Legal Assistant

Victorian Government; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 67,000 - 81,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work from home & office

Salary packaging options up to $15,900

Annual salary increases

Public transport benefits (Myki)

Job summary

Victoria Legal Aid in Melbourne seeks an experienced administration officer to join the Help Before Court team. You will support lawyers, manage client data, and assist with referrals and document preparation. The role is based at the Melbourne CBD office with hybrid work options.

Ideal candidates will have strong organisational skills, experience in confidential environments, and be able to engage effectively with a broad range of stakeholders. Applications close soon.

Qualifications

• Experience providing administrative support, ideally in a legal environment.
• Strong organisational and problem-solving abilities with the capacity to prioritise and meet deadlines.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills for engaging with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal administrative support to lawyers, including data entry and file management.
• Prepare legal documents and assist with client information and referrals.
• Support delivery of client services and connect seekers with appropriate resources.

Skills

Administrative support

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Job description

Work Type: Fixed-term - Full-time or part-time

Grade: WVR 2.2

Occupation: Administration

Location: Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs

Reference: VG/VLA/CL/1953914

Victoria Legal Aid (VLA) are seeking an experienced administration officer to join our Help Before Court team of legal staff and help make a difference in the community.

Legal Assistant, Help Before Court PN 2176

• 1x full-time maximum term position up to 12 months (part-time 0.8 FTE considered)
• Salary range: $67,350 - $81,080 (pro rata) plus super plus salary packaging
• Up to $15,900 in salary packaging and hybrid WFH & office model

About the role

Based at our Melbourne office, you will play an important role in supporting the delivery of our client services. You will work together with our team of highly skilled legal assistants to deliver legal information services, connect help seekers with the best services for their circumstances and legal needs, collect court documents and make legal advice appointments and referrals. You will also provide legal administrative support to our lawyers including client data entry, file management, preparation of legal documents and general administrative support.

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

About you

As our ideal candidate, you will possess:

• Experience in providing administrative support, ideally gained within a legal environment, and/or the ability to provide client focused services in a complex, confidential and sensitive environment.
• Strong organisational, problem solving and decision-making skills with the ability to prioritise workloads, meet timelines and work under pressure to ensure efficient and effective delivery of VLA services.
• Demonstrated communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively engage with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders.

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 offer legal representation, family dispute resolution and non-legal advocacy to those who need it most. With over 1500+ 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 flexibleworking arrangements
• Hybridwork fromhome& 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
• Discounted annual Myki public transport passes
• Individual learning and professional development opportunities, tailored to your role and career goals
• Free annual flu vaccinations
• Access to gym and end-of-trip facilities at our CBD office
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program, including confidential counselling and access to a range of mental health and wellbeing resources.

Applications close by 11.59pm on Thursday 5 November 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.

Applications close Thursday 5 November 2026 at 11.59pm