Legal Coordinator, Paralegal

WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research)

Legal Coordinator at Australia's leading biomedical research institute, coordinating legal workflows and supporting documentation processes in the legal department.

Posted 7/7/2026full-timeParkville • 🇦🇺 AustraliaMid-LevelSenior💰 A$84,479 - A$97,036 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Supports the effective delivery of legal services by coordinating legal workflows
Maintaining contract and document processes
Assisting with the preparation and review of standard agreements
Ensuring legal matters are managed efficiently
Supporting the intake and triage of legal requests
Maintaining accurate legal records and templates
Contributing to a structured and accessible legal knowledge base.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience in legal administration
coordination
or paralegal support
Working knowledge of contracts and legal documentation (e.g. NDAs
standard agreements)
Experience maintaining records
registers
or document management systems with strong version control
Ability to follow structured processes for intake
triage
and matter coordination
Exposure to legal financial processes
invoice tracking
or reconciliation (desirable)
Awareness of intellectual property processes (e.g. patents) (desirable)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Very attractive salary packaging options are available for general living expenses
meal entertainment
novated leasing and more.
12% superannuation payable
up to a further 5% after the first 6 months of service via our matching superannuation scheme.

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Hard Skills & Tools

Legal DocumentationStandard AgreementsRecord MaintenanceInvoice TrackingReconciliation

Soft Skills

CoordinationAttention to Detail