Manager – Training & Enterprise , Not-for-profit Law

Role purpose:

The Manager – Training & Enterprise leads Not-for-profit Law’s training service and manages a certified social enterprise as part of the Not-for-profit Law program at Justice Connect. The role will also play a pivotal role in developing and implementing future entrepreneurial activities.

Key responsibilities: 

• Leadership of Not-for-profit Law’s certified social enterprise, including:
  • Manage a certified social enterprise, including responsibility for budget/KPI tracking, working closely with the Training & Enterprise team and the Head of Not-for-profit Law to grow the enterprise
  • Oversee proposals for fee-for-service work, including settling of terms and conditions of sale and development of frameworks for quoting on larger or more complex work, to contribute to the commercial goals of the enterprise
  • Consolidate and build Not-for-profit Law’s networks (e.g. government agencies, local government councils, peak bodies, large not-for-profits) to secure fee-for-service opportunities and develop new networks and clients, including presentations at conferences
  • Work with the Head of Not-for-profit Law to scope emerging needs and opportunities, and develop and implement new fee-for service offerings
  • Develop and contribute to strategies to measure and promote the social and economic impact of the work of the enterprise
  • Employee and project management, including:
  • Lead and motivate staff to achieve a high standard of work, including supervision of two part-time Training & Enterprise Coordinators and a Senior Lawyer – Training & Enterprise
  • Working in collaboration with the Head of Not-for-profit Law, manage projects arising from the securing of grants of funding, from grant application through to acquittal
• Legal training facilitation, including:
  • Working collaboratively with the Senior Lawyer – Training & Enterprise (and other team members as appropriate) to deliver Not-for-profit Law Training’s fee-for-service products
  • developing high quality, practical and plain-language learning materials
  • Facilitating training, both face-to-face (COVID-19 permitting) and via technology for clients (including regional and interstate clients) with the ability to confidently manage the demands of fee-paying clients, highly professional boards, challenging participants and group dynamics, and complex legal issues
  • Overseeing the improvement of existing training content and resources, and development of new content to meet client needs
  • Evaluating and reporting on training activities that meet clients’ needs and also contributes to Not-for-profit Law’s evaluation impact measures and funding requirements
• Contribute to the broader NFP Law team through:
  • Working strategically to identify law reform issues through engagement with Not-for-profit community organisations, and contributing to advocacy work
  • In collaboration with other Managers, manage and contribute to the strategic development, delivery and evaluation of legal services on national basis
  • Contribute to the delivery of other professional development events for lawyers to build skills in advising not-for-profit organisations
  • Provide legal advice to not-for-profit organisations
  • Assist in the development of plain language legal resources for not-for-profit community organisations across a range of media
• Promote and publicise Justice Connect and its Not-for-profit Law program, including presenting at public forums and contributing to internal and external publications
• Escalate risk and legal practice management issues to the Principal Lawyer
• Assist with governance, reporting and evaluation requirements of Justice Connect and Not-for-profit Law
• Contribute to program and organisation-wide projects
• Together with other Managers and Heads, help to ensure that Justice Connect promotes staff wellbeing, diversity, cultural competency and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Peoples’ right to self-determination.
• Contribute to Justice Connect’s Reconciliation Action Plan activities.
• Perform other duties as directed and necessary to the proper performance of the role

Selection Criteria: 

• Please view attached PDF for information regarding the selection criteria. 

Employee benefits: 

Justice Connect offers employment benefits including salary packaging (making part of your salary tax-free), flexible working arrangements, above award annual leave provisions and opportunities for professional development. Justice Connect is an organisation that strives to show leadership, operate sustainably and demonstrate our effectiveness. You will be rewarded with a workplace culture that is professional, committed, collaborative and creative and where you can make a real difference through your work.