About the Opportunity
As a Float Senior Paralegal in Melbourne, you'll play a key role in supporting our TAC and WorkCover teams. You'll step in where needed, helping files run smoothly, supporting our clients, and assisting our solicitors with day‑to‑day tasks. This is a varied and engaging role, perfect for a senior legal assistant who enjoys working across different teams and contributing to the success of both clients and colleagues. We're looking for an organised and proactive senior legal assistant with experience in TAC and WorkCover matters. You'll be comfortable juggling multiple priorities, communicating clearly with clients and colleagues, and providing reliable support to ensure matters progress efficiently. Above all, this role is about helping our teams and clients feel supported and cared for. This role offers a high degree of flexibility. We welcome applications from candidates seeking part‑time hours, flexible work patterns, or work‑from‑home arrangements, with the option to work across any of our Melbourne offices. You'll have the opportunity to discuss the work/life balance you're seeking as part of your application.
Key responsibilities
* Supporting multiple solicitors across teams, taking ownership of files during periods of leave or high workload, ensuring continuity and momentum on matters.
* Preparing matters for conferences, hearings, mediations, and other key milestones, including drafting court documents, claim forms, schedules of damages, and correspondence.
* Coordinating medico‑legal appointments, compulsory conferences, and mediations efficiently, keeping all stakeholders informed and aligned.
* Drafting briefs, summaries, and other legal documentation with high attention to detail.
* Building and maintaining strong relationships with clients, solicitors, Counsel, and other external stakeholders, acting as a key point of contact when required.
* Utilising internal systems, including MatterSphere, to manage files effectively, track deadlines, and optimise workflows across teams.
* Working collaboratively with solicitors, paralegals, and administrative staff while operating independently to ensure matters progress efficiently.
What you'll bring
* Experience in personal injury law or exposure to TAC and/or WorkCover matters within a legal firm.
* A genuine interest in plaintiff personal injury matters.
* Confidence in working independently while also collaborating closely with your team.
* Accurate typing skills and intermediate proficiency in Word and Excel.
* Strong attention to detail when preparing and managing documents.
* Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
* A client‑focused approach, understanding the importance of your role in supporting both clients and our legal teams.
Shine Lawyers: A place for you. It means more here.
At Shine, purpose really matters.
* It's our clients, who summon the courage to stand up to injustice.
* It's the communities we are part of and support every day.
* It's our team, who champion what's right and make this place what it is.
Benefits
* Connect and be you: Get the benefits you need, and work with truly authentic people. You can enjoy the security of a large, well‑established firm that treats you as a person, not a number.
* Challenge and be challenged: We're not here for "easy". We want you to take your place at Shine and make a real impact. Question and challenge - that's how we grow.
* Achieve and grow: Start your Shine journey with our in‑house learning programs, where you'll find immediate connection and be set up for success. You will be provided real opportunities to step up and grow – within your role and beyond.
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We are committed to making Shine Lawyers a place for you by encouraging and supporting our people to bring their authentic selves to the workplace, and as a result, we know you'll put your best self forward while righting wrong for our clients. We're passionate about maintaining a diverse and inclusive environment here at Shine that celebrates all of our differences with age, disability, ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation, to name a few, and we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates. You bring you.
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