Paralegal Officer

About this role

Gladstone Child Safety Service Centre is seeking a Paralegal Officer who will:

• Provide administrative support to child safety officers and prepare court documents (eg. affidavits), in consultation with and under the direction of the child safety officer and/or senior team leader.

• Prepare court documents that demonstrate high level written communication skills, are well structured, objective, clear, concise and meet the required standards of both the department and the court.

• Competently access, understand and use information held in departmental information systems, in preparing affidavits and other court documents to support applications for child protection orders.

• Provide administrative support to senior team leaders in completing requests for information required for applications for child protection orders.

• Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with departmental legal officers to ensure that court documents adequately address legislative requirements.

• Work as part of a team to support child safety officers to meet rapidly changing priorities and ensure deadlines are met.

• Identify and promptly communicate key issues to the senior team leader that may impact on meeting designated tasks.

• Participate and contribute productively as a team member to form culturally appropriate, professional working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

• Participate and contribute to a culture of continuous learning, training and professional development to ensure practice knowledge and skills are contemporary and evidence-based.

• Contribute to continuous quality improvement strategies.

Your mandatory requirements

• It is mandatory to hold a Blue Card administered by the Queensland Public Safety Business Agency

• Possession of a “C” class driver's licence

• While not mandatory, a good working knowledge and understanding of legal and/or court processes would be desirable.

• Please note that this role will not contribute to Post Legal Training (PLT) as it is not overseen by a legal practitioner.

How to apply

To enable us to assess your application, please submit the following via www.smartjobs.qld.gov.au:

• Resume and minimum of 2 referees including their email addresses. At least one referee should have a thorough knowledge of your work over the past two years as your manager or supervisor.

• a statement not more than two pages, that summarises your skills, experience and achievements against the leadership competencies and duties/responsibilities of the position.

Applications to remain current for 12 months.

Job Ad Reference: QLD/696519/26

Closing Date: Friday, 14th August 2026