Legal Assistant

3 weeks ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Victoria Legal Aid Full time
Overview

Join to apply for the Legal Assistant role at Victoria Legal Aid.

Bring your skills, heart and initiative to a role where no two days are the same.

Details
  • Multiple full-time positions (0.8 FTE considered); ongoing
  • Locations: Sunshine Office and Wyndham Courts, or Melbourne CBD/Naarm and Wyndham Courts
  • Salary: $64,827 - $78,718 (pro rata) plus super and salary sacrifice
What you'll do

You'll work closely with lawyers, support staff, clients and court professionals to ensure our services run smoothly. Duties include:

  • Managing client appointments and reception
  • Preparing and filing legal documents
  • Supporting lawyers in court and office settings
  • Assisting with client intake and service referrals
  • Helping to keep everything organised behind the scenes
What we're looking for

We welcome applications from people with diverse experiences and backgrounds. You might have worked in legal support, customer service, health, education, community services, or office administration.

  • Strong organisational and communication skills
  • A calm, respectful and professional approach — especially in high-pressure situations
  • Confidence learning new systems and working with diverse clients
  • A team-first attitude and commitment to social justice

Legal admin or court experience is great, but not essential — we'll provide training and support to help you succeed.

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 provide legal representation 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 is inclusive as well as diverse. Your unique ideas and perspectives are valued so that we best represent the people we serve.

Locations
  • 6 roles in the Sunshine/Wyndham team, supporting criminal, family violence and civil law matters, including court-based services at the new Wyndham Law Courts, and Sunshine Magistrates' Court
  • 2 roles in the Melbourne Child Protection team, supporting CBD-based Child Protection matters and court-based services in Wyndham and CBD, Moorabbin, and Children's Courts in Melbourne CBD, Moorabbin, and Wyndham
  • Other possible roles in CBD or other metro or regional offices across Victoria

Applications close by 11:59pm on Sunday 14 September 2025.

Seniority level

Entry level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Administrative

Industries

Legal Services

We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, people with disabilities, and people who are part of the Western community our team serves.

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 Alex Forster, Administrative Services Manager, at or

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