Chief Operating Officer

Sydney, NEW South Wales NGO Recruitment

  • Ensure the provision of free legal and related services to everyday people
  • High profile national peak body
  • Suit candidate with career in civil society, peak bodies or a like-minded corp

 

The Organisation

Community Legal Centres Australia (CLCs Australia) is the national peak body for the community legal sector which provides free and accessible legal and related services to everyday people, including those experiencing discrimination and disadvantage.

CLCs Australia members are the State and Territory peak bodies representing 173 community legal centres across Australia, as well as family violence prevention and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander legal services.

CLCs Australia strives to be leaders in good practice for other civil society organisations, to advocate for justice and the promotion and protection of human rights, and to maintain and strengthen the networks that allow the sector to provide holistic support to communities.

The Role

In this newly created Sydney based role, you will provide internal operational leadership enabling the CEO to maintain a focus on strategy, the sector and key external relationships.

Providing direct supervision for up to four managers and the operations team you will be responsible for all the corporate functions including project and risk management, human resources, finance, compliance, IT/business systems and planning.

You will project manage services benefiting members whilst contributing to the organisational planning process, maintaining and implementing the current framework with a vision of improvements and efficiencies.

  
 

Source: Uniting News