Paralegal

6 days ago

Melbourne City Centre, Australia Department of Families, Fairness and Housing Full time

**THE ROLE**

Paralegals perform a critical role in supporting the Statewide Child Protection Litigation Office's (CPLO) teams of solicitors who provide legal advice, case management and representation for the child protection program. Reporting to the Team Leader Child Protection Litigation Support and working alongside the Metropolitan South Dandenong CPLO team, paralegal duties include performing file and record management tasks, coordinating court listings, case allocations, barrister briefing, and assisting with legal correspondence. In this role you will provide wide ranging support to all staff as a member of the statewide paralegal team. This may include data entry into matter management system, LEX, TRIM, OurBriefings and other IT systems such as Children's Court of Victora, CMS including the preparation of matter management reports.

The paralegal role provides a point of contact for key stakeholders from a diverse range of organisations. Attention to detail and teamwork underpin success in this role as well as a demonstrated ability to communicate sensitively and effectively. The role may also be required to travel to various Children's Court locations to support legal teams.

**ACCOUNTABILITIES INCLUDE**
- Under general direction, provide assistance with office processes including data entry and management of documentation in LEX, TRIM and other IT systems, preparing matter management reports, processing and following up invoices, and assisting lawyers to ensure external legal spend remains within agreed budget.
- Answer queries, provide timely advice and undertake general follow up action as required, including correctly redirecting incoming mail and queries.
- Assist solicitors in the management of child protection litigation, including:

- drafting and preparing forms, documents, correspondence, and other material for the purpose of litigation.
- briefing counsel appropriately in matters in the Children's Court, Family Court and other jurisdictions as required

**Please open the position description to read more.**

**HOW TO APPLY**

Applicants are required to submit a CV and Cover Letter (max 2 pages) outlining their suitability to the role in line with the Key Selection Criteria.
Applicants must be an Australian Citizen, Permanent Resident or hold a valid work permit or visa. Work eligibility will be checked as part of the recruitment process.

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