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.

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 workplace.




- 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

📌 Deputy CEO (Adelaide)
🏢 Justice Connect
📍 Adelaide