Paralegal
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Job Description
Paralegal Enforcement Legal
- $90308.00 per annum 11.5% superannuation
- Full time fixed term until 06/07/2026 (parental leave)
- Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung / Melbourne CBD based role (hybrid 3 days in office)
About the opportunity
The Paralegal provides high level paralegal and administrative support to Enforcement Legal by maintaining and providing accurate and timely information and data to both internal and external stakeholders relating to relevant legal matters and by coordinating legal documents reporting database management and engagement with relevant stakeholders.
The paralegal will provide high-level business support to individuals teams or projects including coordination research and analysis and undertaking the required administrative functions. This may also involve coordinating the activity of others.
Key accountabilities
- Providing high quality paralegal and administrative support including but not limited to:
- Conducting ASIC searches prior conviction searches Fieldlink/CRM searches and providing information and statistics regarding current and finalised working case files and prosecutions
- Drafting legal documents and correspondence including Charge-Sheet and Summons costs sheets and Witness Summonses
- Updating various prosecution databases reports and spreadsheets and generate reports for internal and external stakeholders as required.
- Issuing service and filing of prosecution documents
- Liaise with the Criminal Coordinator and Registrars of the various courts to manage such issues as listing of cases adjournments and obtaining Certified Extracts
- Liaise with Defence solicitors ensuring material requested is provided in a timely manner arranging for the inspection of exhibits Contact all relevant witnesses required at court including police officers WorkSafe Inspectors and experts.
- Coordinate the appearance of witnesses at court including the arrangement of appearance times travel accommodation interpreters expense reimbursement and video links.
- Keep internal and external stakeholders informed at appropriate points before during and after hearings.
- Liaise with relevant agencies (Process Servers OPP and internal Inspectors/Investigators) at appropriate points before during and after hearings.
- General administrative support to the Director of Enforcement Legal including preparation of materials and presentations for critical meetings; liaising with Counsel Clerks Counsel Panel Firms Defence Practitioners Witnesses and Victims of Crime (where appropriate); processing invoices and preparing purchase orders; overseeing divisional budget; keeping up-to-date critical registers; secretariat functions for key stakeholder meetings and forums
Please ensure you review the Position Description herefor additional information on accountabilities for this role.
About you
You are an experienced legal professional with an understanding of the criminal process. Your communication and organisational skills are highly developed and your strong interpersonal skills allow you to establish and maintain effective and collaborative relationships with a wide range of stakeholders. You can work independently as well as a part of a high performing team.
- You have authority in the context of your specialist area or the business team they work in. You will undertake decision making around managing your own workload and priorities and may also help coordinate the workload of other team members.
- Demonstrated ability to work under pressure and organise work priorities to meet deadlines.
- You will also be required to overcome most issues before escalating and to identify and implement improvements to existing processes to improve stakeholder service improve efficiency or to prevent issues reoccurring. You will need to follow-up stakeholder issues to ensure resolution.
- Strong keyboard and computer skills including competency in Word Excel and PowerPoint & Outlook and Adobe & TRIM (Content Manager) is desirable.
- Demonstrated ability to conduct research and source information from various sources as required.
- Experience in using judgement in communications and maintaining confidentiality when dealing with sensitive matters.
Working with us
At WorkSafe our goal is for every employee to feel connected safe and valued within their team for teams to feel appreciated in the workplace and for WorkSafe to be respected in the community.
We believe that a diverse workforce is essential for delivering the best outcomes for the Victorian community. We strongly encourage applications from all individuals including First Nations people people with disabilities those from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and individuals of all sexualities and genders.
Whats next
Applications close 11:00pm Monday 30 June 2025. Click the link to apply and join us in making a difference to Victorian lives.
Only applications submitted via the WorkSafe Careers website will be considered.
Preferred candidates will be required to satisfactorily complete a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check and/or other checks as required for the position as part of the recruitment process.
Eligibility for ongoing employment with WorkSafe Victoria requires Australian or New Zealand citizenship or permanent residency.
Due to the volume of applications received individualised feedback will only be provided to candidates who progress to interview stage.
For further enquiries please contact Bianca Stojanovski via email
Employment Type
Full-Time
