Spectrum

Part Time 16.5 hours per week:

Either Monday 10am-6pm & Thursday 10am-7.30pm

OR Tuesday 10am-7.30pm & Friday 10am-6pm

This position will initially be job-shared with the incumbent and there is potential for hours to increase to fulltime.

Spectrum’s new social enterprise provides high quality / low cost migration advice. This is a small, but growing service that requires a positive, proactive and customer focused professional to provide front-of-house service to clients and to undertake support tasks for the Lawyers & Migration Agents.

Please click on the link below for a copy of the job description

1. Experience and knowledge in the provision of high level professional support including:

· Ability to undertake preliminary legal research

· Capacity and commitment to the delivery of a quality client service.

· Ability to understand and maintain confidentiality and sensitivity to legal, political and other issues.

2. Relevant tertiary qualifications or equivalent professional experience;

3. Highly developed ethical and analytical skills

4. Advanced organisational skills, including the ability to prioritise work and meet deadlines within short time frames with minimum supervision in a high pressure legal office environment;

5. High level interpersonal skills including effective written and oral communication, negotiation and conciliation skills, along with an ability to exercise discretion and sound judgment, in order to liaise with all stakeholders including members of the legal profession, members of the public, and staff at all levels;

6. Extensive knowledge and ability to use computer systems, databases and internet legal resources;

7. Strong customer focused orientation

8. Initiative and demonstrated ability to work independently, in a well organised manner and as part of a small team;

9. Good attention to detail and able to juggle competing demands.

10. Proficient in use of MS office software

Please email your application to job@spectrumvic.org.au by 9.00am Tuesday 25 March 2008.