AddressWe are seeking a Junior Paralegal / Legal Assistant our legal team across Australia and Asia. This is a part-time, casual opportunity (2-3 days a week) for 12 months. This position would suit a law student with some flexibility in working hours, to accommodate academic pursuits or during high-pressure periods (i.e. exam season).
As Junior Paralegal/ Legal Assistant, you will support the legal team in all project and service-related contract commercial issues starting from proposal planning and preparation, involving country-specific experience in legal, finance, and tax-related issues.
This position can be based from our Perth or Sydney locations and will report to the VP, legal APAC. We are happy to offer some flexible working arrangements, including hybrid options.
The legal team supports the business by leading or contributing to contract negotiations with clients and clarifying interfaces between technical and commercial contract provisions. Non-disclosure and secrecy agreements, as well as involvement of subcontractors and suppliers, and transferring relevant contractual elements to procurement, is a part of the responsibility area of the legal team during the execution phase of each project.
What you’ll do
- Liaise with internal stakeholders.
- Liaise with and supporting VP Legal and other lawyers in the team.
- File and matter management.
- Assist with meeting preparations.
- Communicate with external service providers, specifically with insurance broker.
- Drafting, reviewing and preparing correspondence.
- Drafting and preparing simple documents (e.g. Non-disclosure agreements / confidentiality agreements and Contract clarification registers / tables.)
- Administrative support including diary and email management, if needed.
- End of month expense billing.
- Coordinate travel arrangements.
Who you are
- Ideally you are currently studying law or have some experience working with lawyers.
- Ability to work with others, sharing knowledge and cooperating to achieve group goals.
- A high attention to detail and meticulous organisational skills.
- Strong communication skills – both written and verbal.
- A natural ability to problem solve and come up with solutions.
- Ability to work under time pressures.
- Excellent interpersonal skills (highly valued)
- Strong ability to work independently and with some autonomy.
- Good proficiency in using Microsoft WORD and PowerPoint.
- Experience with CONCUR travel expense reporting is preferred but not a requirement (training available).
What's in it for you
- A work environment where safety is always the number one priority – both your physical and mental health is our priority.
- A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program.
- Flexibility in your working lifestyle – our team manages their own balance of working from home and in our office environment.
- Family focused events as your family forms part of our close-knit community.
- The opportunity work, learn and grow as a part of a regional team consisting of highly skilled professionals, and a truly global working environment.
Metso is a frontrunner in providing sustainable technologies, end-to-end solutions and services for the aggregates, minerals processing and metals refining industries globally. By helping our customers increase their productivity, improve their energy and water efficiency and environmental performance with our process and product expertise, we are the partner for positive change.
Headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, Metso employs over 16,000 people in close to 50 countries and sales for 2022 were about EUR 5.3 billion. The company is listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki. metso.com.
