Melbourne CBD | Hybrid working model | Full time or Part time - negotiable (minimum 0.8EFT) | Ongoing

Your new role

You will collaborate within the Policy, Advocacy & Communications team to harness Women's Legal's evidence and expertise, monitor and develop legal policy, and lead advocacy strategies.

You will provide timely and critical legal analysis of laws and policies related to Women’s Legal practice areas such as family violence, child protection, family law, migration, and sexual violence. With a strong focus on engagement and collaboration, you will work with external stakeholders in Victoria and nationally to drive systems change and improve outcomes for women, their children, and the community.

• Produce high-quality legal policy and advocacy materials, including but not limited to policy briefs and submissions, budget submissions, campaign messaging, articles and other materials, as needed, that target key decision-makers and audiences.
• Monitor and identify systemic issues in law and policy through research and collaboration.
• Develop and implement advocacy campaign strategies to respond to systemic law and policy reform issues, applying an understanding of the points of leverage and engagement.
• Coordinate and contribute to research and evidence-building, translating this into good practice across policy, service delivery and training.

What you’ll need to succeed

To succeed in this role, you should have knowledge and understanding of legal assistance or family violence-related services and equity issues affecting women and the justice system. Your ability to think laterally and identify and analyse problems and develop appropriate solutions, will be key to your success. You will be able to produce submissions and other documents that are compelling, evidence-driven and credible and continue to strengthen our relationships with key stakeholders.

• A tertiary degree in a relevant discipline and at least five years of experience in policy and advocacy campaigns is essential for this role.

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

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 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 withdiverse 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 a full position description.

Any other enquiries can be emailed to Ruth McKendrick, HR Officer at [email protected] using the subject line: Policy and Campaigns Manager enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Applications will only be reviewed once the role closes.

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.

A position description is attached.