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Form of workThis is a Pool process with permanent full time, part time and fixed term full time opportunities
ABOUT THE ROLES
The State Solicitor's Office is seeking Legal Assistants and Law Clerks who are skilled at providing direct, high quality, timely and responsive secretarial, paralegal and clerical support for lawyers in various practice teams within the organisation.
About you
We are looking for applicants who have:
- Experience in administrative or Law Clerk/Paralegal roles, preferably within a legal environment.
- Good interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate in both written and oral form, with a range of people on a variety of issues.
- Demonstrated organisation skills that show an ability to manage varying priorities and workloads to achieve deadlines.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a group or independently as the need arises.
Legal Assistant Specific:
- Demonstrated sound comprehension of grammar, punctuation and accurate spelling. The ability to ensure work is completed to a high quality and errors are kept to an absolute minimum.
- Demonstrated high standard of word processing and data entry skills.
Law Clerk Specific:
- The ability to draft basic legal documents.
- The ability to interpret and apply legislation, rules, policy, practice and procedures.
All employees are required to undergo employment screening, which includes a National Criminal History Check and other checks that may be relevant to the position requirements.
ABOUT US
The State Solicitor's Office is responsible for the provision of broad based, high quality legal services to the Government of Western Australia and to a wide range of state government client departments and agencies including advice on law reform.
Key functions of the Office are to:
- provide legal advice to the Cabinet, the Attorney General of WA, Ministers and government departments and agencies
- draft legal documents for the Government and government clients
- represent the State of WA and government clients in a wide range of civil litigation matters
- provide commercial, conveyancing and other property related services
- manage native title claims on behalf of the State
- conduct prosecutions for client agencies with prosecutorial powers
- appear as counsel on behalf of State and clients in a wide range of State and Federal courts and tribunals.
APPLICATION PROCESS
How to apply
Please ensure you review the attached Job Description Forms (JDFs) for further information about the requirements of these positions. This information will assist you with the preparation of your application.
For more information about the recruitment and selection process and other benefits, please refer to the Applicant Information Pack.
We require you to submit:
- A current comprehensive CV including the contact details of two referees; and
- A statement of no more than two pages addressing the following role specific criteria or work related requirements only:
Please provide examples to support your claims.
- Achieve Results: Demonstrated organisation skills that show an ability to manage varying priorities and workloads to achieve deadlines
- Team work and Organisational Skills: Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a group or independently as the need arises
All remaining Role Specific Criteria or Work Related Requirements will be assessed during the selection process.
Pool Recruitment
This pool will be open for a period of 12 months from the day after the breach of standard claim period closes. Permanent, fixed term, full time appointments may be offered as vacancies arise; however, an appointment is not guaranteed.
The State Solicitor's Office uses recruitment pools to build a bank of talent for future opportunities. Applicants found suitable in this pool, may be considered for subsequent, similar vacancies with the State Solicitor's Office for the duration of the pool.
EQUITY AND DIVERSITY
The State Solicitor's Office is committed in building a workplace culture that values diversity and inclusion. We actively promote the employment of Aboriginal Australians, people with disability, youth, and other diversity groups. People with disability will be provided with reasonable adjustments in our recruitment processes and in the workplace.
Aboriginal job seekers may contact the Aboriginal Workforce Development Team on ***************@justice.wa.gov.au or call (08) 9264 17***for culturally appropriate application advice.
Applicants with disability requiring adjustment or accessibility requirements at any stage of the selection process can contact the hiring manager as listed under the ‘Further Information’ section or contact ***************@justice.wa.gov.au or call (08) 9264 17***to for a confidential discussion.
FOR FURTHER JOB-RELATED INFORMATION
If you would like further information regarding the position and/or vacancy please contact Michelle Steiner, Senior Managing Law Clerk on (08) 9264 14***or email *********@sso.wa.gov.au for a confidential discussion.
SUBMITTING YOUR APPLICATION
Applicants are requested to apply online. To submit your application, click the “Apply for Job” button at the bottom of this advertisement.
Please ensure you allow sufficient time to submit your application, as late applications will not be accepted.
If you are having difficulty submitting your online application, please telephone RAMS Helpdesk on 1300 733 056 for assistance.
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