Review Services Team Leader - Sydney, Australia - Allens

Allens

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Sydney, Australia

3 weeks ago

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Olivia Brown

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Description

Job no: 495305

Work type:
Permanent - Full time

Location:
Sydney

Categories:
Corporate Services

About Allens

Allens is a leading international law firm with a proud 200-year heritage of shaping the future for our clients, our people and the communities in which we work.

Our alliance with Linklaters connects our clients and teams with an international network of legal leaders that spans 41 offices in 26 countries.

Our Innovation & Digital Solutions teams work at the cutting edge of technology, workplace culture, process improvement, business strategy and growth.

With Allens, you'll have the opportunity to identify and set new standards of excellence for the profession, and play a vital role in delivering services to our clients that are responsive, innovative and focused on their needs.

You'll be empowered to find operational efficiencies and drive changes that make a real impact on our clients, people and communities.

We value personal growth and career progression equally.

Through our in-depth career coaching, focus on innovation, and international secondment program, we aim to create future leaders in the legal industry.

Your role
We are looking for a Review Services Team Leader to join our team in Sydney.

This is a fantastic opportunity for somebody who is legally qualified and has experience leading teams of lawyers or paralegals on large document reviews.

As part of our wider Integrated Legal Solutions team, you will be joining one of Australia's largest legal technology teams where we have been recognised in the _Australian Financial Review's_ Most Innovative Companies list for the past six years.

Our people are technical experts, but they're also trusted business advisers who think bigger, more broadly and more strategically.

Together, we aim to play a leadership role in advancing the legal industry, ensuring our business processes support us to be modern, innovative and efficient, while exploring areas beyond traditional law that align with our core business and clients' needs.

This is where you fit in.

As a Team Leader in our Review Services team, you will:

Manage and supervise document reviewers for Review Services matter work by giving instructions to reviewers, responding to queries, and undertaking quality checks of work completed;
Oversee the document review process for a wide variety of matters by managing any issues, monitoring progress of the review, providing regular status updates to the Project Manager and lawyers, ensuring the document review process is completed on time and within the agreed budget, and escalating queries and implementing solutions where appropriate;
Collaborate with the broader Integrated Legal Solutions team and Allens lawyers to deliver quality, cost effective results on matters and national projects;
Share knowledge openly and effectively with other ILS team members locally and nationally.

This is a permanent, full-time opportunity. We support a hybrid working model, where working from home, and the office, is part of our norm.

About you

You will have:

A legal qualification, with previous experience practising as a lawyer or experience in a document review team leader role;
Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to lead and motivate teams;
Experience leading teams of lawyers or paralegals on large document reviews;
Experience working on litigation matters involving eDiscovery (essential);
Legal technology experience, especially in litigation eDiscovery or corporate due diligence is highly desirable;
Qualifications, or equivalent experience, in legal information management, information technology or computing science is highly desirable; and
A desire to learn, grow, network, mentor others.

Your development
In joining Allens, you will receive unparalleled learning and development opportunities. You will be challenged, supported and guided as you learn and develop, and will be encouraged to grow. We foster greatness, and will coach and support you to meet your goals and aspirations.

Our unique Career Deal allows you to take control of your career and provides a transparent approach to career development.

Our international alliance with Linklaters means we are able to support secondments all over the world.

Our perks

Our benefits include:
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Financial: market competitive fixed remuneration; salary continuance insurance, employee recruitment referral program, discounts at hundreds of suppliers including retail outlets, health and travel insurance, charity matched funding program.
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Health and wellbeing: fully subsidised gym memberships, annual flu vaccinations, skin checks, in-house snacks and catered meals, subsidised sporting and social activities, emergency childcare, Employee Assistance Program including confidential counselling, wellbeing coaching and financial coaching for employees and their families and regular wellbeing session