Adminstrative/Legal Assistant for Solicitor in SYDNEY, New South Wales
Lawyer needs the services of highly competent native English speaking law students/law graduates to undertake clerical work in relation to litigation in a home office near Central Station.
Work is available immediately and on an ongoing basis. I am quite flexible with rostering around uni schedules.
DUTIES
Applicants will need to be able to, or willing to learn in their own time, prepare documents from the websites of the Family Court of Australia and the Supreme Court of NSW. This includes, but is not limited to the creation of affidavits, applications to the Court, Chronologies, Subpoenas etc.
In addition general administrative tasks will also be delegated to the student, such as general typing and legal transcription, telephone work, and the drafting of letters.
SKILLS
Key skills include preferably a law degree or legal or para legal training and experience working in a law office, alternatively and Arts based degree. Exceptionally good written English and research skills and exceptionally good typing skills are required.
REQUIREMENTS:
All applicants will be required to (a) pass a typing test (b) pass a comprehension test relating to the understanding of a number of documents (c) prepare and satisfactorily complete five Court documents and five letters before paid work will be offered. All applicants will be required to sign a confidentiality agreement in terms of the work undertaken.
I am looking for a person with 70-90 words per minute 95% accurate typing skills. Applicants will be required to demonstrate a high level of skill and proficiency in Microsoft Word and Google Drive. All applicants will be required to undertake a typing test and a test to ensure competency to produce the documents required. Rates of pay will be discussed following completion of a typing competency test.
PAYMENT:
Payment will be discussed and agreed at the time of application. The payment will be based upon an agreed hourly rate for the time spent on Skype etc typing and correcting documents. If work is dictated on a dictating machine payment will be based on each page of corrected A4 text created accurately in Microsoft word. Legal Documents will be paid for at a fixed rate depending upon the complexity of such documents. Alternatively subject to agreement and negotiation this may be time based.
TO APPLY
Email a full CV showing work history for at least the past five years and availability in detail in calendar form expressed in Sydney Australia time (Australian Eastern Standard time) for each date between now and 30 September 2014 to wya******@******com + click to reveal .