Work Type: Fixed-term - Full-time or part-time
Salary: $110,357 - $127,333
Grade: WVR 4.2
Occupation: Legal
Location: Melbourne - Southern suburbs
Reference: VG/VLA/RSD/1870063
About the role
Join our Frankston team at Victoria Legal Aid as a Senior Civil Lawyer. You will work in a diverse, large team, focusing on key areas including mental health and disability law, social and economic rights, NDIS, tenancy, VCAT matters, crimes (mental impairment and unfitness to be tired) matters and fines.
In this role, you'll provide expert legal advice and represent clients in courts and tribunals, including the Mental Health Tribunal and VCAT. You'll also support clients by travelling to offsite locations, including community outreach programs and hospitals, ensuring that people who are unable to come to us still get the help they need.
Additionally, you will provide mentorship and supervision to junior lawyers, helping them grow their skills and delivering high-quality legal services together. This is a great opportunity contribute to a team, build relationships with community partners, and advocate for changes that improve access to justice in key areas of human rights law.
This role is based at our Frankston office on Bunurong Country.
About you
As our ideal candidate, you will possess:
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
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 Julie Riva, Regional Manager on (03) 9784 5223 or [email protected].
No agency applications will be accepted.
Applications close by 11.59pm on Monday 14 July 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.
VLA is committed to putting the safety and wellbeing of children first.