Legal Secretary (354281): Family (South), Department of Justice. Hobart TAS. Legal Secretaries (Legal). Government-State (Government & Defence). Full time. $66,766.00 to $71,857.00 per annum. Applications close 11:55 p.m. Sunday, 12 January 2025. We encourage applications from Indigenous Australians, people living with disabilities, 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 disabilities. If you have individual requirements that need to be accommodated in order to participate in an interview or recruitment activity, please inform the contact listed at the end of this vacancy.

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. Hours per fortnight. 73.50 hours per fortnight; flexible options available.

Duties: Coordinate secretarial and administrative functions for legal practitioners to ensure best practice delivery of services to clients. Be the first point of contact between legal practitioners and clients, members of the public, the legal profession, and staff in other government agencies and instrumentalities, and receive all mail and incoming telephone calls on behalf of TLA’s in-house legal practice.

Provide secretarial and administrative support to TLA’s legal practice, including: the maintenance of Legal Practitioners' files within TLA’s computer system, resubmit systems, a diary, and any other systems used for support of the in-house legal practice; the carrying out of electronic lodgement of application forms for legal assistance, electronic claims on behalf of Legal Practitioners, and disbursement invoices and electronic closing of files on completion of each matter; and producing and processing confidential documents and correspondence using a broad range of computer software, audio equipment, and word processing systems. At the direction of the regional Family Practice Manager, perform such other secretarial or administrative functions in appropriate areas of TLA as required.

Desirable Requirements: Significant legal secretarial experience. For more information, Simone Watson, Manager, Family Practice South.

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Email: simone.watson@legalaid.tas.gov.au Phone: 0362363800