- Parramatta – Hybrid working arrangement
- Temporary – Full-Time (35 HPW)
- Clerk Grade 3/4, base salary ($87,199 - $95,482), plus employer’s contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading

Your role Provide legal, administrative, and clerical support while delivering high-quality client service in a professional, timely, and efficient manner.

What you’ll do

- Provide high-quality legal, administrative, and clerical support to the team, ensuring efficient day-to-day operations.
- Manage incoming calls and enquiries professionally, delivering exceptional client service and maintaining strong stakeholder relationships.
- Coordinate diaries, meetings, travel arrangements, and competing priorities to support the effective delivery of legal services.
- Assist with financial administration, including processing invoices, preparing payment documentation, and supporting budget-related activities.
- Contribute to a cooperative team environment by managing projects, meeting deadlines, maintaining confidentiality, and supporting compliance with legislative and organisational requirements.

What we’re looking for

- Strong organisational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritise competing tasks and consistently meet deadlines.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage professionally and confidently with clients, stakeholders, and colleagues.
- High level of attention to detail, ensuring accuracy in legal documentation, correspondence, data entry, and administrative processes.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively within a team while exercising initiative, discretion, and sound judgement in a professional environment.

Download the role description. To apply directly via the DCJ Careers site click here. Search for the job and click the ‘Apply now’ button.





We focus on hiring people who share our commitment and goals of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, courage and integrity. If you meet the essential requirements and the role resonates with you, please apply – you do not need to meet every desired requirement for us to want to talk to you.

What We Offer

We offer a variety of benefits, including:

- A challenging and rewarding career

- Flexible, autonomous work environment

- Competitive pay and conditions

- Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities

- Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.

Want more information? Visit our website to see more information on Working for us.

We do work that really matters

Working for the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners, to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families and communities. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It’s work that really matters.

Apply now and join Australia’s top public sector employer where we will support you and provide an exciting and flexible working environment!

Essential requirements

- Experience in providing legal, clerical and administrative support and client service.
- Current and valid Working with Children Check Clearance.
- National Criminal History Record Check in accordance with the Disability Inclusion Act 2014




- Fingerprint checks are required to be conducted at a Police Station and obtained prior to commencing with the Department.

Are you ready to join us? Click apply, attach a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements of the role as well as an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages).

Applications close Tuesday 29 September 2026 at 11:59pm AEST.

Got a question?

For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Peter Bazzo, OGIP manager via [email protected]

If you’ve got a question about applying or would benefit from an adjustment in the recruitment process to help you perform at your best (including an alternate method submission of the application), please contact Paola Piña | Talent Acquisition Officer, via [email protected]

Visit Recruitment adjustments on the DCJ website to learn more.

Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit

We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.

To find out what DCJ are doing to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, visit Inclusion and diversity on the DCJ website.

Other Information A talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.

For more information visit Applying for DCJ jobs on the DCJ website.

Thank you for your interest in this role. We look forward to receiving your application.

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📌 Paralegal OGIP (Parramatta)
🏢 Department Of Communities And Justice
📍 Parramatta