Paralegal - Health Law

Avant Law is Australia’s largest specialist medical indemnity legal team and is recognised for its wide range of expertise.  There are specialists in every practice area across Australia, many of whom have been recognised as experts in medical defence. Avant Law is an incorporated legal practice acting on the instructions of Avant Mutual, Australia’s leading defence medical organisation. 
  
We are seeking a Paralegal to join our Melbourne team for a permanent, full-time role. 
  

Key responsibilities for this role include: 

• Assisting Solicitors in the management of a legal practice and contribute to the effective functioning of the Legal team. 
• Provide an administrative support function to Avant Law including assisting to prepare legal documentation including briefs, drafting correspondence, court filing, liaising with witnesses, experts, court and/or tribunal staff and assisting with processing of Avant Law’s invoices for professional services. 
• Coordinating meetings and travel arrangements. 
• Processing accounts payable invoices, monthly billings and MasterCard reconciliations. 
• Assisting with general office administration. 
    

The successful applicant will have: 

• Previous demonstrated experience in an administrative or paralegal position in a legal environment. 
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills. 
• Fast and accurate typing skills including digital dictation typing. 
• Experience drafting and formatting legal documentation. 
• The ability to balance multiple priorities, meet deadlines and show attention to detail. 
• Intermediate level of competence in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. 
• Experience in preparing and maintaining legal files. 
    

Why work for Avant Law? 

• You would be working for Australia’s largest specialist medico-legal law firm. 
• You are guaranteed a pipeline of work from your instructing client, Avant Insurance, who are co-located. 
• You will get to work on a great variety and breadth of cases but with a focus on medical indemnity civil claims. 
• You will be working in an open and collaborative environment with access to the top specialist medico-legal solicitors in the country. 
    

Why work at Avant? 

• At Avant, our people are the centre of everything we do for our members. We offer a range of benefits and opportunities to enable you to make a difference, learn, and grow in your career. 
• We value our people by offering an inclusive workplace with a diverse range of benefits, flexible working options, career development, and internal mobility opportunities. Our flexible working arrangements are designed to enable genuine work-life balance. 
• Your development is our priority and we have a variety of learning and development programs that will support you in your career. 
• We offer support to our people via Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Health and Wellbeing programs, Tertiary Education Sponsorship and Support. 
• We have a diverse and connected work environment where your contribution and ideas will be valued and respected and make a real difference to the lives of others. 
    

We prefer to deal with candidates directly. If you have any queries regarding the role, please do not hesitate to contact Lisa Craddock, Talent Acquisition Business Partner at lisa.craddock@avant.org.au 
  
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