Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time
Salary: $110,357 - $127,333
Grade: WVR 4.2
Occupation: Legal
Location: Loddon Mallee
Reference: VG/VLA/RSD/1868144
About the role
Join our Broadmeadows 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, and fines. This is a great opportunity to help lead our civil practice with a focus on mental health tribunals and expanding the regions civil practice.
The Broadmeadows team provides legal services across criminal law, family violence, child protection, youth crime, family and civil law. A large team of Independent Mental Health Advocates are also based in the region. Legal services are provided across two Magistrates' Courts (Broadmeadows and Seymour), the Specialist Children's Court (Broadmeadows), the Mental Health Tribunal, the AAT, VCAT and the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia. Broadmeadows is located in the City of Hume which is home to a diverse population. The city has a rich cultural heritage, with many residents from different ethnic backgrounds.
This role is an integral part of the Broadmeadows Office but also works very closely with all Program areas and lawyers in VLAs Civil Justice Directorate and with Civil Lawyer colleagues in other regional offices. In this role, you will:
This is a great opportunity contribute to a team, build relationships with community partners, and advocate for changes that improve access to justice.
This role is based at our Broadmeadows office on Wurundjeri 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 descrip tion, 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 click "Apply Now" and 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, using the subject line: Senior Civil Lawyer, Broadmeadows enquiry.
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.
Applications close by 11.59pm on Sunday 20 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.