Executive Director of Strategic Programs

6 days ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia beBeeLeadership Full time $150,000
Strategic Leadership Role for Social Impact

The ideal candidate will provide strategic leadership across two nationally recognised initiatives, ensuring they are high-quality, accessible, and scalable.

  • Driving program growth and innovation to improve outcomes for vulnerable populations.
  • Strengthening partnerships with key stakeholders in the justice sector.
  • Embedding human-centred design, digital transformation, and lived experience in service delivery.

This is a key executive leadership role that combines strategy, people leadership, and sector impact.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Providing strategic direction for Seniors Law and Self-Representation Law programs.
  • Leading a team of managers and lawyers, fostering a safe, inclusive, and high-performing culture.
  • Managing budgets, workforce planning, risk, and funding relationships with government and philanthropic partners.

Requirements:

  • A law degree and eligibility to practise in Australia (preferred).
  • 5+ years post-admission experience, ideally in public interest, civil justice, elder law, or community legal practice.
  • Proven leadership in program design, service delivery, evaluation, and growth.

Benefits:

  • Permanent, 0.8 FTE senior leadership role.
  • Flexible work arrangement – choose to spread the 30 hours over five days or compress them into fewer days.
  • $150k base salary + superannuation benefits.
  • Hybrid working model with offices in Melbourne and Sydney.

About the Organisation:

The organisation exists to make legal support accessible to all, designing and delivering high-impact programs that connect people and community organisations with free legal help, while driving systemic reform to create fairer laws and a more just society.

This is a rare opportunity to shape and scale nationally recognised programs with lasting social impact.

Please click the link below to learn more about this exciting opportunity.

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