Legal Assistant

About this role

• Full time ongoing position
• Salary range: $66,772 - $81,080 plus super
• Up to $15,900 in salary packaging, flexible hybrid work arrangement

About the role
Victoria Legal Aid (VLA) is seeking an engaged and client focused administrator to join our team in Gippsland. Our Gippsland team comprises of staff across both Morwell and Bairnsdale offices and occasional travel to either office location may be required for training.

Reporting to the Administrative Services Manager, you will provide essential administrative support to our lawyers, ensuring smooth day-to-day operations.

This role is based at our Bairnsdale office on Gunaikurnai Country.

About you
As our ideal candidate, you will possess:

• Strong administrative skills, with the ability to stay organized, prioritize effectively, and thrive under pressure.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver client-focused services in complex, confidential, and sensitive settings.
• Excellent interpersonal skills for effective communication across diverse backgrounds.
• Proficiency in word processing and the Microsoft Office suite.
• A track record of commitment to collaborative teamwork and achieving collective goals.
• Experience providing administrative &/or reception support, ideally within a legal environment (highly desirable).

Don't meet every requirement? At VLA, we understand that your work and life experiences can be just as valuable. If your CV doesn't align perfectly with our job description, we strongly encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate.

About VLA
We offer legal representation, family dispute resolution and non-legal advocacy 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

• A focus on work-life balance, including flexible working arrangements
• Hybrid work from home & office model 
• Generous leave benefits, including:
  • Three days paid seasonal leave (to be taken between Boxing Day and New Year's Day public holidays)
  • Paid gender affirmation leave
  • Five days both paid reproductive and fertility leave per calendar year
• Annual 3% salary increase each December plus performance-related salary incentives
• Attractive salary packaging options including General Expenses up to $15,900, Meals & Entertainment up to $2,650 PLUS Novated Leasing
• Individual learning and professional development opportunities, tailored to your role and career goals
• Free annual flu vaccinations
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program, including confidential counselling and access to a range of mental health and wellbeing resources.

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

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 Jorja Bryer, Administrative Services Manager on (03) 5126 6444 or recruitment@vla.vic.gov.au.

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

Applications close by 11.59pm on Wednesday 1 April 2026.

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.