Paralegal Aptum Legal location Melbourne.

Join our growing team, Aptum is seeking a Paralegal (Litigation) to join its growing team – a group of high-performance legal experts who work on some of Australia’s most complex commercial litigation matters. This role does not require a legal background. The ideal candidate will be a vital part of a promising stage of growth, as we continue to carve out Aptum’s enviable position as the leaders in effectively resolving commercial disputes.

This isn’t a role for a lawyer but rather someone who is working or looking to work in the legal industry with a passion for project management and operational support. We are looking for someone who loves running a tight ship and thrives in a busy environment with competing demands.  You will have excellent organisational and administrative skills. The core focus of this role is ensuring accountability of the Project Team (our Lawyers who are involved in medium to large scale commercial litigation). Due to the progressive nature of our firm, this is a role that offers great career progression in a growing space.  This role will report to the Manager of Projects.

The core responsibilities of the Paralegal(Litigation) are providing project management guidance – working with the Project Team to help them self-organise to execute the project plan, focus on outcomes, and identify and manage blockers.

Monitoring compliance – monitoring the Project Team’s execution of the project to ensure it conforms with the project plan and our project management processes generally, and intervening to course-correct where required/appropriate and providing operational support – providing (or coordinating) any operational support required by the Project Team.

The day-to-day responsibilities may include triaging incoming correspondence (e.g., allocating correspondence to a team member for a response etc.). Filing incoming and outgoing correspondence, documents, court files, etc. Monitoring and updating JIRA (our project management platform) and daily check-ins with team members to ensure they are keeping JIRA up to date and to triage any resourcing concerns. General operational support, such as preparing template documents, drafting emails, etc.

The successful candidate will receive a competitive salary. Autonomy in their position – no time sheets. Flexible work practices. Aptum’s supportive and collegiate culture that creates work satisfaction.