Legal Administrator

Organisation Description

Westjustice is a rights-based Community Legal Centre servicing Melbourne's West on the lands of the Bunurong and Wurundjeri peoples and including the LGAs of Wyndham, Maribyrnong, Hobsons Bay, Melton and Brimbank, a population of over a million people. Melbourne's Western Suburbs are the thriving backbone of the state, and home to Australia's most diverse and fastest-growing population.

We work to uphold peoples' rights by providing free legal, social work, financial counselling services, community engagement, and advocacy for systemic reform across Workers' Rights, Children and Young People's Rights, Women and Gender Diverse people's Rights, and Economic and Housing Rights. We provide place-based, multi-disciplinary programs, and partner with values-aligned organisations to focus on servicing those most impacted by these issues, and to ensure people have access to the services they need where they need them.

Through our work, we consistently see complex legal issues and the cyclical impact they have on longer term justice, economic, health, and life outcomes. This is why our services and programs focus on prevention and early intervention in the cycle of economic precarity, criminalisation, violence and housing insecurity. It is also why we advocate for legal, social and policy reform to ensure the people of Melbourne's West have access to services and the best version of justice.

Role Description

Westjustice is seeking to employ full-time or part-time Legal Administrators on 12-month maximum term contracts (with possibility of ongoing employment) to join our growing organisation.

If successful, you will join a high performing and supportive team and provide effective and efficient legal administrative support to a team of lawyers, financial counsellors and social workers.

Our ideal candidates will have strong administrative experience in the legal sector, thrive in a face-paced environment, and is proficient with Microsoft 365 suite, particularly Outlook, SharePoint, Excel and Teams. The candidate will share Westjustice's values and ability to engage and communicate effectively with disadvantaged clients.

Role Requirement

• Providing a wide range of legal administrative support services including but not limited to conducting legal intake, word processing, data entry, generating and preparing legal correspondence/court documents/briefs to counsel, photocopying, calendar management, processing applications for grants of legal assistance, booking interpreters, file management and where required, as well as reception services.
• Working closely with the Program's caseworkers to advance legal and other matters for clients.
• Assisting with the development and implementation of procedures to enhance the legal and administrative work practices within the offices.
• Triaging client inquires, record outcomes and provide internal or external referrals as appropriate.
• Providing general paralegal/administrative assistance to our lawyers

Three roles are based at our office in Sunshine, one at Werribee.

Remuneration

Salary $78,668pa with additional financial benefits of 17.5% leave loading, generous salary packaging of up to $15,900 for general living expenses, accommodation and meal packaging plus statutory employer funded superannuation.

For enquires, contact Ellen Flint, People & Culture Director, at

for a confidential discussion.

How to Apply

To apply, please
send your resume together with a concise cover letter demonstrating your skills and experience
via this portal or by emailing 

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We will be interviewing candidates as applications are received, so don't wait to apply Submit your application as soon as possible to be considered for one of these exciting opportunities.

Westjustice is committed to building a diverse workforce. We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people living with a disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, mature age workers and LGBTIQA+-identifying people. People with lived experience of the justice system are encouraged to apply. A police check result does not automatically disqualify an application but will be individually assessed for the relevant role.

Please ensure that you let us know, in advance, of any reasonable adjustment you may require during any part of the recruitment process including application and interview by contacting Ellen Flint via

Any information disclosed will be held in the strictest of confidence.