Paralegal - Retirement Villages

Location: Brisbane

Contract Type: Permanent

MinterEllison is one of Australia’s largest independent law and consulting firms. With a heritage of almost 200 years, we are known for our excellence, and our authentic and enduring relationships with our clients, our people and our communities. Clients seek out MinterEllison to help them solve complex problems every day. We do this by our full-service legal offering and complementary consulting offering.

We offer opportunities to work on industry-leading mandates for top-tier clients, while being part of a high-performing and collaborative team that values excellence, diversity of thought, curiosity, and inclusion. We value our people and empower them to achieve their ambitions - with the support, trust and autonomy to grow their careers in meaningful ways.

At MinterEllison, we're leading the way with AI and other emerging technologies, powering innovation right across our firm. You will have the opportunity to engage with AI tools we've built, and other external AI tools, to enhance efficiencies and excellence internally and with our clients.

We support sustainable ways of working regarding how, when and where you work and offer a wide range of social, financial and health benefits (see www.minterellison.com/-/media//Minter-Ellison/Files/Careers/MinterEllison-Employee-Benefits-2025.ashx)

Your Role

A great opportunity exists for an experienced conveyancing paralegal to join our Brisbane office on a permanent full time basis.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to work in a booming and interesting area of the law while being well supported with state of the art technology and systems. While this role is physically based in Brisbane, you will work across multiple jurisdictions supporting national clients.

The Team

This role sits in our Retirement Villages (RV) conveyancing team. Our RV practice is the most successful in Australia and continues to grow from strength to strength, working with the largest retirement village owners and operators nationally. The Brisbane team is led by Partners Robin Lyons and Tammy Berghofer.

In this role you will be part of a large and supportive team of high performing paralegals, with additional support from dedicated lawyers and senior lawyers, as well as team administrators and registration clerks. You will deal directly with our major clients on a daily basis to manage your own files.

More About You

We welcome applications from candidates who have:

• demonstrated conveyancing experience (minimum 12 months)
• an interest in developing their conveyancing skills to include different tenure types in most Australian jurisdictions
• the ability and desire to manage high volume and high quality work
• exceptional client service skills and responsiveness
• a keen eye for detail and exceptional time management and organisational skills
• an interest in contributing to process improvement and systems
• strong IT skills
• a commitment to excellence that matches our own
• a proactive approach and positive attitude.

Please note this role is best suited to a career paralegal. Law students are encouraged to consider our clerkship and graduate programs.

How to apply

We encourage applications from people of all ages, abilities, cultural backgrounds, genders (including trans or gender diverse), LGBTQ+ people and those with carer responsibilities. We particularly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply.

We prefer to connect with people directly, so please submit your CV by clicking on the 'Apply' button. We encourage all applications, including if you do not meet all the criteria listed for the role. Your application will also enable us to consider you for other opportunities that may be available at MinterEllison.

If you are currently a MinterEllison employee, please apply through the internal careers page.

If you would like further information, require any adjustments throughout the recruitment process or for a confidential discussion, please contact Danielle.Miller@minterellison.com.