MINING AND ENERGY UNION - FULL TIME INDUSTRIAL PARALEGAL/LEGAL ASSISTANT

The Mining and Energy Union Queensland District Branch (“MEUQ”) is a union with over 9,000 members employed in Coal, Energy and Ports industries.

About the role:

- Provide administration support to the 2 inhouse Senior Legal Officers;
- Maintaining of the industrial database and filing structure/opening and archiving of files (electronically).
- Create templates for productive use by the industrial department/ officials and staff.
- Maintaining a bring up system and attending to tasks when they arise.
- Organising authors – maintaining diaries.
- Ability to liaise with members, Barristers, Courts and other law firms etc.
- Proof reading and editing for officials and employees as requested.
- Attend meetings.
- Research – if applicant at level to perform such a task.
- Drafting correspondence,



basic statements, court documents for the inhouse Senior Legal Officers, drafting initial show cause responses on behalf of members.

About you:

- Minimum of 3 years’ paralegal/legal assistant experience working for a law firm or another Union.
- Ability to assist with relief reception in busy/leave periods.
- Be competent in Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel.
- Great eye to detail and have a high level of accuracy in your work.
- Be a team player who can work autonomously when needed.
- Possess initiative to get tasks done and the ability to see and perform tasks not specifically asked to do with a strength for time management.

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📌 MINING AND ENERGY UNION - FULL TIME INDUSTRIAL PARALEGAL/LEGAL ASSISTANT (Brisbane City)
🏢 Qldunions
📍 Brisbane City