Research Associate

About the Role

Your main responsibility will be to source and provide the most suitable expert witnesses for litigation. In addition, you will strive to improve organisational and administrative processes to support the CEO, COO and overall expansion of the business.

Day to day responsibilities:

• Manage lawyers’ requests for expert witnesses
• Communicate with and qualify experts over the phone and email
• Research, find and match the most suitable expert using an internal database as well as external resources
• Vet, qualify and conduct background checks of potential experts
• Maintain and foster relationships with clients and subject matter experts
• Manage and grow internal database to ensure accurate matching between experts and clients

Skills and Experience

Legal experience is a plus but not essential as we will train you. However, you will need to possess the following:

• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
• Proven legal research experience or knack for finding hard to find things
• Proven critical and strategic thinking skills
• Good at problem solving
• Confidence communicating with people from diverse background over the phone and email
• Detail-oriented and organised
• Great memory and good at connecting the dots
• Loves working in a collegiate environment
• Love learning new things
• Wants a place at the table to contribute to the growth of the company.

If you are interested in this position, please apply with a cover letter and resume today

Please note we are only able to consider applicants with the right to live and work in Australia.