Our organisation

Justice Connect believes in a world where legal support is within everyone’s reach. In the face of rising levels of unmet legal need, our 2028 strategy sees us put people first, innovating to build our communities’ skills, knowledge, and confidence, and grow access to legal support.

We recently announced that JusticeNet is merging with Justice Connect, combining complementary services and expertise to help more people access free legal support when they need it most. This is a defining moment for Justice Connect as two respected legal assistance organisations have come together to strengthen and expand access to justice across Australia, including in South Australia and the Northern Territory.

As our Deputy CEO, you will carry executive responsibility for Finance, People and Culture, IT, and Operations, alongside broad responsibilities for enterprise leadership, stakeholder stewardship, and representing Justice Connect in South Australia and the Northern Territory. This is a parental leave contract from early December 2026 to 28 January 2028, based in Adelaide with regular national travel (2 to 3 times per quarter). You will thrive here if you are someone who thinks organisation-first, builds trust across complex stakeholder environments, leads confidently through change, and finds purpose in expanding access to justice for communities that need it most.

Our ideal candidate

You will bring to the following essential experience:

- Significant senior executive leadership experience with responsibility for organisational performance, sustainability and strategic delivery.
- Demonstrated success leading organisations, teams or major functions through significant organisational change, transformation, merger, integration or restructuring.
- Experience exercising whole-of-organisation stewardship across multiple functions and balancing strategic, operational and organisational priorities.
- Experience leading and developing senior leaders and multidisciplinary teams.
- Experience building and maintaining trusted relationships with senior stakeholders, including government, funders, partners and boards.
- Demonstrated success in fundraising and revenue generation, including developing and stewarding relationships with major donors, philanthropic funders, trusts, foundations and funding partners.
- Experience leading donor engagement, strategic communications and stakeholder stewardship activities that support organisational sustainability and growth.
- Experience overseeing or working closely with finance, people and culture, technology, governance and operational functions.
- Executive leadership across multiple organisational functions, including finance, people and culture, operations, governance and organisational performance.
- Financial stewardship, budgeting and resource allocation in a complex organisational environment.
- Governance and risk management, including Board reporting and organisational policy oversight.
- Leading organisational change, integration, transformation or large-scale improvement initiatives.

Required qualifications:

- Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline such as business, management, public administration, governance, law, or a related field.
- Demonstrated commitment to the values of social justice, equity, and access to justice.





Expertise that would further support our team:

- Postgraduate qualifications in management, leadership, governance, business administration or a related field.
- Qualifications or formal training in organisational change, transformation, governance or leadership.
- Admission as a legal practitioner and/or experience working within the legal assistance, community services or not-for-profit sectors.
- Legal experience, particularly in designing and leading legal assistance service delivery.
- Familiarity with the legal profession members and regulators.

Knowledge, Skills and Attributes:

- Proven ability to lead people through periods of uncertainty, change and organisational transition while maintaining engagement, stability and performance.
- Demonstrated capability to cultivate, steward and grow relationships with donors, philanthropists, strategic partners and funding stakeholders.
- Excellent strategic thinking, judgement and decision-making skills, including balancing risk, opportunity and competing priorities.
- Highly developed stakeholder engagement, influencing and relationship management skills, with the ability to build credibility at Board, executive, government and sector leadership levels.
- Strong financial acumen and understanding of organisational sustainability, funding diversification and resource stewardship.
- Demonstrated resilience, adaptability and political acumen in complex and evolving environments.
- Strong communication and advocacy skills, including the ability to represent the organisation with confidence and credibility internally and externally.
- Commitment to collaborative leadership, organisational learning, inclusion and continuous improvement.
- Alignment with Justice Connect's values and commitment to improving access to justice.

What you will achieve in the role

In this role, you will report directly to the CEO and serve as a member of the Organisational Leadership Team. You will:

- Lead the continued integration of JusticeNet and Justice Connect, bringing together people, systems, processes and operations while maintaining continuity, stability and organisational effectiveness.
- Provide executive leadership for Justice Connect’s work in South Australia and the Northern Territory, ensuring its sustainability, growth and long-term success.
- Lead financial management and performance, ensuring effective financial planning, resource allocation and stewardship to support organisational priorities and growth.
- Provide leadership in fundraising, securing and stewarding diverse funding streams to strengthen Justice Connect’s financial sustainability and resilience.
- Lead People and Culture, ensuring Justice Connect has the workforce, organisational capability and people systems required to deliver its strategy and support change and growth.
- Ensure effective stewardship of technology and information systems, with appropriate oversight of cyber security and risk.




- Oversee Justice Connect’s organisational policy framework and support effective Board governance, including coordination of Board processes, reporting and governance requirements.
- Build and strengthen Justice Connect’s profile, influence and strategic partnerships across South Australia and the Northern Territory.

A week in this role

No two weeks will look exactly the same, particularly in the early stages when integration and establishment work will be at their most intensive. If you were here last week, you would have:

- Met with the CEO to align on integration priorities for the month and discuss progress on operational workstreams bringing JusticeNet and Justice Connect systems and processes together.
- Chaired a cross-functional working group on the merger integration plan, working through people, finance, IT, and operations milestones and resolving dependencies across teams.
- Met with a key South Australian government funder to discuss program continuity, demonstrate impact, and explore opportunities for growth and new partnerships.
- Reviewed the monthly financial position with the Finance Manager, identifying areas where resource allocation needed to shift to support integration and emerging organisational priorities.
- Joined an OLT meeting to contribute to organisational planning and decision-making, including a discussion on fundraising strategy and revenue diversification.
- Had a one-on-one with the People and Culture Manager to discuss workforce planning for the integrated organisation, including team structures, onboarding, and cultural alignment.
- Attended a sector event in Adelaide, representing Justice Connect and strengthening relationships with legal sector partners, community organisations, and key stakeholders.

What we offer

If you want your next role to have purpose, support your growth, and help you build meaningful connections, Justice Connect is the place to work.

We are committed to creating an workplace where people thrive. Our benefits include:

- Salary packaging to make part of your income tax-free
- Ongoing learning and development opportunities
- 5 weeks annual leave (pro rata), leave loading
- Gifted leave between Christmas and New Year over the end-of-year closure period
- 15 days paid personal leave per calendar year (pro rata)
- 10 days paid study leave per calendar year (pro rata)
- 5 days paid, and 5 days unpaid cultural leave per calendar year (pro rata)
- Access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP) support for you and your immediate family
- An inclusive and diverse culture that values continuous improvement, innovation, and sustainability

Salary

$200,000 per annum + superannuation (paid according to statutory requirement) + 17.5% annual leave loading

As a not-for-profit, Justice Connect is able to offer salary packaging, which allows you to enjoy part of your salary tax-free, increasing your take-home pay.

- Up to $15,900 per year on everyday living costs, including rent, mortgage, groceries, bills and personal loan repayments
- Up to $2,650 per year on meals and entertainment

Our salary packaging partner, Smart, will assist successful candidates in setting up and managing their arrangements.

How to apply

Please upload your resume and a cover letter outlining your skills and experience, addressing the selection criteria.

📌 Deputy CEO (Adelaide)
🏢 Justice Connect
📍 Adelaide