Education and Training Coordinator

• Part time (0.8 FTE) ongoing position
• Salary based on experience, range: $97,922 - $122,400, pro rata plus super
• Up to $15,900 in salary packaging and hybrid WFH & office model

About the role:
In this newly created role you will collaborate with legal partners and lived experience experts to develop and deliver training for staff, as well as information and education for consumers and stakeholders about MHLRS, and their rights under the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 (Vic). Additionally, you will project manage and coordinate activities including co-design and co-production initiatives for the development, review, and evaluation of education, training, and resource materials supporting the delivery of the Mental Health Legal Rights Services model, ensuring key tasks and deliverables are achieved. Finally, you will work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to help make a difference in the lives of our most Victorians.

This role is based at our Melbourne CBD office on Wurundjeri Country

About Mental Health Legal Rights Service (MHLRS)
The MHLRS is a new legal service model that has been co-designed with people with lived experience of mental health issues (consumers) and a range of other stakeholders. It is a coordinated, consumer-centred collaborative service model between VLA, Mental Health Legal Centre (MHLC) and Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service (VALS) to increase legal assistance to consumers with hearings at the Mental Health Tribunal, which will be implemented in 2023-2024.

About you:
As our ideal candidate, you will possess:

• An understanding or the ability to quickly gain an understanding of mental health law and practice, including at VLA, and the ability to interpret changes to the law and their impact on mental health law practice.
• Lived experience or experience working with lived experience experts to co-produce or co-design services and resources. An understanding of the challenges faced by those accessing mental health and related systems.
• Demonstrated experience in scoping and supporting the delivery and evaluation of community legal information, Education and Training to people from diverse communities and backgrounds.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including ability to clearly convey technical information and ideas to a wide audience, including people from different backgrounds using plain language.

Don't meet every requirement? At VLA, we understand that your work and life experiences can be just as valuable. If you're excited about this role but your CV doesn't align perfectly with our job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or one of our many other opportunities.

About Victoria Legal Aid:
We provide legal representation to those who need it most. With over 1000 staff employed in 15 offices across Victoria, we help people with their legal problems by providing information, advice and education with a focus on the prevention and early resolution of legal problems.
Our clients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds and foster a work culture that's inclusive as well as diverse. Your unique ideas and perspectives are valued so that we best represent the people we serve.

Employee benefits:

• Focus on work-life balance including flexible working arrangements
• Hybrid work from home & office model
• Training and professional development opportunities
• Excellent salary packaging options including General Expenses up to $15,900, Meals & Entertainment up to $2,650 and Novated Leasing
• Opportunity to join Myki Commuter Club (and salary package the cost)
• Supportive team environment in modern offices (including free gym and end-of-trip facilities at our CBD office)

How to apply:
To be considered for this role, please submit a current resume and completed candidate application form (listed within the file attachments).

If you require adjustment to the recruitment and selection process or need an alternative format to any of the application material, please don't hesitate to get in touch with our team.

For further information review the attached position description or contact Catherine Leslie, Program Manager on (03) 9280 3***.

No agency applications will be accepted.

Applications close by 11.59pm on Wednesday 31 January 2024

Other relevant information:
It is a requirement that staff attend for office-based days at their primary work location. In line with this requirement, interstate applications will be considered only where the candidate is able and willing to relocate to Victoria, unless part of a border community.

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