- 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.

At State Trustees, we're dedicated to supporting Victorians who, due to disability, mental illness, injury, or other circumstances, are unable to manage their financial and legal affairs independently. Our work has a direct impact on protecting rights, preserving assets, and enhancing the wellbeing of some of the state's most vulnerable people.

We are seeking a Legal Support Consultant to join our Financial Administration team. This is an prospect to combine your legal, financial, and stakeholder management expertise in a purpose-driven environment where every decision you make can positively change a person's life.

About the role

As a Senior Consultant, Legal Support, you will manage a portfolio of clients who no longer have capacity to manage their own affairs and require support with complex, sensitive, or legal matters. You will play a critical role in protecting clients' financial interests and legal rights while navigating challenging circumstances with professionalism, empathy, and sound judgement.

You will manage and resolve matters including:

- Financial elder abuse investigations
- TAC and TFM claims
- Family law matters
- Property disputes
- Complex financial and business affairs
- VCAT applications and hearings
- Asset protection and recovery matters

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