• Full time ongoing position (part-time applications considered)
• 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

Join a team dedicated to contributing to the safety of adults and children impacted by family violence, and assist in reducing the incidence of family violence. This role will support Victoria Legal Aid (VLA) to develop and implement family violence service delivery improvements including providing strategic and policy advice, working on organisational initiatives and coordinating projects, community legal education, professional legal education tools and training programs and engaging with internal and external stakeholders.

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

About you

As our ideal candidate, you will possess:

• Substantial professional knowledge of and experience in family violence legal practice.
• Demonstrated experience in project coordination or the capacity to quickly build those skills.
• Demonstrated experience in providing well-considered advice on legal policy, reform and practice issues within limited time restraints.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

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 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.

For further information, please review the attached position description or contact David Cleary, Program Manager – Family Violence on (03) 9606 5325 or Renee Rao, Recruitment Specialist on [email protected] using the subject line: Senior Lawyer & Projects Officer enquiry via EthicalJobs.

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.