Communicate social justice issues, ensure a strong digital presence.
The Federation of Community Legal Centres (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 50 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 50 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; mobilising 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.
A key focus is to position the Federation and the community legal sector on the frontline of social justice and equality in Victoria via strategic, consistent, and compelling communications.
The Digital Communications Officer supports the important role the Federation plays, in sharing with key stakeholders and the wider community the impact that the community legal sector has on Victorian communities.
You will support the Communications Manager tell the story of the Federation and the sector through a range of channels to reach a diverse audience. You will help ensure a strong social media presence through the drafting and posting of engaging visual and written communications.
The full-time base salary is $76,018 per annum (pro-rata for part-time), plus annual leave loading, superannuation, and salary packaging (up to $18,550 pa of your salary tax free).
Additional benefits include:
The Federation is committed to building a diverse workforce and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and racially marginalised and refugee backgrounds, people of all ages, neurodiverse people, gender diverse people and LGBTIQA+ people. We welcome individuals with a diversity of backgrounds and experience, including lived experience of the issues we work on.
The Position Description is below and available on our website.
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We will be reviewing applications and interviewing as soon as we receive them, so please don’t wait for the closing date, we may have already filled the role.
Please note the role is to commence in the first few weeks of February 2025.