Regional Manager

About this role

• Full time ongoing position (0.8 FTE part-time applications considered)
• Salary range: $123,625 - $157,340 (pro rata) plus super plus salary packaging
• Up to $15,900 in salary packaging and hybrid WFH & office model

About the role
In this role, you will lead a team of over 65 legal and administrative staff at our Dandenong office, including Deputy Managing Lawyers and Administrative Services Managers. You'll provide strong leadership, foster a positive work environment, and enhance client services.

Your responsibilities include developing Regional Office Plans, building stakeholder relationships, and representing Victoria Legal Aid (VLA) at community events.

As the Regional Manager, you will oversee a multidisciplinary practice that includes roles such as the Information and Referral Officer, the Independent Mental Health Advocates, Independent Family Advocacy and Support Advocates and the Aboriginal Community Engagement Officer. This involves engaging closely with program areas across VLA to maximise collaboration, service enhancements and client referrals.  

Some travel may be required for stakeholder management and training at our Head Office.

This role is based at our Dandenong office on Bunurong Country.

About you
As our ideal candidate, you will possess:

• Proven leadership and people management experience, with the ability to motivate and develop a diverse team.
• Substantial legal practice experience in criminal, family, or civil law.
• Strong strategic planning skills and the ability to identify and address emerging trends in the justice system.
• Exceptional communication, stakeholder management, and negotiation abilities.
• A commitment to social justice principles, particularly regarding the issues faced by First Nations Australians.
• A current Australian practising certificate which entitles you to practise in Victoria as a government legal practitioner (mandatory).

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 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
• Access to discounted Private Health Insurance

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

If you require adjustments 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, please review the attached position description or contact Rebecca Burgmann, Associate Director, South East on (03) 5126 6410 or recruitment@vla.vic.gov.au.

No agency applications will be accepted.

Applications close by 11.59pm on Sunday 10 November 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.