Manager, Strategic Workforce Planning

About this role

• Full time / part time (considered) / maximum term position up to 2 years
• Salary range: $162,061 - $178,301 (pro rata) plus super plus salary packaging
• Up to $15,900 in salary packaging and hybrid WFH & office model

About the role
We're looking for an experienced Manager, Strategic Workforce Planning to lead the development and implementation of our first enterprise-wide workforce planning strategy.

This is a unique opportunity to drive long-term, impactful change in how we attract, develop, and retain a workforce that serves the diverse legal and non-legal needs of Victorians.

As the Manager, Strategic Workforce Planning, you will:

• Lead the design and delivery of VLA's inaugural workforce planning strategy.
• Partner with senior leadership in identifying future workforce needs aligned to organisational goals.
• Implement data-driven initiatives such as workforce skills assessments, capability mapping, and workforce modelling.
• Refine and prioritise existing planning initiatives, with a strong initial focus on frontline roles including lawyers, legal assistants, and First Nations staff.
• Conduct internal capability reviews and external environmental scans to inform workforce design.
• Collaborate across functions to ensure alignment with government priorities, legislative requirements, and community needs.
• Champion innovative, inclusive, and flexible employment models and workplace strategies.

This role is based at our Melbourne CBD office on Wurundjeri Country.

About you
As our ideal candidate, you will possess:

• Significant experience in strategic workforce planning, human resources strategy, or organisational development.
• Tertiary qualification in Human Resources, Business, Organisational Psychology, or related discipline and/or equivalent professional experience.
• Strong understanding of the public sector and regulatory environments, including an understanding of the justice system and workforce trends within legal services.
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to influence at senior levels.
• A collaborative, people-centred approach to driving innovation and change.

Don't meet every requirement? At VLA, we understand that your work and life experiences can be just as valuable. If you're excited about this role but your CV doesn't align perfectly with our job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or one of our many other opportunities.

About Victoria Legal Aid
We offer legal representation, family dispute resolution and non-legal advocacy to those who need it most. With over 1400 staff employed in 16 offices across Victoria, we help people with their legal problems by providing information, advice and education with a focus on the prevention and early resolution of legal problems.

Our clients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds and foster a work culture that's inclusive as well as diverse. Your unique ideas and perspectives are valued so that we best represent the people we serve.

Employee benefits

• Focus on work-life balance including flexible working arrangements
• Hybrid work from home & office model
• Training and professional development opportunities
• Excellent salary packaging options including General Expenses up to $15,900, Meals & Entertainment up to $2,650 and Novated Leasing
• Opportunity to join Myki Commuter Club (and salary package the cost)
• Supportive team environment in modern offices (including free gym and end-of-trip facilities at our CBD office)
• Access to discounted Private Health Insurance

How to apply
To be considered for this role, please submit your current resume and a cover letter addressing the key selection criteria.

If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process or need an alternative format to any of the application material, please don't hesitate to get in touch with our team.

For further information, please review the attached position description or contact Daniella Calkoen, Director, People and Workplace Services on (03) 9269 0555 or recruitment@vla.vic.gov.au.

No agency applications will be accepted.

Applications close by 11.59pm on Monday 29 September 2025.

Other relevant information
It is a requirement that staff attend for office-based days at their primary work location. In line with this requirement, interstate applications will be considered only where the candidate is able and willing to relocate to Victoria, unless part of a border community.

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