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Looking for an expereinced paralegal to join our in-house legal team!

Summary about this job

Law Clerks & Paralegals

Company: Cardtronics Australasia Pty Ltd

Location: Melbourne

Work type: Full Time

Salary: n\a

Phone: +61-8-2401-7899

Fax: +61-8-9889-1636

E-mail: n\a

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Detail information about job Paralegal. Terms and conditions vacancy

  • Full-time in-house legal position
  • 1 - 2 years paralegal experience required
  • Bayside location with free onsite parking

About us?

Cardtronics is an established company that has been delivering superior ATM services to retail outlets, convenience and hospitality and financial institutions for more than 15 years. With more than one in three ATMs in Australia and New Zealand, Cardtronics operates the largest ATM network in both Australia and New Zealand and securely processes millions of transactions each month. Cardtronics is a global ATM company with a network of 11,000 ATM's operating across Australia and operates more than 237,000 ATM's worldwide making us the largest ATM deployer in the world.

The opportunity?

Joining the Cardtronics Australasia Office, we are seeking to appoint a full-time in-house paralegal to join our dynamic legal team based in Heatherton. This is a rare opportunity for an experienced junior paralegal with one to two years’ experience. Reporting to Counsel, your role is to support the growth and success of the Company by providing timely, accurate and professional legal support to the Cardtronics Legal Team. You will be responsible for reviewing contract dispute matters including drafting applicable notices, drafting and filing court documents, reviewing commercial agreements and summarising key contract terms as well as preparing contract amendments on request. You will undertake ad hoc legal research, assist with the preparations of commercial and consumer law legal advice, help to update internal legal training and legal guidance manuals and provide administrative support, including completing filing and reports, to the legal team as required.

Responsibilities include:

  • Review merchant dispute matters
  • Draft legal correspondence and complete forms
  • Draft legal documents including contracts and court documents
  • Maintain electronic databases and physical files/registers
  • Perform administrative tasks such as mail and filing
  • Perform legal research
  • Other ad hoc tasks as required

Why should you join the team?

  • Opportunities in career development
  • An exciting and motivated team environment
  • Foundation training and continuous support provided

The ideal candidate?

Qualifications & Experience

  • One to two years’ experience in a litigation law firm or an in house role
  • Experience in commercial litigation
  • Knowledge of state and federal court rules as well as laws and regulations
  • Experience in dealing with e-filing and performing online searches, including Citec and the PPSR

Skills & Abilities

  • Sound contract law knowledge and experience in dealing with commercial disputes
  • Consumer law and commercial law knowledge will be considered an advantage
  • Thorough knowledge of legal principles and practices
  • Thorough knowledge of legal research techniques
  • Thorough knowledge of legal terminology
  • Demonstrated sound judgement in regard to commercial disputes and negotiations
  • Strong organisational and planning skills
  • Communicates effectively in a style appropriate to the audience
  • Team orientated
  • Results focused
  • Motivated and willing to learn
  • Ability to build relationships internally
  • Negotiation skills
  • Highly motivated self-starter with strong analytical skills and results orientated mind-set
  • Strong communication skills
  • Strong computer software knowledge and experience

If this sounds like you, click apply now! Please note only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. Police and Reference Checks will be conducted during recruitment. 

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