• Part-time (0.8 FTE) maximum term position up to December 2025
• This role is a parental leave backfill position
• Salary range: $76,426 - $98,901 (pro rata) plus super plus salary packaging
• Up to $15,900 in salary packaging and hybrid WFH & office model

About the role
This role is in a small collaborative team dedicated to making high quality legal information. Your role is to co-ordinate the review and publication of community legal information resources. This includes researching, writing and promoting our free legal information to the community. You like working autonomously but know when to ask for guidance.

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

About you
As our ideal candidate, you will:

• be a skilled writer and editor who understands the importance of plain language.
• have experience managing small projects.
• have excellent time management and organisational skills, including the ability to plan and prioritise tasks.
• enjoy working with colleagues and stakeholders to complete tasks.
• care about the legal needs of our clients and the community.

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 cover letter addressing the key selection criteria.

If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or need any documents in another format, please get in touch with our team.

For further information, please review the attached position description or contact Monica Ferrari, Manager Community Legal Education on (03) 9269 0402 or [email protected].

No agency applications will be accepted.

Applications close by 11.59pm on Sunday 13 April 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.