This is a Full-time permanent role and available for immediate start.

Remuneration and Benefits

Level 3-4 SCHADS Award;

$76,385.40 - $94,803.80 per annum excluding super and attractive salary packaging options

Four weeks of annual leave per annum plus leave loading

Two weeks paid leave during the Christmas closure.

All employees are eligible to salary sacrifice a portion of their base salary (up to $15,900).

An OPPORTUNITY to Make a difference

Caxton Community Legal Centre is a community legal centre whose purpose is to promote and protect human rights in Queensland through access to justice. Caxton provides accessible legal information so people know their rights and can prevent or respond to legal problems. Prioritising those who experience disadvantage, trauma and marginalisation, Caxton provides free, high-quality legal assistance and social supports.

Reporting to the Communications and Community Engagement (CCE) Lead, this role will help facilitate communication of public information about Caxton’ services, support Caxton’s program teams, and assist the CCE Lead in building new connections and partnerships to reach more communities in need of Caxton’s services.

Key accountabilities

Help the CCE Lead plan and coordinate the production of strategic external communications that promote understanding of who Caxton is, its programs and services, and the social-legal campaigns we support.

Provide administrative support to the CCE Lead in attending to the communication and engagement-related needs of all Caxton staff.

Help monitor and maintain internal communication support management tools and systems to ensure requests are serviced in a timely manner

Liaise with community partners to effectively communicate our service updates, campaigns, and advocacy

Respond to requests for legal education sessions from community groups and service organisations.

Coordinate communication between community/sector partners and Caxton staff in the delivery of legal education sessions and community engagement activities

Provide administrative assistance on initiatives supporting Caxton’s First Nations Justice Strategy Assist in the production and publications of Caxton’s self-help resources, socials media content, and other all other written publications

Provide assistance in the planning and delivery of events and fundraising activities that support Caxton’s strategic priorities

Any other duties as directed by the Line Manager

Essential requirements

Advanced written communication skills

Strong attention to details for editing documents and content

Ability to work with a broad range of technologies and software packages, including Microsoft Office Suite, desk top publishing, website information update and maintenance, and social media management tools and content planners.

Basic proficiency in Adobe InDesign and Canva

Ability to work collaboratively

Have an unrestricted working right in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply.

Why Caxton legal?

Caxton Legal Centre has played a central part in Queensland’s legal landscape over the past 50 years, leading the state’s first Stolen Wages case, successfully representing well over 100 victims of the 2011 floods, and paving the way for multidisciplinary service delivery to people experiencing elder abuse.

We are an engaged, passionate and talented group of lawyers, social workers and administrative staff with whom you are encouraged to collaborate with and learn from in order to meet our client’s needs.

Our full-time staff enjoy a 35 hour working week paid at the full-time Award rate, with time off in lieu if additional approved hours are worked.

Paid Christmas leave is provided during the office shut-down period to New Years in addition to four weeks paid annual leave.

Caxton is currently experiencing significant growth and change across many of its programs; these roles represent investments into the future of our service delivery and capabilities across South-East Queensland.

Application Instructions

If you are interested in joining a team who are highly committed to social justice and value diversity and human rights, please apply by providing a 1-2 page cover letter addressing the key accountabilities and your CV, for the attention of Communications and Community Engagement (CCE) Lead, Celeste Macintosh.