• Melbourne CBD
• Immediate start - Hybrid working model
• Full time or Part time - negotiable (minimum 0.8EFT) - Fixed Term for 12 months
• Be a part of a feminist community organisation supporting Victorian women.
• A fantastic opportunity to build the role and make it your own.
• Your expertise will directly contribute to building a more gender-equitable society.
• Hybrid working model (part in office/working from home), promoting a true work/life balance.
• A welcoming, passionate, and supportive work culture.
• Competitive remuneration, bonus leave days, flexible work arrangements, salary packaging.

Your new role

Translate policy and legal information into creative digital and media campaigns to build engagement across our online communities, enhance community and sector understanding of the issues we are fighting for and help achieve our advocacy objectives.

This is a full time or part time (minimum 4 days) position.

What you’ll need to succeed

To succeed in this role, you should have strong project management skills and an ability to create effective communications such as advocacy campaigns, projects, legal resources, news updates, client stories and marketing emails. Your ability to create effective values-based messages, build relationships with and pitch stories to media, will be key.

• A bachelor’s degree in a related field such as public relations, marketing, digital communications or journalism;
• 3+ years’ experience in communications; and
• Experience creating, implementing and evaluating communications strategies.

What you’ll get in return

In return for your dedication, we offer competitive remuneration, bonus leave days, flexible work arrangements, salary packaging, and a vibrant, supportive work culture.

The detail:

• 5 weeks of annual leave!
• Above-award remuneration.
• A strong commitment to your professional development, personal development, and wellbeing.
• A very flexible working environment that supports work-life balance.
• A hybrid working model that supports both in-office and work-from-home arrangements.
• Salary packaging (which can add up to $15,900 in tax-free pay every year).
• Fresh fruit available in the office.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program.

Our Purpose:

To improve outcomes for all women, with a specific focus on victim-survivors of family 
violence by:

• Providing high quality legal services for Victorian women who are disadvantaged or marginalised by structural and systemic barriers​​​​​​​,
• Assisting women and professionals that work with women, to better understand the law and navigate the legal system safely, and
• Advancing gender equality by challenging unsafe and discriminatory policies and laws and informing and advocating for legal and policy initiatives that respect and promote the rights of women.

Our culture

We’re continually building on our culture of inclusivity, collaboration and safety so our teams and individuals thrive. Our values are more than words – they’re actions we take together.

Together, we are:

Authentic: We are reliable, trustworthy and transparent about how we work. We reflect on our work and take responsibility for our actions.

Collaborative: We are stronger when we work together. By sharing power and privilege with diverse voices, we achieve better outcomes. We respond to requests for help with generosity.

Courageous: We are brave, resilient and face challenges with integrity. We unapologetically advocate for our goals and back one another to take considered risks to increase our impact.

Inclusive: We believe respect, equality and opportunity must be afforded equitably and to everyone. We understand this will require critical reflection on where power lies and how it functions, and active effort to disrupt it.

Purposeful: Our services respond to the community, laws and people we work with. We value curiosity and relish opportunities to improve our work.

To apply

Submit a resume and covering letter to tell us how you are the right candidate for this role. Please ensure the cover letter addresses how you personally align to Women’s Legal values that are listed above.

See the Women’s Legal ‘Work with Us’ page for more information.

Any other enquiries can be emailed to Roj Amedi, Director, Policy, Advocacy and Communications at [email protected] using the subject line: Digital Campaigns Lead enquiry via EthicalJobs.

A position description is attached.

We will begin shortlisting immediately, so please apply as soon as possible.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We recognise our work benefits greatly from the unique knowledge, skills and expertise of individuals with diverse experiences, including those with lived experience of family violence, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women with disability and women from migrant, refugee or non-English speaking backgrounds. If this is you, we strongly encourage you to apply.
Women's Legal relies on an exception under the Equal Opportunity Act to employ women only.