What The Role IsYou will assist the Legal Service Officers in the Legal Aid Bureau in litigation work. Your Responsibilities IncludeWhat you will be working on interviewing applicants on the legal issues facing them, ascertaining the applicant's financial means and assessing their needs, recording statements from legal aid applicants and extracting relevant information and facts, and referring them to social service help, if necessary, obtaining and assessing evidence to support the applicants’ cases, exploring options with the applicants and the parties involved to reach an amicable agreement, if possible, and drafting legal documents and filing court documents.
You will also take part in projects and initiatives involving improvements to work processes and organisational effectiveness. What We Are Looking ForKey Competencies Required: [Legal Case Management]: Evaluate cases with reference to the relevant legislations and guidelines, monitor performance metrics and provide recommendations to resolve issues arising from case management [Dispute Resolution Management]: Resolve disputes in a timely manner and in accordance with the contract dispute resolution mechanism, ensuring that obligations of the parties to the contract are given effect according to contract requirements [Litigation Support]:
Prepare or supervise and monitor the preparation of high quality and accurate court papers to be submitted to the Court within required timeline [Preferred] Interest and experience in family law and representing applicants in mediation and court under our Specialist Legal Executive Scheme.
To Be Successful In This Role, You Must Have/be A highly motivated individual who can work under pressure Ability to multi-task and manage multiple tasks and deadlines Strong writing skills, prior experience in investigative work, report writing and legal drafting will be an advantage Ability to communicate and collaborate well with stakeholders Good customer service skills As the role requires the incumbent to converse and take instructions from Malay-speaking stakeholders, candidates will need to speak and read Malay with reasonable fluency. Candidates who speak a dialect in addition to Malay will be an advantage.
Successful candidates will be appointed on a 1-year contract in the first instance, subject to renewal.
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