Location : Melbourne | CBD
Job type : Full time / Ongoing
Organisation : Victoria Legal Aid
Occupation : Legal
Reference : VG / VLA / LP / 1820595
Join VLA as a Compliance Officer and help ensure practitioners comply with VLA's funding eligibility guidelines, merit tests and financial means.
In this role, you will provide information and advice to our practioners, lawyers and clients about Victoria Legal Aid (VLA)'s policies and guidelines, as well as rights and obligations. You will review lawyers' files (compliance checks) to ensure that grants of legal assistance are made in accordance with VLA's guidelines, policies, and the Act.
We provide legal representation to those who need it most. With over 1000 staff employed in 15 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.
To be considered for this role, please submit your current
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Compliance Officer • Melbourne, Australia