Job Description

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

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

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About the role:

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

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- Minimum of 3 years' paralegal/legal assistant experience working for a law firm or another Union.
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- Ability to assist with relief reception in busy/leave periods.
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- Be competent in Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel.
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- Outstanding eye to detail and have a high level of accuracy in your work.
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- Be a team player who can work autonomously when needed.
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- 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 (Queensland)
🏢 Qldunions
📍 Queensland