Current Vacancies

Exciting opportunity to progress career and step into Senior Community Lawyer role, providing free legal assistance to the Gippsland community.

• Full time or part time available (hours negotiable for right candidate), two ongoing roles available 
• Classified as Level 6 SCHADS Award with salary packaging available
• Supportive team environment and positive work culture

About Us:

Gippsland Community Legal Services (GCLS) is an independent non-profit service managed by Anglicare Victoria. GCLS is funded by the Federal and State Governments to deliver free legal services throughout the Gippsland region. The mission of GCLS is to improve access to justice for all members of the Gippsland Community by providing legal advice and advocacy, empowering individuals, and groups through community education, and to remove systemic injustice by advocating for law reform.

The Role

Senior Community Lawyers at GCLS provide free legal services to people who live, work, or study in Gippsland. The role involves providing GCLS clients with legal advice, family violence intervention order duty lawyer services, ongoing legal casework, and community legal education.

To Be Successful in this Position You Will Need to:

• Significant experience in undertaking a range of legal work relevant to disadvantaged clients,
  including family law, family violence, tenancy, employment, mental health, infringements, debts, and
  administrative law.
  • Capacity to work with limited supervision and to use initiative, follow instructions, set priorities,
  organise and manage workloads and work vigorously to achieve goals.
  • Proven delivery of services with a strong client-focus, with excellent written and verbal
  communication.

Please Note: It is mandatory for the successful applicant to hold a current Working with Children Check and be prepared to undergo a National Criminal History Check prior to commencement.

For a detailed position description, click here:  Senior Community Lawyer PD LS E AW6 052023 V1.2.pdf  

To apply for this position you will need to complete the online application. You will be requested to attach your resume and a cover letter outlining your interest and skills as relevant to the position. 

For further enquiries contact Program Manager Simon Suttie - simon.suttie@anglicarevic.org.au

Applications close Wednesday 22nd Oct 2025. 

Anglicare Victoria acknowledges Aboriginal people as the traditional custodians of the land on which we operate. We commit to working respectfully to honour their ongoing cultural and spiritual connections to this country.

Diversity and inclusivity are important to Anglicare Victoria and we are committed to ensuring our workplace and services reflect this.  Everyone is welcome at Anglicare Victoria, regardless of age, ethnicity, cultural background, gender, sexual orientation, religious affiliation and physical ability.