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Career Paralegal

Date:  3 Feb 2025
Location: 

Sydney, NSW, AU

Department:  Enabling Areas
Description: 

Job Requisition ID: 37243 

  • Choice and flexibility on where, when and how you work

  • Flexible ways of working including SchoolFlex during school holidays

  • Holistic wellbeing program – flu vaccinations, fresh fruit and mental health support 

 

We’re seeking a Career Paralegal to join our In-house legal team to provide support to Senior Lawyers on a variety of corporate law & compliance matters.

This part-time role (3 or 4 days per week) offers flexibility and the chance to work with a talented team in a professional and engaging environment. We're open to candidates in Sydney and offer excellent flexibility and a hybrid working environment.

 

What will your typical day look like?

As a Paralegal in our Office of General Counsel (OGC), you’ll be a key part of our Corporate portfolio, supporting with legal research, preparing legal documents, and assisting the Company Secretary with ensuring compliance with company secretariat obligations for Deloitte Australia entities.

 

Your role will involve maintaining company registers in line with the Corporations Act, completing and filing forms to various regulators including ASIC, and preparing minutes and resolutions for operating entity meetings. You’ll also respond to KYC requests, conduct legal research,  and legal due diligence, and support a range of other compliance matters.

 

If you thrive on tackling legal and compliance matters with a pragmatic, solution-focused mindset, this role offers an excellent opportunity to apply your expertise in a long-term, stable position.

 

About the team

The Office of General Counsel is an award-winning, high-performing legal team that provides advice to Deloitte Australia. We value intellectual curiosity, commerciality, empathy and a strong emphasis on pragmatic solutions to complex legal problems. If you’re looking for a team that’s driven and supportive – Deloitte is the place for you.  Our national team fosters a supportive and collaborative culture.

 

Enough about us, let’s talk about you.

You may have all or some of the following skills/experiences:

  • Experienced career paralegal with a solid background in corporate and compliance matters

  • Highly organised with strong attention to detail

  • Excellent oral and written communication skills

  • Well-developed legal research skills and strong legal drafting abilities

  • Strong interpersonal skills and a commitment to teamwork

  • A practical, down-to-earth, and commercial approach

  • Excellent organisational and multitasking skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities

  • Proficiency in legal software and technology

  • A passion for delivering excellence and high quality work

 

Why Deloitte?  

 

At Deloitte, we focus our energy on interesting and impactful work. We’re always learning, innovating and setting the standard; making a positive difference to our clients and our society. We put coaching at the heart of what we do, helping our people grow their careers in any direction – whether it be up, moving into something new, or even moving across the world.  

 

We embrace diversity, equity and inclusion. We have a diverse collection of people from different backgrounds, with different experiences, gender identities, abilities and thinking styles. What binds us together is a shared commitment to value everyone’s perspective and to cultivate inclusion; so that our work environment is a safe space we can all belong. 

  

We prioritise flexibility and choice. At Deloitte, you get trust on Day 1. We know our people get their best work done when they’re in control of where and how they work, designing their work week around their client, team and personal commitments.

 

We help you live and work well. To support your personal and professional life, we offer a range of perks and benefits, including retail discounts, wellbeing leave, paid volunteering days, twelve flexible working options, market-leading parental leave and return to work support package. 

 

Next Steps

Sound like the sort of role for you? Apply now, we’d love to hear from you!

 

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By applying for this job, you’ll be assessed against the Deloitte Talent Standards. We’ve designed these standards so that you can grow in your career, and we can provide our clients with a consistent and exceptional Deloitte employee experience globally. The preferred candidate will be subject to background screening by Deloitte or by their external third-party provider.

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