• Utilise your administrative expertise to provide support and advice to the Victorian Legal Admissions Board
• An ongoing, full-time opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service
• VPS Grade 3: $79,122 - $96,073 plus superannuation.

About the Business Unit:

The Victorian Legal Admissions Board is a statutory body which performs functions associated with the admission of lawyers in Victoria in accordance with the Legal Profession Uniform. Law Application Act 2014. Under an Instrument of Delegation, the Victorian Legal Admissions Board (VLAB) established the Victorian Legal Admissions Committee (VLAC) to assess applicants for admission in Victoria and to grant Compliance Certificates under s19 of the Uniform Law.

About the Role:

The Compliance Officer plays a pivotal role in administering applications for admission to practice law in Victoria. You will be expected to rotate through a range of responsibilities, based upon the needs of the Board. The role is full time ongoing, based in the Melbourne CBD working in a hybrid model with a starting position of 2 days WFH.

Some of your duties will include: 

• Understand and interpret concepts, policies, rules and legislative requirements to applicants regarding requirements for admission to the legal profession in Victoria and provide quality assurance and continuous improvement to ensure best practice is maintained throughout the operations of the Board.
• Work collaboratively to identify and implement improvements to operational procedures within the office and members of staff.
• Pro-actively build and maintain effective relationships with key stakeholders in the legal profession for the purposes of promoting the work of the Board including supervised workplace trainees, law firms, overseas applicants, academic institutions and education institutions.

To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description. 

About You:

To be successful in this role, you will have: 

• Have Salesforce CRM experience
• Have web content management experience
• Ability to manage social media channels such a X
• Ability to work in and manage SharePoint sites

How to Apply: 

Please click the Apply button on this advertisement. Applications should include a resume and covering letter. Attachments can be uploaded in .doc, .docx, .pdf, .txt or .rtf formats. 

The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which may include reference checks, national police checks and misconduct screening. Dependant on the role, other checks may include VicRoads checks, drivers licence checks, medical checks, Working with Children Checks, and Declaration of Private Interests (for executive and responsible officer roles). 

If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative form.ation to any of the application material, please don't hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad. 

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: 

CHILD SAFE STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT: 

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. We seek to prevent harm of any kind impacting children and young people and have zero tolerance for racism, child abuse and inequality. Children and young people's rights, relationships, identity, and culture must be recognised and respected, their voices heard, and their concerns acted upon. We aim to foster a culturally safe, child safe and child friendly environment for all children and young people we have contact with, deliver services to, or are impacted by our work.