Conveyancing Paralegal or Junior Lawyer

Location: Sydney 

Contract Type: Permanent 

MinterEllison is one of Australia’s largest law firms, with nearly 200 years of business history.  We're known for our legal and consulting expertise - and for our inclusive and authentic character.

Our purpose is to create sustainable value with our clients, people and communities.  That means we have a proud history of providing excellence to clients, nurturing our people and giving back to the communities in which we live and work.

We value excellence, curiosity and collaboration.  Clients rely on us for our responsive, commercial approach.  Our clients include government departments and agencies, private and publicly listed companies, and small and large businesses in Australia and overseas.  

As a highly valued employee we will also provide you with a wide range of benefits. To view our benefits, please copy this link into your browser https://www.minterellison.com/-/media/Minter-Ellison/Files/Careers/Employee-Benefits-Brochure-2023.ashx

The Role 

We are recruiting an experienced full-time permanent conveyancing paralegal or licensed conveyancer to join our growing retirement villages (RV) conveyancing team. Junior lawyers with retirement villages experience are also welcome to apply.

MinterEllison has Australia's leading RV practice and continues to grow from strength to strength, working with the largest retirement village owners and operators nationally. As part of Australia's leading RV team you will have the opportunity to work in a booming and interesting area of law while being well supported with state of the art technology and systems.

MinterEllison was named the 2022 'Law Firm of the Year' for expertise in Retirement Villages and Senior Living Law, recognising the efforts of a large number of partners and their teams including David McElhone, Robin Lyons and Tammy Berghofer. You would be reporting to David McElhone who has been recognised as Lawyer of the Year in Seniors Living.

In this role you will be part of a high performing and supportive team of paralegals, senior lawyers, and administration staff.   You will deal directly with our major clients on a daily basis to manage your own files.

Please note this role is not suited to a law student paralegal, who are encouraged to consider our clerkship and graduate programs

What you need.

We welcome applications from candidates who have:

• extensive  conveyancing experience, or specific retirement village conveyancing experience
• 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.

Why MinterEllison

We offer flexible working options to encourage balance, wellbeing and support for sustainable ways of working and a range of social, financial and health benefits, including free gym membership - all with no minimum tenure.

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.

How 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 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 would like further information, require any adjustments throughout the recruitment process or for a confidential discussion, please contact [email protected].