Assistant Director, Domestic Building Legal Service

About the role

Consumer Action Law Centre, an independent not-for-profit consumer organisation in Victoria, is hiring an Assistant Director for its Domestic Building Legal Service (DBLS), delivered in partnership with Justice Connect. The role provides strategic, operational and legal leadership of the specialist domestic building practice, leading a small team and overseeing complex litigation and dispute resolution for Victorian homeowners. It sits under the Director of Legal Practice and works across Consumer Action's Legal Practice, Financial Counselling, Policy and Campaigns and Operations.

Key responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership of the domestic building legal service and lead high-quality legal practice, including complex advice, dispute resolution and VCAT proceedings, focusing on vulnerable homeowners.
• Identify systemic issues from casework and use data, evidence and client experience to drive law reform, systems change and strategic advocacy.
• Collect, analyse and communicate service data to measure outcomes, report to funders and stakeholders and inform strategy.
• Build relationships with partner organisations, regulators, funders and community stakeholders, and co-design equitable service models, intake pathways and referral processes.
• Lead, supervise and support legal staff in a reflective, trauma-informed, inclusive team.
• Represent the organisation in sector forums, consultations and advocacy on domestic building.

Required profile

• Qualified legal practitioner with a current unrestricted Principal Victorian Practising Certificate, or the ability to obtain one (mandatory).
• Significant post-admission legal experience (typically 5-7+ years PAE) in litigation, dispute resolution and case strategy, including complex matters and high-volume caseloads (mandatory).
• Experience with the Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995 (Vic), Building Act 1993 (Vic), associated regulations and VCAT Domestic Building List procedures, or similar regulatory environments (mandatory).

What we offer

• Salary of $130,358.40 - $135,809.79.
• Additional end-of-year leave, salary packaging and superannuation paid on unpaid parental leave.
• 16 weeks parental leave and a purchased leave scheme.
• Training and professional development opportunities.

Applications close 5:00 PM AEST on 22 July 2026; no agency applications are accepted. First Nations peoples and people with disabilities, from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and LGBTIQA+ people are strongly encouraged to apply.