Operations Coordinator

About this role

• Full time or part time maximum term position up to 9 months
• 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
Victoria Legal Aid (VLA) is seeking an experienced Operations Coordinator to join our Community Legal Centre Program team, coordinating state and national government funding and VLA funding for 41 Community Legal Centres (CLCs) across Victoria.

You will play a key role in operations, financial administration, and contract management activities, as you support CLCs with multi-year service agreements, budgeting, and financial, operations and service reporting. As part of a supportive team, you will work closely with colleagues in CLCs providing legal and allied services to the Victorian community.

This role is based at our Naarm / Melbourne CBD office on Wurundjeri Country. Applications to be based in another VLA office can be considered.

About you
As our ideal candidate, you will possess:

• Demonstrated experience in grants management in the community and/or public sector.
• Highly developed skills in financial administration, including the ability to accurately track and report on funding and compliance across multiple organisations and funding streams.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with a wide range of internal and external colleagues and stakeholders, in particular community organisations and First Nations community organisations. 
• Highly developed oral and written communication skills, and ability to prepare concise and accurate analysis, reports, briefings, and communications. 
• Well-developed administrative and operational management skills, to perform tasks accurately and with a high attention to detail, identify and implement process improvements, and prioritise workload to meet deadlines.
• Highly developed computer skills and proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office Suite and other related programs as required.

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 1400 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 a three-page candidate application form outlining your experience and interest in the role (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 Jacqueline Storey, Program Manager, Community Legal Centre Funding on (03) 9280 3748 or recruitment@vla.vic.gov.au.

No agency applications will be accepted. 

Applications close by 11.59pm on Tuesday 13 May 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.

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