Senior Lawyer, General Advisory

About this role

• Full time ongoing position (part time considered)
• Salary range: $98,902 - $123,624 plus super plus salary packaging
• Up to $15,900 in salary packaging and hybrid WFH & office model

About the role
As part of the Legal Help Senior team, you will be responsible for supporting a team of legal staff including rostered supervision duties, encouraging high performance, responding to inbound and outbound escalated enquiries, auditing calls, supporting complaint handling, and legal compliance matters whilst ensuring the team provides consistent, high quality and efficient legal services in line with Legal Help service guidelines.

This role will suit an experienced lawyer (preferably with experience in Family, Criminal, Civil, or Child Protection law) with previous experience in providing generalist legal advice, and it does not involve ongoing case work or court advocacy.

This role is based at our Melbourne CBD office on Wurundjeri Country.

About you
As our ideal candidate, you will possess:

• A Victorian Legal Practicing Certificate (mandatory).
• Minimum 5 years of legal practice experience, with demonstrated ability to provide high quality and fit-for-purpose legal advice and/or services to a range of internal clients.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex legal issues across a range of jurisdictions, acting as the point of escalation for the Client Intake and Information team and lawyers in the Legal Advice and Specialist Services branch.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and communication skills with the ability to deliver training to VLA staff.

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
• Opportunity to join Myki Commuter Club(and salary package the cost)
• Supportive team environment in modern offices (including free gym and end-of-trip facilities at our CBD office)
• Access to discounted Private Health Insurance

How to apply
To be considered for this role, please submit your current resume and 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, Beck Johnston-Ryan, Managing Lawyer on (03) 9606 5202 or email recruitment@vla.vic.gov.au.

No agency applications will be accepted.

Applications close by 11.59pm on Tuesday 15 April 2025.

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.