Immediate Start: Paralegal – Full time

Women’s Legal Service Tasmania is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to empowering and supporting women in the local community. Women’s Legal Service Tasmania provides a statewide communication legal service for women in Tasmania, providing legal advice and information, community legal education, outreach, law reform, and referrals to support services. Our clients are also supported by in-house financial counselling and social work services.

About the Role

Working within our dedicated teams, the Paralegal will have the opportunity to work closely with our legal and allied professional teams to provide integrated, trauma informed legal support to our clients. Under the supervision of the Assistant Principal Solicitor or the Principal Solicitor, the Paralegal will provide practical support to all staff to achieve the objectives of the organisation.

Some intrastate travel may be required from time to time.

What You’ll Be Doing

- Assistance with intake services for clients, including those contacting the 1800 telephone advice line, including gathering client demographic information, scheduling client appointments and entering information into our dedicated legal information database.
- Work under the guidance of the legal team to assist with taking instructions for and drafting documents, correspondence and agreements, and engaging in legal research where directed, with responsibility for document management, including proofreading, producing file notes, and attending to electronic and physical filing.
- Produce client correspondence and prepare court documents as required, specifically in the legal areas of family law, family violence, child safety matters, migration or employment related matters.
- Provide some administrative services for legal and allied team members, including management of calendars, shared email inboxes, scheduling of appointments and meetings.

What We’re Looking For

- Knowledge and experience of legal practice, with a demonstrated ability to prioritise tasks and achieve task completion to a high standard, with attention to detail. This includes the capacity to manage priorities, demonstrate flexibility, identify problems, propose practical solutions and implement improvements in administrative workflows.
- Excellent verbal communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage effectively with diverse groups, including working collaboratively within a team environment, supporting colleagues and contributing to a positive workplace culture.
- Demonstrated ability to be objective and to manage client related situations with empathy and understanding for people under stress, while maintaining confidentiality and an awareness of trauma informed principles.

What We Offer

At Women’s Legal Service Tasmania, we are committed to providing a supportive and rewarding work environment. As a Paralegal within our organisation, you will have the opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of women in our local community.

Extra Leave: Enjoy an additional week of annual leave (pro rata) to support your wellbeing, with 17.5% leave loading.

Parental Leave:12 weeks of paid parental leave (pro rata) for employees with a minimum of 12 months’ service.

Salary Packaging:Generous not-for-profit salary packaging and a Meal & Entertainment Card of up to $18,530 annually through Eziway, increasing your disposable income.

Wellbeing Support:Employee health and wellbeing support, flexible working practices, and bi-monthly professional supervision/counselling sessions through Relationships Australia.

Professional Development: Opportunities for conferences, events, and a dedicated training budget for your professional growth.

To apply, please download a copy of the Position Description – Paralegal (which includes the Selection Criteria to be addressed in an application). When you’re ready to apply, email through a current resume and a statement addressing the selection criteria to careers@womenslegaltas.org.au . Please note that applicants must address the selection criteriato be considered for the position.

If you have any queries about the position, please reach out to our friendly team via our careers email and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to make a difference – get in touch with us today

Women’s Legal Service Tasmania is committed to protecting children/young and vulnerable people from harm and require completion of screening checks prior to finalising employment.

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