Job Description

• Parramatta
• Ongoing - Full-Time (35 HPW)
• Clerk Grade 3/4, base salary ($84,659 -$92,701), plus employer’s contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading

Your role

This role supports the Legal Branch within the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) by delivering comprehensive legal, clerical, and administrative support to solicitors and legal staff within DCJ Legal, ensuring the efficient coordination of casework, accurate document preparation, and timely assistance across a range of legal matters.

What you’ll do

As part of the Inquests, Inquiries and Representation team, you will provide high quality legal, clerical and administrative support to the legal professionals, clients and stakeholders in a range of work whilst ensuring the smooth day-to-day operations.

You will also:

• Provide professional legal, clerical, and administrative support while delivering high-quality, client-focused service.
• Conduct legal research and enquiries to support solicitors, ensuring accurate and timely information gathering.
• Manage communications by screening calls and responding to enquiries in a clear, professional, and responsive manner.
• Prepare and format legal documents, correspondence, and briefing materials in line with departmental standards and guidelines.
• Support operational efficiency through diary management, coordination of meetings and travel, and assistance with financial and administrative processes.

Persons seeking to work in this role need to be compassionate and empathetic and have a high level of resilience.

What we’re looking for

• Collaboration and teamwork: Builds and maintains strong, effective working relationships across DCJ Legal.
• Organisation and time management: Effectively prioritises workload and manages competing deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Professional communication: Demonstrates a high level of professionalism when engaging with staff and clients, both verbally and in writing.

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To apply directly via the DCJ Careers site click here Search for the job and click the ‘Apply now’ button.

We focus on hiring people who share our commitment and goals of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, courage and integrity. If you meet the essential requirements and the role resonates with you, please apply – you do not need to meet every desired requirement for us to want to talk to you.

What We Offer

We offer a variety of benefits, including:

• A challenging and rewarding career

• Flexible, autonomous work environment

• Competitive pay and conditions

• Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities

• Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.

Want more information? Visit our website to see more information on Working for us.

We do work that really matters

Working for the DCJ provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners, to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families and communities. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It’s work that really matters.

Apply now and join Australia’s top public sector employer where we will support you and provide an exciting and flexible working environment!

Are you ready to join us?

Click apply, attach an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages) and a cover letter (maximum 3 pages) addressing the 2 targeted questions below with a brief outline on how you meet the requirements of the role:

• Targeted Question 1: Provide an example of when you have been allocated a task that you were unsure about how to complete. What steps did you take and what was the outcome?

• Targeted Question 2: Provide an example of when you have had competing priorities and how you managed these. How did you maintain commitment whilst factoring in multiple completing priorities?

All applications must reflect the applicant’s own work. The use of artificial intelligence or similar technologies in the preparation of application materials is not permitted.

Applications close Thursday 11 June 2026 at 11:59pm AEST.

Got a question?

For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Eden Cortes on (02) 8688 0124 or via Eden.Cortes@justice.nsw.gov.au

If you’ve got a question about applying or would benefit from an adjustment in the recruitment process to help you perform at your best (including an alternate method submission of the application), please contact Paola Piña | Talent Acquisition Officer, via paola.pina@dcj.nsw.gov.au

Visit Recruitment adjustments on the DCJ website to learn more.

Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit

We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.

To find out what DCJ are doing to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, visit Inclusion and diversity on the DCJ website

Other Information

A talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.

For more information visit Applying for DCJ jobs on the DCJ website.

Thank you for your interest in this role. We look forward to receiving your application.

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