About the Role
Davidson Recruitment is Looking for an experienced Paralegal Support Officer to provide high-quality legal and administrative support across a busy state Government department. You'll play a key role in supporting legal staff with court documentation, discovery processes, legal research and trial preparation while ensuring compliance with office standards and time recording.

This role suits someone adaptive, tech-savvy, and committed to service excellence in a fast-paced and collaborative legal environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide paralegal assistance including preparing briefs to Counsel, serving legal documents, and conducting external searches (court registries, hospitals, companies, etc.)
• Support the discovery process including document inspections, list preparation, and correspondence drafting
• Draft routine legal correspondence and court documents
• Assist with trial preparation and attend trials where required
• Maintain bring-up systems and assist with billing processes
• Liaise with clients, legal counsel, expert witnesses, and other stakeholders
• Index, redact and summarise medical, legal, and third-party documents
• Conduct legal research and assist with witness interviews
• Ensure time recording accuracy and support achievement of billable hour targets

About You

To succeed in this role, you will bring:

• Demonstrated paralegal or legal support experience, ideally within a government or litigation setting
• Strong working knowledge of legal processes and administrative systems
• Excellent document preparation, file management and organisational skills
• High attention to detail and ability to manage competing priorities
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and comfort with legal practice technology
• A collaborative and professional communication style
• Willingness to learn and adapt in a structured, high-performing team

What's in it for you?

• Work in a respected government legal environment
• Competitive hourly rate + super
• Excellent experience to support your paralegal or legal career growth
• Immediate start available

Please apply with current resume in Microsoft Word format only (.doc or .docx), quoting reference JN -072025-40895. Want to know more about Davidson? Visit us at www.davidsonwp.com