Legal Assistant, Shepparton - State Government of Victoria, Australia

Description

Legal Assistant, Shepparton (VLA2 - V2AO3D)

Job posted: 03/05/2024

Location: North East Region | Shepparton

Job type: Ongoing - full time or part time / Ongoing

Organisation: Victoria Legal Aid

Occupation: Administration/Secretarial

Reference: VG/0844

Provide our lawyers with legal administrative support in a sensitive, confidential, and client-focused setting making a difference to the Goulburn region community.

• Salary based on experience, range: $59,877- $76,425 (pro rata) plus super
• Up to $15,900 in salary packaging and hybrid WFH & office model

About the role:
Victoria Legal Aid (VLA) is seeking engaged and motivated Legal Assistants to join our team of legal and support staff making a difference in the Goulburn region. Reporting to the Administrative Services Manager, you will work within a team of legal assistants to provide a broad range of legal administration support to our lawyers and the wider office including word processing, data entry, file management and reception services. Additionally, you will assist legal aid clients with general enquiries and work with external legal practitioners and community legal centres to ensure the needs of our clients are met.

We have the following opportunities available:

• 3x full-time ongoing positions
• 1x part-time ongoing position (0.8 FTE)

About you:
As our ideal candidate, you will possess:

• Strong organizational skills, able to prioritize and meet deadlines.
• Proven ability to provide client-focused services in sensitive environments.
• Excellent interpersonal skills for effective communication with diverse backgrounds.
• Sound problem-solving skills to ensure efficient service delivery.
• Quick learner, adept at grasping new systems and processes.
• Demonstrated commitment to collaborative teamwork.
• Experience providing administrative &/or reception support, ideally within a legal environment (highly desirable).

Don't meet every requirement? At VLA, we understand that your work and life experiences can be just as valuable. If you're excited about this role but your CV doesn't align perfectly with our job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or one of our many other opportunities.

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 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

How to apply:
To be considered for this role, please submit a current resume and completed candidate application form (listed within the file attachments).

If you require adjustment to the recruitment and selection process or need an alternative format to any of the application material, please don't hesitate to get in touch with our team .

For further information review the attached position description or contact Elyse Lobe, Administrative Services Manager on

No agency applications will be accepted.

Applications close by 11.59pm on Sunday 19 May 2024

Other relevant information:
It is a requirement that staff attend for office-based days at their primary work location. In line with this requirement, interstate applications will be considered only where the candidate is able and willing to relocate to Victoria, unless part of a border community.

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

Ongoing - full time or part time / Ongoing

Job classification:

VLA2 - V2AO3D

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