• Full-time ongoing position (part-time applications considered)
• Salary range: $111,263 - $123,624 (pro rata) plus super plus salary packaging
• Up to $15,900 in salary packaging and hybrid WFH & office model

About the role

Join Victoria Legal Aid's Broadmeadows team as a Deputy Managing Lawyer, providing operational leadership and expert legal services across criminal, family, and civil law with a focus on criminal law and family violence. You'll manage a team of legal staff, mentor junior lawyers, and deliver high-quality legal services, including complex casework and court advocacy.

Working alongside the Regional Manager, you will provide operational management and legal supervision for the Broadmeadows legal team predominantly across Criminal Law, and also Family Law, Child Protection and Civil Law matters. You will mentor staff and support the development and training of lawyers within the team.

Broadmeadows is also home to a range of innovative therapeutic justice approaches, including the Specialist Children's Court, Specialist Family Violence Court and Koori Court, offering a great opportunity to develop your professional career within VLA. 

This role is based at our Broadmeadows office on Wurundjeri Country.

About you

As our ideal candidate, you will possess:

• The ability to lead and motivate a team, provide mentorship, and foster a collaborative work environment.
• Strong background in criminal (preferred), family, or civil law, with the ability to handle complex cases and provide high-quality legal advice and court advocacy.
• Ability to communicate effectively with a diverse range of clients, including those who are socially and economically disadvantaged, as well as with external stakeholders.
• A commitment to working collaboratively with others and fostering a cooperative and supportive team environment.
• A current Australian practising certificate which entitles you to practise in Victoria as a government legal practitioner (mandatory).

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
• Access to discounted Private Health Insurance

How to apply

To be considered for this role, please click "Apply Now" and submit your current resume and a 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 via [email protected] using the subject line: Deputy Managing Lawyer enquiry via EthicalJobs.

For further information, please review the attached position description or contact Maria Priolo, Regional Manager on (03) 9302 8714 or [email protected].

No agency applications will be accepted.

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.

A position description is attached.