Paralegal, Women's Bail Advocacy Program

at  Aboriginal Legal Service

• Passionate about making a positive impact for First Nations People?
• Increase your take-home pay & reduce tax with our salary packaging.
• $67,204 to $79,931 - Relative to your previous experience

In this role, you will be an integral and valued member of a highly skilled and high-performing Women’s Bail Advocacy Program (WBAP) team, within the Criminal Law Practice. You will assist our multidisciplinary team in delivering the WBAP, which advocates for appropriate bail conditions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islands women to reduce avoidable remand and provides trauma-informed wrap-around support to Women in contact with the criminal legal system.

Each day, you can expect to:

• Undertake administrative tasks within the WBAP, including opening new files, drafting, and filing applications, and communicating with clients and their families, rehabilitation facilities, and other relevant service providers all within agreed timeframes.
• Organise client files and documentation including input of data into client databases, including opening, closing, archiving files and other general data entry.
• Liaise with Police, Solicitors, Court Staff, Corrective Services staff, WBAP staff, other ALS staff members, and stakeholders for specified tasks as requested by solicitors or the WBAP manager, including sending briefs, confirming dates, and making appointments.
• Prepare correspondence, affidavits, court reports and other documents using MS Office.
• Undertake legal research or program-specific research and data analysis as directed.
• Assist clients to meet their non-legal support needs and make and follow-up referrals to appropriate support services.