Hybrid: Employment Law Forms Designer Paralegal

LEAP Legal Software; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing day

Gym membership

Dental plan

Weekly massages

Catered lunch & breakfast

On-site barista

LEAP Home program

Job summary

LEAP is seeking a Forms Designer to join the Employment Law team, focusing on up-to-date, fully automated forms and precedents for employment matters. You’ll be part of a cross-functional group of legal professionals and software engineers, contributing to practical, compliant documentation used by employment lawyers.

You’ll work under supervision to transition into the role, leveraging your experience with legal documents and your interest in technology.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years’ experience supporting a legal practice.
• Strong Microsoft Word skills and an enjoyment of formatting and working with documents.
• Familiarity with legal documents through preparing, formatting, proofreading, filing or supporting their use in practice.
• An understanding of the parties, information and processes involved in legal matters.
• An interest in technology and an enthusiasm for learning new systems and developing technical skills.

Responsibilities

• Create, update and maintain automated employment law forms and precedents.
• Research official forms and procedural information, working with the team’s legal specialists to understand and implement required updates.
• Format and proofread documents to maintain accuracy, consistency and professional presentation.
• Use LEAP’s automation tools to populate documents with information recorded in legal matters.
• Review feedback from clients and colleagues, investigate issues and contribute to improvements.
• Learn to use JavaScript to support dynamic document content and automation, with training provided.
• Test automated documents, including data fields, conditional content and formatting, and resolve issues with support from the team.
• Collaborate with clients and internal teams to improve employment law content and matter types.
• Share knowledge and support colleagues across our Content teams.

Job description

LEAP is seeking a Forms Designer to join the Employment Law team, focusing on up-to-date, fully automated forms and precedents for employment matters. You’ll be part of a cross-functional group of legal professionals and software engineers, contributing to practical, compliant documentation used by employment lawyers.

You’ll work under supervision to transition into the role, leveraging your experience with legal documents and your interest in technology.