Career Legal Assistant/ Paralegal
This opportunity offers a permanent, full-time role for individuals aspiring to pursue a career as a Legal Assistant/Paralegal within a bustling Criminal Law Practice. Joining a tight-knit team, you’ll become part of an office environment comprised of 13 dedicated staff members, fostering a supportive and collaborative atmosphere.
The ideal candidate will have:
- At least 3 years’ experience working as a Legal Assistant, preferably in Crime (but not essential)
- Be able to practice and demonstrate confidentiality, sensitivity, empathy and integrity in all aspects of the role
- Exceptional attention to detail and organizational skills
- Excellent operating knowledge of MS Word, Excel, Outlook and EvolveGo (or similar)
- Victoria Legal Aid Atlas experience will be highly regarded
- Victoria Magistrates Court Efas lodgement also highly regarded
- Experience with dictation typing / Bighand
- Excellent keyboard skills
- Ability to work well in tight time frames
- Ability to liaise effectively with stakeholders
Some of your duties will be:
- Dictaphone typing
- Accounts/billing duties
- Liaising effectively with clients, barristers, courts, prosecution, experts and informants via letter, email and/or telephone.
- Drafting/proof reading documents
- Email/task management
- Victoria Legal Aid ATLAS processing
- Efas adjournments
- Elodging
- Diary management
- Knowledge of the criminal justice system advantageous
The successful applicant must hold the following competencies: Excellent communication skills, decision making skills, Initiative, quality approach to work and accuracy, resilience, motivation, time keeping, interpersonal sensitivity, problem solving skills with a flexible “can do” attitude towards your work and the ability to “think on your feet”.
Conflict Check
The nature of our work involves dealing with confidential and sensitive information on behalf of our clients. We expect that our employees take that responsibility seriously and will act with a high level of propriety in all aspects of their respective roles.
We require that potential employees disclose matters which may impact upon their ability to perform their role without undue influence or which may lead to the impression impropriety or partiality. Examples of relevant matters to disclose include whether a person known to you has been incarcerated or works in law enforcement, the Courts or within another role in Criminal Law. Any disclosure made in accordance with this requirement will be treated with the utmost confidence by our General Manager.
Salary is offered commensurate with experience.
Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
