Court Officer

Location: Melbourne | CBD

Job type: Full time / January 2025 to 30 June 2026

Organisation: Magistrates Court

**Salary**: $58,539 - $75,175

Occupation: Legal

Reference: VG/MC0688_MC0690_MC0691
- Unique opportunity to work closely with judicial officers and liaise extensively with members of the legal profession
- Gain practical knowledge of court processes and operations
- Ideal role for recent law graduates entering the legal workforce

Four Fixed Term Full Time opportunities from January 2025 to 30 June 2026

**About Us**

Court Services Victoria provides corporate services and facilities to support the performance of the judicial, quasi-judicial and administrative functions of Victoria's courts and tribunal, Judicial College and Judicial Commission.

Collectively, Victoria's Supreme, County, Magistrates', Children's, and Coroners courts, the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT), the Judicial College of Victoria, the Judicial Commission of Victoria, and Court Services Victoria (CSV) are referred to as the ‘Courts Group'.

Our people enable the Courts Group to deliver on each jurisdictions own strategic priorities while also pursuing strategic opportunities that are interconnected and deliver benefits more broadly.

The Magistrates' Court of Victoria (MCV) is a jurisdiction within the Court Services Victoria statutory authority and has a long history of providing justice for the people of Victoria in metropolitan and regional courts across the state. The Court determines in excess of 300,000 cases per annum at 51 venues, equating to approximately 90 percent of all cases that come before Victorian courts each year. The Court aims to be an innovative, accessible, and responsive court that provides quality services to the Victorian community.

**About the Role**

Court Officers facilitate and mange proceedings online and in court. These roles provide personalised support to judicial officers in performing their judicial, ceremonial and administrative responsibilities.
Court Officers work collaboratively with teams across the Court, liaising with coordinators, Family Violence and Specialist Courts and Program staff to ensure timely assessments of matters, appropriate referrals to legal assistance and support services. The role also assists the effective functioning of the Court by performing a range of administrative services and clerical tasks to ensure matter readiness.
These positions report to two Program Coordinators within the Legal Policy Unit and is part of a dynamic and innovative legal team which includes specialist legal practitioners supporting the criminal, civil and specialist jurisdictions of the Court and its corporate and operational business units.

**About You**
- Ability to communicate and speak clearly and concisely when providing information or responding to others
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to adjust communication style and messages to ensure clarity of understanding
- Attention to detail
- Ability to work co-operatively withteam members and court users

**How to apply**
- resume
- a short cover letter

**Other information**

CSV is the employer of staff at Courts Group. CSV has a firm commitment through its Koori Employment Plan to increase participation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across our workforce.

We value the unique backgrounds, experiences, and contributions that each person brings to our community and encourage and celebrate diversity. Those from the LGBTQIA+ community, women, people of all ages, with disabilities, culturally and linguistically diverse people, and those who are neurodiverse, are encouraged to apply.

We aim to create a workforce that reflects the community in which we live.