Paralegal

at  Avant

About Avant
Avant is Australia’s leading medical defence organisation with a proud heritage of protecting Australian medical professionals for over 125 years.
Avant now represents 80,000 health practitioners and medical students across every state and territory, delivering market leading products and services to meet their professional, personal and practice needs. Building on this heritage, our vision is to be the most trusted professional partner in supporting doctors throughout their lives and careers.
As a mutual organisation, owned by members and run purely for their benefit, our members are at the centre of all we do. As well as providing products and services to our member, we play a broader community role by advocating for improvements in the healthcare system and in quality, safety and professionalism in medicine, through delivering education and research activities.
We are seeking a Paralegal to join the Incorporated Legal Practice Avant Law Limited in our Canberra, ACT team in a permanent, part-time capacity. This role will see you working 22.5 hours per week, over 3 or 4 days per week. This role provides quality administrative and legal support to Avant Law Solicitors and will see you interact regularly with our Solicitors, Claims Managers, Medical Advisors, witnesses, experts, courts and tribunals, to support Avant Law in delivering a comprehensive and superior service to Avant’s members.

• Assisting Solicitors in the management of a legal practice and contribute to the effective functioning of the Legal team.
• Provide an administrative support function to Avant Law including assisting to prepare legal documentation including briefs, drafting correspondence, court filing, liaising with witnesses, experts, court and/or tribunal staff and assisting with processing of Avant Law’s invoices for professional services.
• Coordinating meetings and travel arrangements.
• Processing accounts payable invoices, monthly billings and MasterCard reconciliations.
• Assisting with general office administration.