Principal Lawyer

• Join a strong leadership team in a growing legal service, support to community, improving access to justice
• Make your mark through innovation, high level service delivery, & excellence
• Make it work with a sector leader in children, youth & family services

Why Choose Anglicare Victoria?

As a sector leader in children, youth, and family services, we're not just setting the bar; we're redefining it. Join a leadership team that thrives on making a difference through innovation, service delivery, and excellence.

You will join an award-winning organisation that has led major changes to the system including the acclaimed Home Stretch Reform, the Compass Social Impact Bond, and scaled new approaches for families at risk. We hope you will be a part of our continued journey towards improvement, innovation, and reform across the sector for our clients.

About Gippsland Community Legal Service.

Gippsland Community Legal Services (GCLS) is an independent non-profit service managed by Anglicare Victoria.

GCLS is funded by the Federal and State Governments to deliver free legal services throughout the Gippsland region. The mission of GCLS is to improve access to justice for all members of the Gippsland Community by providing legal advice and advocacy, empowering individuals, and groups through community education, and to remove systemic injustice by advocating for law reform.

About the role.

This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic Principal Lawyer to join a strong leadership team. This position has become available due growth in the service.  

The role is full time and ongoing, based in Morwell, with ability to travel to other work sites and an attractive salary and benefits are offered.

Key responsibilities:

• Work collaboratively with a strong leadership team within the service managing day to day operations
• Ensure the service delivers high quality services to clients
• Provide high quality legal supervision to employees
• Engage in complex legal casework as required
• Drive the services strategic agenda and identity areas for improvement and growth

What makes this such a great role for you:

This is a career defining opportunity to join one of Victoria’s leading organisation’s that has led major change to the system through its services and impact, and is an opportunity for you to be a part of our continued journey in working and servicing the needs of vulnerable children youth and families.

As the Principal Lawyer, you’ll receive:

• SCHADS Level 8 Paypoint
• Access to discounted health insurance and other retail discounts
• Access to AV’s suite of Health and Wellbeing benefits, such as our Fitness Passport, Well Worth It! Program, EIP and EAP

What our people say. “We’re a forward-thinking organisation in that we don’t shy away from identifying gaps in services and key pieces of advocacy… Anglicare is one of the leaders in transforming the protection system and the social services sector across Victoria. This is the avenue where you can have the most impact and influence in this sector for systems-level change.”

Ready to take the next step:

We would like to receive applications by no later than Friday 21st March 2025

Access to the detailed position description here:  Principal Lawyer PD LS M AW8 122024 V1.3.pdf

All you need to do is click APPLY wherever you see this advertisement. You will be taken to our careers page where you can simply “Apply for this job” over on the right-hand side.

To support your application, please provide us with a resume, along with a 1-page cover letter that describes you, your approach to leading legal services, as well as highlight any major successes.

We may reach out during the advertising period to discuss your application in more detail and ask some further questions. We would also invite you to do the same. Please contact Michelle Taranto, Program Manager by email michelle.taranto@anglicarevic.org.au

Anglicare Victoria acknowledges Aboriginal people as the traditional custodians of the land on which we operate. We commit to working respectfully to honour their ongoing cultural and spiritual connections to this country.

Diversity and inclusivity are important to Anglicare Victoria, and we are committed to ensuring our workplace and services reflect this.  Everyone is welcome at Anglicare Victoria, regardless of age, ethnicity, cultural background, gender, sexual orientation, religious affiliation and physical ability.