• Full time maximum term position up to 12 months (part-time applications considered)
• Salary range: $98,902 - $123,624 (pro rata) plus super plus salary packaging
• Up to $15,900 in salary packaging and hybrid WFH & office model

About the role

Victoria Legal Aid (VLA) is seeking an experienced Data and Reporting Coordinator to join our Community Legal Centre program team.

This is an exciting opportunity to work with VLA and Community Legal Centres (CLCs) as we improve service data and reporting practices and contribute to upcoming national strategies and frameworks for legal sector data and outcomes.

As a member of the small and collaborative CLC program team at VLA, you will support all CLCs funded through the Community Legal Services Program (CLSP) with their annual planning and reporting, and regular service data collection and reports; ensuring the CLSP reporting is streamlined, accurate and useful for accountability and for improving services and access to justice for Victorian communities.

You will be responsible for maintaining and analysing data sets on community legal service delivery across multiple organisations and funding streams, ensuring CLC data is securely managed and shared, and preparing aggregate reports on CLC services for a wide range of stakeholders, including CLCs, VLA, and government.  

In this position you will play a key role in identifying and implementing improvements to data and reporting in collaboration with CLCs, peak bodies and government, and contribute on behalf of VLA to legal assistance sector initiatives and working groups relating to data and outcomes-based practice.

This role is based at our Melbourne CBD office on Wurundjeri Country or options to be based at another VLA regional office can be considered.

About you

As our ideal candidate, you will possess:

• Demonstrated experience in data analysis, reporting, monitoring and/or evaluation in the community or public sector.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating service reporting for large grant funding programs.
• Highly developed skills in data analysis and writing clear reports for different audiences.
• Skilled at building relationships and working with internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience in data management, privacy, and governance practices.
• A tertiary qualification in data analysis, reporting, project management, or a related field is highly valued. However, relevant professional experience is just as important, and we encourage applicants with strong hands-on experience in data and reporting to apply.

Don't meet every requirement? At VLA, we understand that your work and life experiences can be just as valuable. If you're excited about this role but your CV doesn't align perfectly with our job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or one of our many other opportunities.

About Victoria Legal Aid

We provide legal representation to those who need it most. With over 1400 staff employed in 16 offices across Victoria, we help people with their legal problems by providing information, advice and education with a focus on the prevention and early resolution of legal problems.

Our clients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds and foster a work culture that's inclusive as well as diverse. Your unique ideas and perspectives are valued so that we best represent the people we serve.

Employee benefits

• Focus on work-life balance including flexible working arrangements
• Hybrid work from home & office model
• Training and professional development opportunities
• Excellent salary packaging options including General Expenses up to $15,900, Meals & Entertainment up to $2,650 and Novated Leasing
• Opportunity to join Myki Commuter Club(and salary package the cost)
• Supportive team environment in modern offices (including free gym and end-of-trip facilities at our CBD office)
• Access to discounted Private Health Insurance

How to apply

To be considered for this role, please submit your current resume and a completed candidate application form (listed within the file attachments).

If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process or need an alternative format to any of the application material, please don't hesitate to get in touch with our team.

For further information, please review the attached position description or contact Jacqueline Storey, Program Manager, Community Legal Centre Funding and Development on (03) 9280 3748 or [email protected] using the subject line: Data and Reporting Coordinator enquiry via EthicalJobs.

No agency applications will be accepted.

Other relevant information

It is a requirement that staff attend for office-based days at their primary work location. In line with this requirement, interstate applications will be considered only where the candidate is able and willing to relocate to Victoria, unless part of a border community.

VLA is committed to putting the safety and wellbeing of children first.

A position description is attached.