In your career, will you tick all the right boxes or think outside them?_
At EY we believe that whoever you are, your uniqueness helps us stand apart.
We bring together extraordinary people, like you, to build a better working world.
**What's in it for you?**
Based in Sydney, as our Paralegal you will join the Litigation Practice Group of the General Counsel's Office to assist Legal Counsel with a range of matters and tasks. This is a fantastic full time career development opportunity to join a highly supportive, collaborative team of dedicated lawyers.
**Your Key Responsibilities will include**:
- Assist legal counsels with a range of matters including response to requests for documents, document review and bundle collation, brief preparation, liaising with external counsel, preparing draft correspondence, liaising with internal stakeholders, mediation and trial preparation, attending witness interviews and performing legal research.
- Support the General Counsel in the preparation of legal spend analysis, matter reporting, coordinating the GCO Legal Community Site updates and regular refresh and other special projects as required from time to time
- Management of GCO's document preservation processes, management of the EY deed safe and otherwise supporting the GCO team to ensure that the team's internal processes run smoothly.
**What we're looking for**
Here's our 'wish list' but don't worry if you don't tick all the boxes. We're interested in your strengths, what you want to learn, and how far you want to go.
- Ideally, a law degree or be studying towards a law degree.
- Experience in a paralegal role will be highly regarded.
- Highly developed communication skills.
- The ability to work autonomously, and to escalate when required.
- The ability to be a creative thinker and pragmatic problem solver.
- A passion and drive to make a valuable contribution to the team.
**What we can offer you**
**Acknowledgement of Country**
**The exceptional EY experience. It's yours to build.**
EY | Building a better working world
Our preferred applicant will be required to undertake employment screening by EY or our external third-party provider.