WHAT WE CAN OFFER
•Fixed Term Contract (with potential for extension): Until 31st December 2025
•Part Time- FTE 0.8
•Generous salary packaging
•Great team culture - work with a team of passionate and caring professionals on meaningful work
•Additional paid leave - up to 10 days inclusive of public holidays over the Christmas / New Year period
•Salary: $ 76,370.58 per year, excluding Superannuation
About Circle Green Community Legal (Circle Green)
Circle Green is a community legal centre in Western Australia providing state-wide specialist legal services in employment, workplace discrimination, residential tenancy law, family and domestic violence, and humanitarian services aimed at assisting people who are otherwise disadvantaged in their access to legal services.
About the Role:
Paralegals may deliver high-quality supervised legal advice to clients, and work with them to understand their legal issues and rights. Paralegals will work closely with the supervising lawyers and other team members delivering legal and support services, including cultural support, to provide clients with trauma-informed, effective, and streamlined services. Paralegals may be an ongoing point of contact and liaison for existing clients, providing information, further advice, and assisting with arrangements for further service delivery.
A client-centred approach and a commitment to ensuring high-quality services are provided to vulnerable people are essential.
Key Responsibilities of the role include:
Legal Advice and Research
•Provide supervised legal information, referrals, and procedural support to clients.
•Identify and offer eligible clients further legal assistance.
•Maintain up-to-date, accurate and comprehensive client records and statistics.
•Assist lawyers with legal research, further assistance appointments, casework, and law reform.
•Where directed or approved by the Principal Lawyer, assist clients to prepare and lodge correspondence, forms, and legal documents.
•Assist clients with complex needs or significant legal issues to complete Circle Green’s client intake process.
•Supervise students and volunteers when requested.
•Assist with general administration relating to client work and research.
Community Legal Education
•Contribute to the development and promotion of community legal education initiatives.
•Facilitate and present community legal education courses.
•Contribute to the development of specialised community legal education resources.
Administration and Reporting
•Assist in preparing both internal and external reports.
•Maintain client records and client data bases as required.
•Assist in tasks shared by all staff.
•Assist in training of new staff and volunteers when required.
Team Responsibilities
•Follow Circle Green policies and procedures, and act in accordance with the organisation’s mission and values.
•Participate in Circle Green team meetings, planning, and review activities.
•Willingness and ability to travel to regional, rural and remote areas of Western Australia to provide outreach services.
•Carry out other duties, consistent with the role, as directed by the Principal Lawyer.
ABOUT YOU!
Experience
•Demonstrated commitment to human rights and social justice issues.
•Demonstrated capacity to interpret and apply legislation.
•Genuine interest in relevant area of law.
Skills
•Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to understand and convey complex details to people from diverse social, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds.
•Good research, problem solving and analytical skills to identify issues and possible solutions based on relevant information.
•Demonstrated ability to work both independently and as a collaborative and supportive team member.
•Well-developed interpersonal skills, including conflict resolution skills, including the ability to provide appropriate and responsive support to clients.
•Strong organisational skills with proven ability to prioritise work activities and deliver quality outputs to tight timeframes.
Desirable
•Working towards or recently completed Law Degree.
This is an exciting and unique opportunity to play a key role in empowering and supporting Justice.
Join a team of passionate and diverse, like-minded professionals committed to creating accessible justice and providing best practice legal services in our specialist field.
Shortlisting and interviews may commence as applications are received, early applications are encouraged.
If you have any questions or would like to have a confidential discussion about the role, please contact Human Resources at (08) 6148 3648 or by email to hr@circlegreen.org.au.