Professional Support Lawyer

About this role

• Part time maximum term position up to February 2026
• Salary range: $98,902 - $123,624 (pro rata) plus super plus salary packaging
• Up to $15,900 in salary packaging and hybrid WFH & office model

About the role
Alongside the current PSL, youth, you will be supporting VLA staff and legal practitioners who do legally aided work on matters within the child protection and youth crime programs. You will be responsible for analysing and synthesising relevant legal resources, contributing to law reform and policy and develop and delivering education and training in the areas of child protection and youth crime education. You will also prepare and create material to be published on our intranet and LawHub.

This role will draw upon your knowledge of youth law practices and your communication skills. You will be interpreting changes to youth law and identifying the impact they will have on VLA practices.

Candidates are welcome to nominate their preferred VLA office location.

About you
As our ideal candidate, you will have:

• Significant practice experience in either child protection or youth crime.
• Experience using a range of information technology including legal research methods and tools
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Highly developed people skills with the ability to build strong working relationships.
• A current Australian practising certificate which entitles you to practise in Victoria as a government legal practitioner.

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.

How to apply
To be considered for this role, please submit your current resume.

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 Jenny Anderson, Managing Lawyer - Child Protection on (03) 9280 3773 or Renee Rao, Recruitment Specialist on  recruitment@vla.vic.gov.au.

This position is advertised internally and only available to current VLA employees.

Applications close by 11.59pm on Wednesday 27 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.