Legal Support Officer
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About the Role
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions Queensland is seeking expressions of interest for Legal Support Officers to provide administrative and clerical support for legal processes.
Key Skills for This Role
Responsibilities
- Provide administrative support to Legal Officers and Crown Prosecutors in the preparation of prosecution briefs for trial and sentence
- Obtain additional statements from witnesses, order criminal history checks and contact arresting officers for additional information and listing instructions
- Liaise with and conduct routine correspondence with police officers, other legal practitioners, and court staff
- Attend to court related filing and maintain appropriate records of documents filed
- Maintain a thorough and reliable bring up system for matters dealt with in the Chambers
- Prepare and arrange the service of subpoenas
- Sensitively provide information to victims and other witnesses
- Undertake circuits of up to three week duration at centres throughout the State (as required)
Requirements
- Understanding of criminal court and mental health court processes, or ability to rapidly gain understanding
- Strong administration and organisational skills, including ability to self manage, meet deadlines, prioritise tasks, and respond to rapidly changing priorities
- Good interpersonal and written communication skills and ability to engage well with external and internal stakeholders
- Excellent computer skills and ability to use the Microsoft suite
- Demonstrates professional and ethical standards, appreciation of diversity and inclusion principles, and highly developed cultural capabilities
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About the Opportunity
- We are seeking expressions of interest for Legal Support Officers across the state.
- Provide essential administrative and clerical support to ensure smooth operation of legal processes.
- This is a continuous recruitment pool to fill various permanent and fixed term temporary vacancies within legal chambers with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
- Initial contracts are three to six months with possibility of extension.
- Applications will remain current for 12 months.
As a Legal Support Officer You Will
- Provide administrative support to Legal Officers and Crown Prosecutors in the preparation of prosecution briefs for trial and sentence.
- Obtain additional statements from witnesses, order criminal history checks and contact arresting officers for additional information and listing instructions.
- Liaise with and conduct routine correspondence with police officers, other legal practitioners, and court staff.
- Attend to court related filing and maintain appropriate records of documents filed.
- Maintain a thorough and reliable bring up system for matters dealt with in the Chambers.
- Prepare and arrange the service of subpoenas.
- Sensitively provide information to victims and other witnesses.
- Undertake circuits of up to three week duration at centres throughout the State (as required).
What We're Looking For
- Understanding of criminal court and mental health court processes, or the ability to rapidly gain an understanding of court processes.
- Strong administration and organisational skills, including the ability to self manage, meet deadlines, prioritise tasks, and respond to rapidly changing priorities, in a fast paced legal practice.
- Good interpersonal and written communication skills and the ability to engage well with external and internal stakeholders.
- Excellent computer skills and the ability to use the Microsoft suite.
- Demonstrates professional and ethical standards, an appreciation of diversity and inclusion principles and highly developed cultural capabilities, preferably developed in a frontline, client focused role.
Why join us?
- This is more than a role; it's your opportunity to engage with some of the state's most pressing legal matters while making a genuine difference in the community.
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