Review Services Team Leader

Your role

As part of our wider Integrated Digital Solutions team, you will be joining one of Australia's largest legal technology teams where we have been recognised in the
_Australian Financial Review's_

Most Innovative Companies

list for the past four years. Our people are technical experts, but they’re also trusted business advisers who think bigger, more broadly and more strategically. Together, we aim to play a leadership role in advancing the legal industry, ensuring our business processes support us to be modern, innovative and efficient, while exploring areas beyond traditional law that align with our core business and clients' needs. This is where you fit in.

The Review Services Team Leader reports to an ILS Manager and is supervised on a day-to-day basis by a Manager / Project Manager responsible for assigned matters. The Team Leader assists the Manager / Project Manager in managing reviews and review teams, and performs document review and quality assurance tasks for eDiscovery, lease or contract reviews, and document automation. The Team Leader provides day to day supervision of review teams and is the key liaison between the review and legal teams.

As a Review Services Team Leader, you will be:
- Managing and supervising document reviewers for Review Services matter work by giving instructions to reviewers, responding to queries, and undertaking quality checks and quality assurance of work completed.- Project managing the document review process for matters by managing any issues that arise, monitoring progress of the review, providing regular status updates to the Manager / Project Manager and lawyers, ensuring the document review process is completed on time and within the agreed budget, and escalating queries and implementing solutions where appropriate.- Collaborating with the broader Integrated Legal Solutions team and Allens lawyers to deliver quality, cost effective results on matters and national projects.-
- Sharing knowledge openly and effectively with other ILS team members locally and nationally to contribute to our overall commercial, legal, technical and project management market knowledge.

This is 12-month contract role. Hybrid working (60% in the office) is how we work however flexibility matters at Allens, so if you are seeking hybrid working or are looking for flexibility in your work, we would be happy to discuss what arrangements would work best for you.

About you

You will have:
- A legal qualification, with previous experience practising as a lawyer or experience in a document review team leader role.- Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to lead and motivate teams.- Experience leading teams of lawyers or paralegals on large document reviews.- Experience working on litigation matters involving eDiscovery is essential.- Legal technology experience, especially in litigation eDiscovery or corporate due diligence is highly desirable.- Qualifications, or equivalent experience, in legal information management, information technology or computing science is highly desirable.- A desire to learn, grow, network, mentor others

Your development

In joining Allens, you will receive unparalleled learning and development opportunities. You will be challenged, supported and guided as you learn and develop, and will be encouraged to grow. We foster greatness, and will coach and support you to meet your goals and aspirations.

Our unique Career Deal allows you to take control of your career and provides a transparent approach to career development. Our international alliance with Linklaters means we are able to support secondments all over the world.

Our perks

Our benefits include:
- Financial: market competitive fixed remuneration; salary continuance insurance, employee recruitment referral program, discounts at hundreds of suppliers including retail outlets, health and travel insurance, charity matched funding program.- Health and wellbeing: fully subsidised gym memberships, annual flu vaccinations, skin checks, in-house snacks and catered meals, subsidised sporting and social activities, emergency childcare, Employee Assistance Program including confidential counselling, wellbeing coaching and financial coaching for employees and their families and regular wellbeing sessions with our in-house consulting Psychologist.- Flexibility: hybrid and flexible working arrangements to support you in your work and life commitments and passions, equipment to support working from home.- Leave: ability to purchase additional annual leave, access to an enhanced, inclusive and flexible- parental leave policy
- 26 weeks paid parental leave with no minimum service for permanent employees and high quality executive coaching to support the transition.- Recognition: team based recognition including social activities and contribution based recognition activities, and annual Allens Values Awards to nominate and recognise the incredible contributions o