Dijital Team is seeking an experienced and friendly team player to join our litigation team as a full time debt recovery paralegal. In this role, you will work closely with our senior paralegal and under supervision of solicitors in the debt recovery team, with opportunities for further training and advancement. Ideally, you will have 1 to 2 years’ experience in a similar role and will be familiar with various collection and court processes in most Australian jurisdictions (predominantly Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria).
Responsibilities:
- Day to day file management;
- Drafting correspondence to various stakeholders (such as the Court, defendants or solicitors);
- Drafting legal documents in various Australian jurisdictions (such as Claims, Judgments and various enforcement processes);
- Running files (unsecured) under supervision (including management of critical deadlines);
- Requesting client instructions and actioning these in accordance with internal service standards;
- Undertaking legal research tasks (as required);
- Account related duties including processing third-party disbursements; and
- General administrative duties, such as diary and file management (including filing, bring ups, opening and archiving files).
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- You will need to be a fast learner
- Have excellent attention to detail
- Be able to manage your own file load
- Be able to work autonomously and in a team environment (as the situation requires).