Paralegal - Restructuring, Recoveries & Disputes

Faculti Lawyers; Sydney; On-site; AUD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Hybrid working

Parental leave

Daily breakfast

Daily health benefits

Job summary

Faculti Lawyers is seeking an intelligent and enthusiastic full-time Paralegal to join our Restructuring, Recoveries & Disputes team in our Sydney office. You will provide accurate and timely support, work with a high-performing team on complex, high-volume matters in a modern, technology-enabled legal environment.

The role requires a can-do attitude, excellent communication, and strong organisational skills, with flexible and hybrid working arrangements and additional benefits as part of Life

Qualifications

• Attention to detail and accuracy in handling files.
• Strong organisational skills to manage multiple files and meet deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with clients and colleagues.
• Team-oriented, willing to assist others and collaborate effectively.
• Proactive and able to take responsibility for running a file.

Responsibilities

• Drafting Notices, demands, pleadings and general correspondence
• Drafting statements of claim, judgments, writs of possession
• E-filing of court documents
• Assisting with the general management and running of files to meet client service levels
• Telephone calls and general correspondence with clients, debtors and third parties to progress the files
• Regular follow ups of security packets, process servers, court documents etc.
• Preparing discharge of mortgages and arranging settlement
• Preparing files for eviction
• Identifying complex, high risk matters and escalating to a Lawyer
• Basic clerical duties associated with running your files

Skills

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Team player

Job description

Faculti Lawyers is not a traditional legal services business. We combine legal expertise, technology and operational excellence to deliver streamlined legal solutions for enterprise clients across Australia. With offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Canberra, our teams work on complex, high-volume matters where precision, efficiency and scalability matter. The work is fast-moving, commercially significant and designed around modern legal service delivery.

The role

We are currently looking for an intelligent and enthusiastic full-time Paralegal to join our Restructuring, Recoveries & Disputes team in our Sydney office.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Paralegal to join a high-performing team and gain exposure to complex, high-volume matters within a modern, technology-enabled legal environment.

In this role you will need to provide both accurate and timely support to the team, you will be a confident individual with a can-do attitude and excellent communication skills.

Duties

• Drafting Notices, demands, pleadings and general correspondence
• Drafting statements of claim, judgments, writs of possession
• E-filing of court documents
• Assisting with the general management and running of files to meet client service level requirements and protect our clients' interests on all matters
• Telephone calls and general correspondence with clients, debtors and third parties to progress the files (involves taking instructions, negotiating proposals with debtors)
• Regular follow ups of security packets, process servers, court documents etc.
• Preparing discharge of mortgages and arranging settlement, as required
• Preparing files for eviction
• Identifying complex, sensitive and high risk matters and escalating them to a Lawyer
• Basic clerical duties associated with running your files

Our requirements

• Demonstrated ability to take responsibility for running a file
• Strong organisational skills to manage a large number of files at a time and meet deadlines
• Good interpersonal skills to liaise with clients, debtors and internal staff
• A team player, willing to help others when necessary
• Accuracy and attention to detail

Life at Faculti

At Faculti Lawyers, we provide the opportunity to work on complex, high-volume matters for established enterprise clients within a modern, technology-enabled legal environment. We offer genuine career growth pathways and a range of benefits including flexible and hybrid working arrangements, generous parental leave, annual flu vaccinations and skin checks, study assistance, a comprehensive employee assistance program, daily breakfast, corporate discounts and a variety of social activities including EOFY and end-of-year functions, sporting teams and firm-wide events. We take a collaborative approach to everything we do, built on openness, accountability, respect and professionalism, ensuring both our clients and our people are supported to perform at their best.

• flexible and hybrid working arrangements
• generous parental leave
• annual flu vaccinations and skin checks
• study assistance
• a comprehensive employee assistance program
• daily breakfast
• corporate discounts
• a variety of social activities including EOFY and end-of-year functions
• sporting teams and firm-wide events