Legal Data Editor

Legal Data Editor

Ready to leverage your legal expertise to help Australian organisations stay ahead of legislative changes?

TimeBase, now part of Thomson Reuters, has been a trusted authority on Australian legislation for more than 30 years. Our mission is clear: to provide the most comprehensive and reliable platform to find, search, track, and understand legislation. Backed by a dedicated team of legally trained editors, we ensure our services are intuitive, accurate, and always up to date.

As a Legal Data Editor, you will monitor legislative and parliamentary sources and accurately update our datasets so users in law firms, government agencies, universities and corporates can rely on the most current, accurate and useful legislative information and tools.

About the Role

In this opportunity as Legal Data Editor, you will:

• Accurately enter legislation for your jurisdiction into the LawTracker database.

• Monitor Bill progress through relevant Parliaments.

• Adhere to quality and copyright standards.

• Maintain downloads to reflect the most recent compilations of legislation in the dataset.

• Double check other jurisdictions to ensure accuracy.

• Complete daily checks of the email alerts to ensure that legislation has been processed correctly.

• Sorting and entering cases into the CaseTracker systems.

About You

You're a fit for the role of Legal Data Editor if you have the following required qualifications:

• Has a law degree or is a recent law graduate.

• Sharp eye for detail and accuracy.

• Good computer skills and feel comfortable learning new programs (on the job training provided).

• Demonstrated interest in all aspects of the law and the legislative process.

• Self-motivated, and can work effectively on your own and within a team.

• Knowledge of the Australian legal system and parliamentary procedures

• Ability to manage and prioritise tasks

Additional preferred qualifications include:

• Ability to work under pressure and meet firm deadlines.

• Ability to analyse and summarise complex legal concepts into concise outlines for legislative entries.

• Accuracy and attention to detail

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What's in it For You?

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• Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.

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About Us

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