Lead a high-quality legal practice and make a difference in your community.
Northern Community Legal Centre (NCLC) is seeking an experienced and values-driven
Director of Legal Practice (Principal Lawyer)
to lead and develop our legal practice andsupport our dedicated multidisciplinary legal team.
This is a senior leadership position with responsibility for the professional leadership, quality and development of NCLC's Legal Services.
Reporting to the CEO and working closely with our Senior Lawyers, the Director provides professional supervision and support to the legal team and volunteers, while contributing to NCLC's broader strategic direction, advocacy, law reform and community impact.
ABOUT NORTHERN COMMUNITY LEGAL CENTRE (NCLC)
Northern Community Legal Centre (NCLC) is adynamicnot-for-profit community legal centre that operates in one of the fastest-growing areas of Melbourne and has a significant catchment, including the Merri-bek, Hume and Mitchell Shire Local Government Areas.
NCLC operates from a central office in Broadmeadows, a satellite office in Wallan, and with outreach clinics in other service areas.
NCLC ensures services are accessible to the community by providing legal advice, education and referrals.
ABOUT THE ROLE
You will lead and develop our legal services, working with Managing Lawyers and Senior Lawyers and teams across family violence, immigration, employment, youth and economic justice.
We're looking for a leader who can bring out the best in our legal team — building capability, creating space for thoughtful practice, and connecting what our lawyers are seeing and hearing every day with the broader issues affecting our clients and community,



helping turn frontline insight into stronger practice and greater impact.
Our work goes beyond resolving the legal issue in front of us.
We look for systemic barriers and use what we learn to inform advocacy, drive systems change, and influence the laws, policies and systems that shape people's lives.
Lead with purpose:
provide strategic and professional leadership across NCLC's legal practice.
Grow great practice:
support Senior Lawyers to lead, develop and inspire their teams.
Raise the bar:
champion quality, ethical practice, risk management, innovation and continuous improvement.
Think beyond the practice:
bring a legal perspective to NCLC's strategy, advocacy and organisational direction as a member of the Senior Leadership Team.
Full-time position, with part-time arrangements considered for the right candidate.
ABOUT YOU
You're an experienced lawyer who can see both the detail and the bigger picture.
You bring sound legal judgement, confidence in leading others and a genuine commitment to using the law to improve people's lives.
You'll have:
Eligibility to hold a Principal Lawyer practising certificate in Victoria, with at least five years' post-admission legal experience and broad experience relevant to community legal practice.
Experience supporting, supervising or leading lawyers, legal teams or multidisciplinary teams.




A strong commitment to access to justice and working with people experiencing disadvantage and vulnerability.
The ability to provide thoughtful professional oversight across a diverse practice, balancing quality, risk, client outcomes and the broader purpose of NCLC's work.
REMUNERATION
Salary: $139,****** – $144,****** per annum (SCHADS Award Level 8, with above-award remuneration under the Victorian Community Legal Centres Multi-Enterprise Agreement *********), plus employer-funded superannuation.
PERKS
NCLC is committed to providing a working environment that is flexible, friendly, collaborative, positive and supports team members to achieve a work/life balance.
We offer:
Generous salary packaging, including access to Accommodation and Meals Entertainment packaging.
Five weeks annual leave, plus Christmas to New Year shut down leave
Flexible working arrangements to support work/life balance
Learning and professional development opportunities.
Access to Employee Assistance Program for employees and their wellbeing
Purposeful work contributing to access to justice and positive community change.
Next Steps
NCLC is committed to building a diverse workforce and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and racially marginalised and refugee backgrounds, people of all ages, neurodiverse people, gender diverse people and LGBTIQA+ people.
We welcome applications from people with a diversity of backgrounds and experience, including lived experience of the issues we work on.
A position description is attached.
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