Senior Paralegal | Australian Legal Practice

Staff X - Offshore Staffing; Philippines; Remote; PHP 420,000 - 780,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Laptop provided

Professional development policy

Regular social events

Wellness program

Exposure to international clients

Job summary

Staff X - Offshore Staffing is seeking a senior paralegal for a fully remote role based in the Philippines. The candidate will work directly with solicitors in a busy family law practice, handling substantive matter support, drafting documents, and maintaining files from opening to close.

Expect genuine legal judgment and independent work, with supervision by partners. The role requires LEAP proficiency, at least five years in litigation support, advanced English, and strong drafting skills.

Qualifications

• Five years minimum as a paralegal or legal secretary in a litigation environment.
• Hands-on LEAP experience is essential and must be demonstrated.
• Advanced English proficiency, both written and spoken.
• Strong drafting and document preparation skills to professional standards.

Responsibilities

• Transcribe BigHand dictations into accurate letters, documents and correspondence.
• Draft pleadings, chronologies, balance sheets, disclosure indexes and client letters to firm standard.
• Assist solicitors and partner in preparing matters for court with briefs for Counsel.
• Open/close legal files in LEAP and maintain accurate matter records.
• Manage a personal task tracker and provide real-time progress to supervising solicitors.
• Communicate proactively via Teams and email with progress updates and issue screening.

Skills

LEAP experience

Paralegal experience

English proficiency

Drafting skills

Microsoft Word

Tools

Microsoft 365 suite

Job description

A senior paralegal role built around real legal craft — not admin support dressed up with a fancy title.

Family law is one of the most demanding practice areas in legal support. The work is emotionally weighted, technically precise, and unforgiving when detail slips. This role is for a paralegal who has already earned their stripes in a litigation environment, knows their way around LEAP without being shown, and can take a BigHand dictation recording and produce a polished legal document without hand-holding.

THE ROLE

Working directly with solicitors and a partner in a busy family law practice, you will carry a meaningful portion of the matter support workload — drafting documents, preparing court briefs, and keeping files in order from opening through to close. This is not a role where you process templates. You will exercise genuine legal judgment in document preparation, manage your own work pipeline with full visibility to supervising solicitors, and handle sensitive client matters with the discretion and professionalism that family law demands.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Transcribe and action BigHand dictation recordings from solicitors and partners, converting voice notes into accurate, contextually sound letters, documents, and correspondence
• Draft legal documents including pleadings, chronologies, family law balance sheets, financial disclosure indexes, and client correspondence to firm standard
• Assist solicitors and the partner in preparing matters for court, including compiling and organising briefs for Counsel
• Open and close legal files in LEAP, maintaining accurate and current matter records throughout the life of each file
• Manage and maintain a personal task tracker that provides real-time visibility to supervising solicitors and the partner on work in progress and completion status
• Communicate proactively with the team via Microsoft Teams and email, providing regular progress updates and flagging issues or delays without waiting to be asked
• Handle sensitive client information with consistent empathy, discretion, and professionalism, recognising the emotional weight that family law matters carry for clients

WHAT YOU BRING

• Demonstrated, hands-on experience using LEAP practice management software — this is non-negotiable; applications without LEAP experience will not be progressed
• Minimum five years of paralegal or legal secretary experience in a litigation environment, with a solid working knowledge of legal document drafting, court preparation, and matter management
• Advanced English proficiency — written and verbal — with the ability to accurately interpret dictated instructions, including ambiguous or informally phrased recordings
• Strong drafting skills with the ability to produce professional legal correspondence and documents to a high standard, independently and without supervision
• Proficiency across Microsoft 365, specifically Word, Outlook, and Teams, at an intermediate to advanced level
• A reliable home office with a dedicated quiet workspace and a stable high-speed internet connection suitable for video calls, file transfers, and cloud-based software access

WORK ARRANGEMENT

This is a full work-from-home role. You will work from your own home office.

WHY STAFF X

Staff X is a certified Great Place to Work employer in the Philippines for multiple consecutive years.

Benefits include:

• Company-provided laptop or desktop computer
• Free training and professional development policy
• Regular social events and team activities
• Employee wellness program
• Exposure to clients in Australia, the US, and the UK

Staff X offers long-term, stable employment with genuine career growth.

COMPENSATION

Competitive salary commensurate with experience, plus the full Staff X benefits package.

COMMITMENT

This is a full-time, dedicated role. The client and Staff X invest heavily in onboarding, training, and integrating this person into a long-term team. We are looking for someone who is ready to commit fully, not someone exploring a side arrangement, managing multiple clients, or running parallel freelance work. If you are currently freelancing and not ready to step into a single dedicated role, this is not the right opportunity for you. If you have a full-time job and are looking for a second income, please do not apply. The right person for this role genuinely wants a stable, long-term career with a single employer who invests in their growth. This is a permanent position. We hire people we intend to keep for years, not months.