Legal Assistant

2 weeks ago

Melbourne, Australia Victoria Legal Aid Full time

Location: Melbourne | CBD

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Victoria Legal Aid

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

Occupation: Administration/Secretarial

Reference: VG/VLA/CL/1823552LA

Victoria Legal Aid (VLA) Are seeking an experienced administration officer to join our Indictable Crime team of legal staff and help make a difference in the community.
- ** Multiple full time ongoing positions**:

- **Salary range: $62,123 - $76,425 plus super plus salary packaging**:

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

**About the role**
Based at our Melbourne office, 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. You will provide legal administrative support to our lawyers including client data entry, file management, preparation of legal documents and general administrative support for the office.
- This role is based at our Melbourne CBD office on Wurundjeri 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.

**About Victoria Legal Aid**
We provide legal representation to those who need it most. With over 1300 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**

**Applications close by 11.59pm on Wednesday 30 October 2024.**

**Other relevant information**

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

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