Talent Register - Legal Assistants and Law Clerks

Salary: Level 2, $73,954 - $79,292 pa + super (PSCA 2024)

Location: Perth CBD

Section/Team: Legal Services

Work Type: Fixed Term - Full Time, Fixed Term - Part Time

Position No: Pool Ref 936726

Closing Date: 2049-12-31 4:30 PM

The Office

The State Solicitor's Office (the Office) is the Western Australian Government’s principal legal adviser.

We enable government action, manage the State’s legal risk, and support the First Law Officer with authoritative advice on key legal issues.

Our work delivers demonstrably better government decisions, strengthens the rule of law, and leads to greater community trust in the public sector.

Legal Practice Support

Legal Practice Support provides professional paralegal and administrative support to the Legal Officers within the legal sections of the Office.

The Roles are skilled at providing direct, high quality, timely and responsive secretarial, administrative and paralegal support for lawyers in various practice teams within the organisation.

The State Solicitor's Office is seeking

• Legal Assistants:




• Administrative or Law Clerk / Paralegal experience, preferably within a legal environment.


• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate both written and orally with a diverse range of people, and on a variety of topics.


• Demonstrated organisational skills with the ability to manage varying priorities and workloads to achieve deadlines.




• Law Clerks:




• Sound comprehension of grammar, punctuation, and accurate spelling.


• Demonstrated high standard of word processing and data entry skills.


• The ability to draft basic legal documents.


• The ability to interpret and apply legislation, rules, policy, practice, and procedures.

Information about the Talent Register

The Talent Register is an online portal that allows you to register your interest for short term contract opportunities (up to a twelve-month contract) with the Legal Support team of the State Solicitors Office.

Opportunities are temporary and may be full-time or part-time.

For some roles we may be able to make direct appointments which will mean you won’t need to go through a full competitive recruitment process, in accordance with the Commissioners Instructions 39 and its conditions.

What is on offer?

• An opportunity to undertake short term work and gain invaluable legal support experience at SSO.


• Access to flexible working arrangements including generous leave options for enhanced work life balance.


• Free access to a confidential employee assistance program (EAP) for you and your family, which includes psychology and counselling services


• 3 days additional public sector holidays


• 15 days personal leave per annum


• Comprehensive learning and development opportunities that focus on your career


• 5 days cultural and ceremonial leave for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees.


• Superannuation 11.5%, increasing to 12% by 1 July 2025 with salary packing options.

How to apply

To submit your application click the “Apply for Job” button at the bottom of this page.

Emailed and late applications will not be accepted so please allow sufficient time to submit your application.

If you are having difficulty submitting your online application, please telephone RAMS Helpdesk on 1300 733 056 for assistance.

Our commitment to a diverse and inclusive workplace

The Office is committed to building a workplace culture that values diversity and inclusion.

We actively promote the employment of Aboriginal Australians, people with disability, youth, and other diversity groups.

People with disability will be provided with reasonable adjustments in our recruitment processes and in the workplace.