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Court Services Victoria provides corporate services and facilities to support the performance of the judicial, quasi-judicial and administrative functions of Victoria’s courts and tribunal, Judicial College and Judicial Commission.
Collectively, Victoria’s Supreme, County, Magistrates’, Children’s, and Coroners courts, the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT), the Judicial College of Victoria, the Judicial Commission of Victoria, and Court Services Victoria (CSV) are referred to as the `Courts Group’.
Our people enable the Courts Group to deliver on each jurisdictions own strategic priorities while also pursuing strategic opportunities that are interconnected and deliver benefits more broadly.
The Magistrates’ Court of Victoria (MCV) is a jurisdiction within the Court Services Victoria statutory authority and has a long history of providing justice for the people of Victoria in metropolitan and regional courts across the state. The Court determines in excess of 300,000 cases per annum at 51 venues, equating to approximately 90 percent of all cases that come before Victorian courts each year. The Court aims to be an innovative, accessible, and responsive court that provides quality services to the Victorian community.

This role is the second in charge of the court at Wodonga. The court is a multi-jurisdictional facility with regular sittings of the Supreme, County, Magistrates, Children’s courts as well as VCAT. Wodonga is one of nine courts which operate within the Hume region, Shepparton being the headquarters court.
The role of Registrar is to perform a wide range of administrative tasks, which may include in-court(bench clerk) duties, client-contact(telephone and counter) enquiries, and back-of-office administrative responsibilities. The role may be performed in a range of jurisdictional contexts, including Civil, Criminal, Family Violence, VoCAT, Diversion, as well as the Children’s and Coroner’s Courts and other jurisdictions (VCAT, County and Supreme Courts) as required.
The Registrar is required to exercise powers conferred under the Magistrates’ Court Act 1989,other Acts and Rules. These powers involve the preparation and processing of administrative and statutory documentation and the exercise of discretionary quasi-judicial and statutory powers using professional judgement in applying legislative requirements, established rules and precedents, and the Court’s Practice Directions.
The Registrar may also be required to manage small teams comprising of Trainee Registrars and Registrars. The Registrar may be required to assist in the operations of other courts located within the region.