Period of Appointment
3 years.
Hours per fortnight
73.50 hours per fortnight - flexible options available.
Duties
* Co-ordinate the secretarial and administrative functions of the Safe At Home Program to ensure smooth delivery of services to clients of the program.
* Be the first point of contact between clients, members of the public, legal profession and staff in other government agencies and instrumentalities, and the assigned practitioners, and receive all mail and e‐mail and incoming telephone calls.
* Provide secretarial and administrative support including:
o the maintenance of individual practitioners' files within TLA's computer system, resubmit systems, diary and any other systems used for support of the in‐house legal practice.
o produce and process confidential documents and correspondence using a broad range of computer software, digital audio equipment and word processing systems.
* Perform such other secretarial or administrative functions in appropriate areas of the TLA as required.
Desirable Requirements
* Significant current experience in the area of family law as a legal secretary.
Pre‐employment Checks
* Pre‐employment (National Police Record) checks for: Arson and fire setting, violent crimes and crimes against the person, sex-related offences, drug and alcohol related offences, crimes involving dishonesty, deception and/or conspiracy, making false declarations, malicious damage and destruction to property, serious traffic offences, crimes against public order or relating to the Administration of Law and Justice, Executive or the Legislative Power.
* Disciplinary action in previous employment.
* Identification check.
We encourage applications from Indigenous Australians, people living with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, mature age workers and LGBTIQA+ people.
The Department of Justice supports reasonable adjustment requests in any stage of the assessment process to remove barriers and facilitate full participation in all aspects of employment for applicants with disability. If you have individual requirements that need to be accommodated to participate in an interview or recruitment activity, you can include this information with your application.
We are a diverse and inclusive workplace and understand the importance of flexible working arrangements. Talk to us about how this could work for you.
Contact: Margaret Chandler, Manager,, Phone: (03) 6236 3800
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