Join Victoria Legal Aid’s expanding team in Wodonga and help make a real impact in a thriving community.
* Full time ongoing position (part-time considered)
* Salary range: $64,827 - $78,718 (pro rata) plus super plus salary packaging
* Up to $15,900 in salary packaging and hybrid WFH & office model
About the role
Victoria Legal Aid (VLA) is excited to expand to the Ovens Murray (Wodonga) region. We are seeking a dedicated administrative assistant to join our team. If you're passionate about providing excellent administrative support and making a difference, this is your chance to contribute to our mission in a vibrant regional setting.
In this role, you'll provide a range of legal administrative support to our lawyers, including word processing, data entry, file management, and reception services. You will also assist our legal aid clients with general enquiries and work closely with external legal practitioners and community legal centres to ensure our clients' needs are met.
This role is based at our Wodonga office on Wiradjuri Country.
About you
As our ideal candidate, you will possess:
* Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage tasks and deadlines.
* Great communication skills and a client-focused approach.
* Ability to work with people from different backgrounds, including vulnerable or disadvantaged clients.
* Attention to detail and ability to learn new systems quickly.
* Good IT skills, including Microsoft Office (Word, Excel).
Why Wodonga?
Wodonga is a busy, fast- growing and sophisticated regional city. Its schools and universities are highly rated, and opportunities abound for business and creative endeavours supported by communities across the twin Murray River cities Albury-Wodonga in an environment which offers respite to some cost-of-living pressures.
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
* 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
* Access to discounted Private Health Insurance
* Relocation allowance if relocating for this role