Legal Assistant

9 hours ago

City of Bayside, Australia Victoria Legal Aid Full time

**Full time maximum term position up to 12 months**:

- **Salary range: $64,827 - $78,718 plus super plus salary packaging**:

- **Up to $15,900 in salary packaging and hybrid WFH & office model**

**About the role**
Victoria Legal Aid (VLA) is seeking a dedicated Legal Assistant to provide administrative support to our Family, Youth and Children's Law (FYCL) team. As a Legal Assistant, you will play an important role in supporting the delivery of our client services. You will triage client queries at court and in the office, as well as provide information and referrals to the public, legal practitioners, and other community services.

This is a frontline role that interacts daily with clients, courts, and community stakeholders at the Moorabbin Justice Centre - often supporting people who are facing serious life challenges including family violence, poverty, mental illness, or contact with the criminal justice or child protection systems.
- This role is based at the Moorabbin Justice Centre on Boonwurrung Country._

**About you**
- Experience in providing administrative support, ideally gained within a legal environment, and/or the ability to provide client focused services in a complex, confidential and sensitive environment.
- Strong organisational, problem solving and decision-making skills with the ability to prioritise workloads, meet timelines and work under pressure to ensure efficient and effective delivery of VLA services.
- Demonstrated communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively engage with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders.
- Proven ability to work collaboratively within a team, contributing to a positive and productive work environment.

**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**.

**Applications close by 11.59pm on Wednesday 29 October 2025.**

**Other relevant information**

VLA is committed to putting the safety and wellbeing of children first.

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