Administrative Services Manager

at  Victoria Legal Aid

JOB DESCRIPTION

Location: Melbourne | CBD
Job type: Full time / Ongoing, up to 12 months
Organisation: Victoria Legal Aid
Salary: $87,664 - $98,901
Occupation: Administration/Secretarial
Reference: VG/VLA/CL/1840982

VLA are seeking an Administrative Services Manager to oversee daily operations, manage administrative staff, and support legal services delivery across our Summary Crime team.

• 1x full time ongoing position (part-time considered)
• 1x maximum term position up to 12 months
• Salary range: $87,664 - $98,901 (pro rata) plus super plus salary packaging
• Up to $15,900 in salary packaging and hybrid WFH & office model

ABOUT YOU

As our ideal candidate, you will possess:

• Leadership skills and experience in managing and developing staff.
• Experience in coordinating administrative functions, specifically office procedures and practices
• Highly proficient IT skills.
• Exceptional organisational skills with the capacity to manage changing environments and ability to prioritise your workload to meet tight deadlines.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively communicate with people from diverse social and cultural backgrounds, and stakeholders at all levels.

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.

Victoria Legal Aid (VLA) is seeking experienced people leaders to join our Summary Crime team. In this role, you’ll lead and support a team of administrative staff, making sure everything is running effectively and efficiently for us to meet our service goals. You’ll oversee staff performance, recruitment, induction, training, and managing rosters. You’ll also manage the office budget, facilities, and provide legal support.
Additionally, you will collaborate with other members of the Criminal Law Melbourne management team to develop and implement policies, procedures and strategies to enhance the legal and administrative work practices of administrative and legal staff and support quality service provision.
This role is based at our Melbourne CBD office on Wurundjeri Country.