Managing Lawyer - Civil Law

Salary Offering: $120,000  plus 11% Superannuation

Additional Benefits:

• 17.5% Leave Loading
• 5 extra days leave on top of 20 days annual leave 
• Only required to work 28 or 35 hours per week, any extra hours worked will be calculated as your Time In Lieu (TOIL) – which you may use as additional leave hours
• Access to company vehicles for any work-related trips
• Salary packaging is available via Maxxia

Office Locations: 273 High Street, Preston, Vic, 3072

This role is part time or full time until 30th of June 2025

This position may require regional and very occasional interstate travel.

OVERVIEW OF THE ROLE:
 

The role of Managing Lawyer (ML), Civil Law, is to assist the PML in managing
the day-to-day delivery of a high quality, culturally safe legal service to
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander clients.  You will be overseeing and directly managing in partnership with the PML Junior Lawyers, Senior Lawyers, Paralegals & Legal Secretaries.
 

KEY SELECTION CRITERIA

•  A current, unrestricted Victorian Practising Certificate, with
  demonstrated advanced post admission experience - in Civil Law Matters
• Comprehensive understanding of Issues Aboriginal people face in relation to the delivery of legal service.
• Previous management or supervising experience. (particularly in a Civil Law setting)
• Able to demonstrate operational planning
• Highly developed verbal & written communication skills (with a strong emphasis on presentation)
• Able to provide strategic specialist legal advice and guidance to lawyers and other teams on complex legal matter

MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS:

 On offer of this position, you must provide:

• Copy of your current Employee Working with Children Card.
• You will be required to complete a current Criminal History Police Check.
• Up to date vaccination certificate or valid medical exemption
• Proof of rights to work in Australia, i.e., a copy of an Australian Passport, Birth Certificate, or Immigration VISA documentation
• Current valid Victorian Driver’s Licence
• Copies of any certificates or degrees relevant to this role

HOW TO APPLY:

To apply for this opportunity, please provide:

• A covering letter outlining who you are and why you are suited to this position.
• A statement addressing each of the key selection criteria – applications submitted without a statement addressing the key selection criteria will not be accepted. Please note the key selection criteria is found within the position description.
• Your resume detailing your education and professional experience and two referees.

Please submit your application to jobs@vals.org.au using the subject line: POSITION TITLE

Please note:

*Only successful applications will be contacted*

We do not accept unsolicited resumes from employment agencies. No (search) fee will be paid in the event we hire a candidate whose resume is submitted by an employment agency to any of our employees without a valid written recruitment agreement. Such resumes shall be deemed the sole property of VALS.