Paralegal - Mortgage Recoveries - Sydney

Dentons; Sydney; On-site; AUD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equitable salary packaging

Salary sacrificing and novated leases

5 days Bonus Leave per year after 12 m

Flexible working

Health and wellbeing programs

Diversity networks

Job summary

Dentons Australia in Sydney is seeking a diligent Paralegal to support the Mortgage Recoveries team. The role involves handling file management from start to finish, preparing and issuing legal documents, and coordinating with clients and lenders on secured and unsecured recovery matters.

You will work alongside lawyers, maintain regular communications via online portals, and handle inbound/outbound calls with defaulting customers, aiming for constructive resolutions while ensuring compliance

Qualifications

• Experience supporting a legal team or paralegal role is preferred.
• Strong drafting and document preparation abilities.
• Ability to manage multiple matters and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Manage files from intake to closure.
• Prepare and issue legal documents, notices, and court papers.
• Act as main contact for clients via portal and calls.
• Liaise with lenders and customers to arrange suitable resolutions.
• Collaborate with lawyers to progress matters through courts.

Skills

Organizational skills

Drafting and documentation

Communication

Attention to detail

Legal knowledge

Education

Paralegal qualification

Tools

Microsoft Office

Case management software

Job description

Paralegal - Mortgage Recoveries - Sydney

Dentons is the world's largest law firm. We're 20,000+ people globally across 80+ countries including USA; Europe; India and Asia. We are a global polycentric firm which is expanding rapidly in an increasingly globalised legal industry.

Dentons now consistently ranks as one of the five best regarded legal brands in the world according to the Acritas Global Elite Law Firm Brand Index.

About the role

Dentons Australia has a fantastic opportunity in our Sydney office for someone looking to start or build upon their Paralegal career in our growing Recovery and Restructuring practice on a full-time permanent basis.

In this role, you will be acting on behalf of a number of Australia's major banks and non-bank lenders on secured and unsecured recovery matters. The work is of a fast-paced nature, which will see you having the responsibility of managing a portfolio of files. You will also work alongside lawyers in the team with an emphasis on compliance and quality assurance.

Your duties will include but not be limited to:

• Responsibility of file management (from start to finish);
• Preparing and issuing legal documents, including statutory notices and court documents;
• Acting as first point of contact for clients, maintaining regular communications via specialised online web-based portal;
• Outbound and inbound calls with defaulting customers, including liaising directly with customers in relation to sensitive financial matters with the aim to come to suitable arrangements; and
• Working with lawyers to progress matters through Courts.
  

What you'll need to succeed

You will be extremely well organised and have superior drafting skills and close attention to detail. In this role, you will handle a large workload and will be required to keep your workload up to date.

You will enjoy working in a friendly team environment under supportive partners, with on-the-job training to help you along the way. You will be self-motivated and driven, with a professional outlook and phone manner and the ability to work under pressure and deal with sensitive matters.

Prior law firm experience is not a pre-requisite although applicants with secured or unsecured recoveries experience will be favourably considered. Law students should only apply if they have 2 years (or more) left on their degree.

Why Dentons

Dentons Australia offers a wide range of incentives aimed at embracing your authenticity, providing purpose, and strengthening your ongoing development.

We offer:

• Equitable salary packaging, incentive pay and rewards
• Salary continuous insurance (for permanent employees or employees on a 6 month or more maximum term contract basis)
• Salary sacrificing and novated leases
• 5 days Bonus Leave per year after 12 months of service
• Additional leave options
• Equal family leave for all genders (including kinship groups)
• Floating public holidays for days of cultural significance
• Offices designed for collaboration on Gadigal, Naarm, Yuggera, Kaurna and Whadjuk land
• Generous health and wellbeing programs
• Agile and flexible working for all
• Social and diversity networks providing year-round events
• Opportunities to undertake pro-bono legal work

Diversity, Equality & Inclusion

Embedded in our people is a passion to help others through the delivery of justice. It is through this that our commitment to inclusion, equity, and reconciliation has evolved. We are proud to say that by design, we have no single headquarters or dominant national culture, this means the unique perspectives, experiences, and identities of our people come together globally under one purpose to create an inclusive and accessible environment where anyone can thrive.