Legal Services Commission
Job reference: req413
Location: 5001 - ADELAIDE
Job status: Short Term Contract
Eligibility: Open to Everyone

The Organisation

Legal Services is passionate about ensuring justice is available and accessible for all South Australians. As the largest legal assistance service in SA, we ensure that South Australians have access to a trusted lawyer when they need help to be heard, and easy ways to learn about their rights and responsibilities, and service to answer any legal questions.

Each year 140,000 South Australians benefit from the services we deliver.

The Opportunity

As the Team Leader, Administration, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the Civil Law Division has access to an efficient operation of support services. You will be responsible for leading and guiding a team of administrative staff as well as providing executive support to the Director and Team Leaders within the division.

You will act as a triage point for various legal services within Civil Law, including being responsible for managing and distributing workloads within the teams and providing a range of human resource management and reporting services to the team.

If you feel you have what it takes to be successful in this role, apply now!

Salary Range

$82,212 - $86,180 per annum pro rata plus 12% superannuation and leave loading.

As a not-for-profit organisation, Legal Services is able to offer its employees attractive salary sacrifice arrangements, including up to $15,900 pre-tax each Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) year for general living expenses.

Term of Employment

Temporary 12 month contract at the ASO4 classification level.

What You Need for Success

The ideal candidate will:

• Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills including demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team environment, foster sound working relationships with a range of staff and prepare clear and succinct correspondence.
• Experience in providing guidance to staff and developing their skills, confidence and competence.
• Experience in providing a range of administrative and legal support services including preparing correspondence, coordinating and maintaining appointment diaries
• Demonstrated ability to be self-motivated, flexible, conscientious, reliable and enthusiastic and exercise confidence, sensitivity and discretion in handling confidential matters and difficult clients.
• Well-developed knowledge of administrative processes, systems and records management practices relevant to working in a government environment.

Workplace Benefits

We provide a range of financial and non-financial benefits to our employees that include:

• 5 weeks of Annual Leave for those employed within the LSC classification stream.
• The opportunity to work alongside passionate and dedicated colleagues in a supportive workplace that is concerned about employee well-being.
• Generous salary sacrifice benefits through Smart Salary (as outlined above).
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Payment of Practising Certificate for legal staff.
• Payment of relevant Professional memberships.
• Support for employees and their family through our inclusive Employee Assistance Program.
• Supported training and development opportunities in areas including working with vulnerable clients, cultural sensitivity and trauma informed practice.
• Access to a comprehensive in-house legal Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program.
• Contemporary workplace accommodation.
• Career development opportunities within the team and the organisation.
• Payment of employment screening checks.
• Access to Fitness Passport: a workplace health and fitness program that give you and your family access to wide choice of gyms and pools across South Australia.

Next Steps

To apply for this role, you will need to click on the Apply now button. Have your resume, preferably in a PDF version ready to be attached and a cover letter.

Should you require any further information please direct your query to Jodeen Carney, Director, Civil Law on (08) 8111 5784.

Please refer to the position description for more detail.

We welcome applications from everyone. We are an inclusive employer, and support diversity and inclusion by recognising our staff for their unique qualities, ideas, and insights.

Applications close: 09/08/2026 11:59 PM

Flexibility Statement
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.