About Justice Connect

In the face of rising levels of unmet legal need, Justice Connect designs and delivers high impact interventions to increase access to legal support and progress social justice. At Justice Connect, we believe in a fair and just world, where people and communities are supported to engage with and fully participate in our legal and social systems and avoid the negative impacts on their wellbeing or organisational health that flow from unresolved legal problems.

From preventing homelessness and providing legal support to disaster-affected communities, to helping not-for-profit organisations navigate complex regulatory requirements, we work across different areas of law through our multi-channel and multi-intensity legal services and network of 10,000 pro bono lawyers.

About the Innovation Team

Justice Connect’s acclaimed Innovation team undertake some of the most cutting-edge work at the intersection of justice, communications and technology. The multidisciplinary team work on projects that aim to scale Justice Connect’s reach and impact and improve the experience of people seeking legal help and the lawyers that help them. We aim to improve service efficiency by building service provision and consumer facing tools, allowing us to extend our reach to a growing cohort of people and not-for-profit organisations needing legal help.

Our deep understanding of legal help consumers combined with our leading expertise in the law, research, design, communications, AI, digital outreach, and product development, ensure our projects are designed to meet the communities needs and deliver meaningful outcomes.

Our ideal candidate

You'll bring to the team experience in the following areas:

• Writing HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Familiarity with latest and best practices is a must, e.g., HTML5, CSS3, and common frameworks.
• Experience in PHP programming language.
• Familiarity with globally supported frameworks, Vue and Laravel
• Demonstrated ability to use interpersonal skills to build relationships with diverse stakeholders and clients
• Highly motivated, with a strong work ethic, a positive attitude and demonstrated ability to work both independently and in a team

Candidates will need to demonstrate commitment to Justice Connect's vision, strategy and values.

What you will achieve in the role

In this role, you’ll work to:

• Write clear, well designed, testable and efficient code using best software development practice
• Provide development, enhancement and bug fixing support for existing and future projects
• Undertake customisation of products and platforms used to deliver services
• Engage with users and clients to gather insights and requirements on the consumer experience

A week in this role

If you were here last week, you would have:

• Typical Agile Scrum environment, with daily stand-ups, weekly team meetings
• Plenty of time for coding, be it in a team or self-managed.
• Weekly one on one with a manager to discuss goals, feedback and training
• Finish off on Friday with a social hangout

What we offer

If you want your next role to have purpose, support you to master new skills and build meaningful relationships then Justice Connect is the place to work.

We believe in creating an environment where people will thrive, we offer a range of benefits including:

• Progressive leave entitlements
• Flexible working arrangements with a minimum of 40% in the workplace attendance across the month
• Access to EAP
• New hire and ongoing learning and development

Important role information

The position reports to the Lead Developer.

Employment is full time (37.5 hours per week) fixed term for 12 months. There is the possibility to extend based on funding. Part-time (0.8) will be considered.

The salary for this role is $90,393.23 per annum, plus 11.5% superannuation, annual leave loading and generous salary packaging options.

This role can be based at our Melbourne or Sydney CBD offices with 40% of the month in the workplace with hybrid working arrangements.

How to Apply

Please upload your resume and a cover letter which outlines your skills and experience that will help you achieve success in this role.

For further information contact Mark Pendergast on [email protected], using the subject line: Developer - Melbourne / Sydney enquiry via EthicalJobs. 

Applications will be reviewed as they are received and interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis.