Your contribution

We are seeking a paralegal officer to prepare court documents (e.g. affidavits) and provide support and administrative assistance to child safety officers in preparing for court processes. This includes accessing departmental information systems and accurately extracting key information for use in court material.

Paralegal officers are based in Child Safety Service Centres and provide support to child safety officers across the region. Paralegal officers may be required to travel between Child Safety Service Centres.

Job details

Your responsibilities

As a Paralegal Officer you will:

• Provide administrative support to child safety officers and prepare court documents (e.g. affidavits), in consultation with and under the direction of the child safety officer and/or senior team leader.
• Prepare court documents that demonstrate high level written communication skills, are well structured, objective, clear, concise and meet the required standards of both the department and the court.
• Competently access, understand and use information held in departmental information systems, in preparing affidavits and other court documents to support applications for child protection orders.
• Provide administrative support to senior team leaders in completing requests for information required for preparing affidavits to support applications for child protection orders.
• Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with child safety officers and senior team leaders to ensure that court documents adequately address legislative requirements.
• Work as part of a team to support child safety officers to meet rapidly changing priorities and ensure deadlines are met.
• Identify and promptly communicate key issues to the senior team leader that may impact on meeting designated tasks.
• Participate and contribute productively as a team member to form culturally appropriate, professional working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Participate and contribute to a culture of continuous learning, training and professional development to ensure practice knowledge and skills are contemporary and evidence based.
• Contribute to continuous quality improvement strategies.

Your mandatory requirements

• It is mandatory to hold a Blue Card administered by the Queensland Public Safety Business Agency
• Travel is a requirement of this position; therefore, the possession of a driver's licence is a mandatory requirement for this role, as it will involve travel between Child Safety Service Centres. Accepted driver's licences fall into the following categories:
“O” (open) or “P2” (provisional green P plate); and
“C” or “CA” class driver's licence.
• While not mandatory, a good working knowledge and understanding of legal and/or court processes would be desirable

Blue card and drivers licence required prior to commencing.

How to apply

To enable us to assess your application, please submit the following via www.smartjobs.qld.gov.au:
• a current resume and minimum of 2 referees including their email addresses. At least one referee should have a thorough knowledge of your work over the past two years as your manager or supervisor.

Applications to remain current for 12 months.

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

Please ensure you download all attachments and follow the instructions on how to apply.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• 678743 26 - Role Description (Word, 630KB)
  
  
  678743 26 - Candidate Info Pack (Word, 415KB)