Legal Assistant

15 hours ago

Melbourne, Australia Victoria Legal Aid Full time

Location: Melbourne | Southern Metropolitan

Job type: Ongoing - full time or part time / Ongoing, Up to August 2025

Organisation: Victoria Legal Aid

**Salary**: $62,123 - $76,425

Occupation: Administration/Secretarial

Reference: VG/VLA/RSD/1823429

Multiple legal assistant positions available in our Frankston and Ringwood offices. Join our dedicated teams and provide vital administrative support to our legal staff, making a difference in the community.
- ** Multiple positions available**:

- **Salary range: $62,123 - $76,425 (pro rata) plus super plus salary packaging**:

- **Up to $15,900 in salary packaging**:

- **Flexible locations**:Frankston or Ringwood

**About the role**
We are seeking administrative assistants to join our Frankston and Ringwood offices. Reporting to the Administrative Services Manager (ASM), you will undertake various public facing duties such as responding to and resolving enquiries from clients, attending court to administratively clerk, processing clients and maintaining our in-house case management system, all while supporting our legal team in a fast-paced environment.

We have the following roles available:

- 1x full time, fixed term position up to 19 August 2025 (Frankston)
- 1x 0.8 part-time ongoing position (Frankston)
- 1x 0.8 part-time ongoing position (Ringwood)
- These roles are based at our Frankston and Ringwood offices on Wurundjeri and Bunurong Country._

**About you**
- Ability to manage multiple tasks efficiently while meeting deadlines.
- Strong communication skills to engage with clients empathetically and effectively, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds.
- A commitment to providing high-quality, client-focused services in a sensitive environment.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and familiarity with client database management.
- A proactive attitude and the ability to work effectively in a team setting, contributing to a positive workplace culture.
- Experience providing administrative &/or reception support, ideally within a legal environment (highly desirable).

**About Victoria Legal Aid**
We provide legal representation to those who need it most. With over 1000 staff employed in 15 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 in office and WFH 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
- Access to discounted Private Health Insurance

**How to apply**

**Applications close by 11.59pm on Sunday 20 October 2024.**

**Other relevant information**

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

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