The Organisation
Westjustice is a community organisation that provides free legal help to people in the Western suburbs of Melbourne.
Westjustice can help with a broad range of everyday legal problems including consumer disputes, credit and debt, family law and family violence, fines, motor vehicle accidents, tenancy, youth criminal law and more.
Westjustice’s purpose is to deliver targeted services and drive meaningful change to achieve fairness, safety and justice for Melbourne’s West.
Benefits & Culture
• Be a part of an organisation that 98% of our team are proud to work for
• We pay 3% above the SCHADs award
• Not for profit salary packaging up to $15,900 per annum
• Flexible working conditions
• 17.5% annual leave loading
• Passionate, professional and dedicated team
• Gifted additional paid leave over the Christmas holiday period
• Strong focus on collaboration, wellbeing, inclusion and diversity
The Role
Westjustice is seeking to employ a Senior Project Officer on a part-time basis (0.60FTE) in our Children and Young People’s Rights Program that will support the work of TARGET ZER0 and our role as part of the Backbone.
TARGET ZER0 is a 10 year collective impact initiative aiming to eliminate the overrepresentation of First Nations young people, multicultural young people and young people in the home of residential care in Victoria’s justice system. Together with the Centre for Multicultural Youth (CMY) (the other Backbone organisation) this newly created role is responsible for supporting TARGET ZER0’s leadership table and sub-committees, action groups and working groups.
The Senior Project Officer is responsible for:
- Primarily supporting TARGET ZER0’s s Program Manager to manage the coalition members and other key partnerships
- Lead and participate in networking activities, including sector and professional development activities
- Develop and implement a range of content, tools and activities to promote Target Zer0
- Support the planning and coordination of Target Zer0 events (minimum of 2 annually)
- Prepare reports, briefs and papers on behalf of he backbone leads for various audiences including but not limited to Westjustice/CMY, the leadership table and funding and other partners
Skills Required
- Tertiary qualifications in related field (i.e. youth or social work, community development, education, youth justice) and/or at least 3 years of relevant experience in equivalent roles.
- Demonstrated knowledge of Victoria’s youth justice system;
- Strategic thinker with proven highly developed relationship management and influencing skills that enables effective collaboration with both internal and external stakeholders;
- Proven project management skills and the ability to adapt to changing circumstances while achieving quality outcomes;
- Strong consulting skills, able to advise and communicate effectively at both the strategic and operational levels;
- Proven ability and commitment to working collaboratively in a team environment as well as working autonomously;
- Contribute to creating and maintaining a culturally safe service for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and other marginalised groups
This position will be primarily based at our Sunshine Visy Hub office but may be required to work from our other Westjustice offices and our partnered sites.
If you want to use your experience to improve life outcomes of people experiencing family violence, economic abuse and intersecting disadvantage, please send your resume together with a cover letter responding to the key selection criteria to anoushka@westjustice.org.au by COB Thursday 9 October 2025.
Alternatively, please call our office on 03 9749 7720 if you have any questions in relation to the role.
The successful applicant will require a current Working with Children’s Check and a Police Check or be prepared to apply for both. People with lived experience of the justice system are encouraged to apply. A police check result does not automatically disqualify an application which in each case will be individually assessed for the relevant role. Applicants must possess the right to work in Australia.
Westjustice is committed to building a diverse workforce. We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people living with a disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, mature age workers and LGBTIQA+-identifying people. People with lived experience of the justice system are encouraged to apply. A police check result does not automatically disqualify an application which in each case will be individually assessed for the relevant role.
If you require any adjustments throughout the application or recruitment process please contact recruitment@westjustice.org.au
Please ensure that you let us know, in advance, of any reasonable adjustment you may require during any part of the recruitment process including application and interview by contacting recruitment@westjustice.org.au. Information disclosed will be held in the strictest of confidence.
