Senior Consultant, Legal & Financial Administration

- Footscray or Dandenong location, flexible work from home/office
- Salary circa $100k + super
- Manage complex legal matters for our clients

About the Team

We protect the financial and legal interests of thousands of Victorians who are unable to manage their own affairs because of mental illness, injury or disability. Meeting the needs of these clients is the single focus of our Financial Administration team.

About the Role

As a Senior Consultant, Legal Support, you'll manage a portfolio of represented persons appointed to State Trustees by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT).

This is a specialist role managing complex, legal and highly sensitive matters where there may be significant financial, family or legal implications. Matters can include alleged financial elder abuse, compensation claims, family law matters, property disputes, extensive shareholdings, businesses and complex estates.

You'll use your financial expertise, sound judgement and stakeholder skills to identify issues, protect clients' interests and progress matters to resolution.

Your daily tasks will include;

- Manage legal and complex client circumstances and/or requirements, in situations complicated by client disability and family conflict.
- Identify the legal rights of clients and initiate legal proceedings where necessary ensuring the clients best interests are upheld.
- Complete complex and extensive reconciliations of bank accounts/other financial assets.
- Management of complex financial affairs.
- Make applications to VCAT pursuant to EPOA Act and Guardianship and Administration Act 2019 for compensation independent of legal assistance.

Skills and Experience

- Extensive experience in the legal industry or disability sector.




- Ability to prepare commercial standard correspondence, reports and recommendations
- Understanding and experience dealing with clients with a disability
- Passionate about making a difference to the lives of Victoria's most vulnerable people
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and professional communication skills
- Experience in mentoring others
- Competent use of Microsoft Office and business systems
- Intermediate financial analysis skills

Every client has an individual set of circumstances so no file or day is ever the same! Your hard work and commitment will be rewarded by seeing the positive impact your actions have on the lives of our clients.

Employee Benefits

- Flexible work conditions
- Education assistance
- Purchased leave
- Employee assistance program
- Reward & recognition program
- Free Will preparation
- Social club

Our Culture

For our clients, our people and the Victorian community, we demonstrate Care, Unity, Passion - we are here, we work together, and we bring our best.

We recognise the power of diversity and creating an workplace where all our people feel they belong and reflect the communities in which we live, work and serve. We care about recruiting the best people, regardless of gender identity, age, ability, sexual orientation or cultural background. If you think you can do the job and would be a great fit for our team, we'd love to hear from you.

As Victoria’s public trustee,



State Trustees has been helping protect the interests of Victorians since 1939. However, we have an even longer history dating back to the 1850s of involvement in administering deceased estates and managing the financial and legal affairs of people who are unable to do so due to disability, mental illness or other circumstances. For almost 50 years, State Trustees operated as the Public Trustee for Victoria which came about after the Victorian Government brought together most of the functions previously provided by the offices of the Curator of the estates of Deceased Persons and the Master in Equity. In November 1987, the State Trust Corporation of Victoria (trading as State Trustees) was created as a statutory corporation with its management being governed by a board of directors.

Source: this is an extract from the company’s own website

As Victoria’s public trustee, State Trustees has been helping protect the interests of Victorians since 1939. However, we have an even longer history dating back to the 1850s of involvement in administering deceased estates and managing the financial and legal affairs of people who are unable to do so due to disability, mental illness or other circumstances. For almost 50 years, State Trustees operated as the Public Trustee for Victoria which came about after the Victorian Government brought together most of the functions previously provided by the offices of the Curator of the estates of Deceased Persons and the Master in Equity. In November 1987, the State Trust Corporation of Victoria (trading as State Trustees) was created as a statutory corporation with its management being governed by a board of directors.

Source: this is an extract from the company’s own website

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📌 Senior Consultant, Legal & Financial Administration (Melbourne)
🏢 State Trustees
📍 Melbourne