Paralegal

**Job description**

SCB Legal is a boutique firm that offers a friendly and supportive working environment.

Our main areas of practice are:

- Criminal and Traffic;
- Family Law;
- Conveyancing;
- Estate Planning; and Estate Administration.

You will get a unique opportunity to develop essential skills in the legal industry.

**The successful applicant will**:

- have previous experience in a legal secretary/paralegal role;
- possess excellent communication skills and telephone manner;
- be able to build relationships with clients and team members and deliver client focused outcomes;
- be able to handle competing deadlines and strategising workflow for multiple tasks and prioritising;
- have experience with Microsoft Office;
- have experience with LEAP;
- possess good organisational skills and attention to detail;
- be proactive and task focused;
- be able to work independently as well as in a team;
- have a positive attitude, be motivated and energetic;
- manage a busy workload and work under pressure: and
- be respectful, kind, and considerate.

Duties include:

- assisting the solicitors and team members as required;
- Assisting with answering the telephone and taking details messages;
- file management;
- billing in Leap;
- general administrative tasks, such as opening new files;
- diary management;
- general legal support, such as preparing briefs;
- Preparing and reviewing legal documents;
- drafting correspondence legal documents;
- filing documents; and
- Where necessary, conducting client conferences

Salary is negotiable depending on experience.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: $55,710.52 - $80,000.00 per year

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

**Experience**:

- Family law: 1 year (preferred)
- Criminal law: 1 year (preferred)

Work Authorisation:

- Australia (required)

Work Location: In person