levels of government, youth community agencies and with the community to support the delivery of programs, policy, or projects
11. Other duties as directed that are not listed in the position description

Key Selection Criteria

1. Ability to work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and acknowledge their diverse backgrounds, personalities and varying needs and the unique cultural ways in which they may be expressed
2. An understanding of the legal issues faced by Victorian Aboriginal communities
3. An in depth understanding of the relationships between the VALS, government agencies and Koori organisations
4. Experience in creating and managing educational content, with a focus on print and digital mediums. Experience in scoping or updating content that meets the needs of end use
5. Demonstrated skills in research, writing and editing, especially in the development of plain-language education materials
6. Demonstrated experience in the reporting, planning and evaluation of projects
7. Demonstrated experience in project management with the ability to produce project plans while anticipating and managing potential and emerging issues/ risks which may affect project outcomes
8. Analytical, conceptual and problem-solving skills with sound judgment and capacity to make decisions and recommendations where diverse interests need to be considered
9. Strong interpersonal, representational and communication skills, including the ability to influence and negotiate effectively and a proven capacity to develop effective relationships with a range of stakeholders
10. Demonstrated computer literacy skills and proficiency using the Microsoft Office and other relevant software
11. The ability to work in a multi-skilled environment
12. Experience working in the non-profit sector

A position description is attached.