Job Description
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 **** 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
Adaptable 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 environment 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 ****.
However, we have an even longer history dating back to the ****s 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 ****, 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 ****.
However, we have an even longer history dating back to the ****s 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 ****, 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

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