You will assist the Legal Service Officers in the Legal Aid Bureau in litigation work.

Your responsibilities include: a) interviewing applicants on the legal issues facing them, b) ascertaining the applicant's financial means and assessing their needs, c) recording statements from legal aid applicants and extracting relevant information and facts, and referring them to social service help, if necessary, obtaining and assessing evidence to support the applicants’ cases, d) exploring options with the applicants and the parties involved to reach an amicable agreement, if possible, and e) drafting legal documents and filing court documents. You will also take part in projects and initiatives involving improvements to work processes and organisational effectiveness.

Key Competencies Required: • [Legal Case Management]: Evaluate cases with reference to the relevant legislations and guidelines, monitor performance metrics and provide recommendations to resolve issues arising from case management • [Dispute Resolution Management]: Resolve disputes in a timely manner and in accordance with the contract dispute resolution mechanism, ensuring that obligations of the parties to the contract are given effect according to contract requirements • [Litigation Support]: Prepare or supervise and monitor the preparation of high quality and accurate court papers to be submitted to the Court within required timeline • [Preferred] Interest and experience in family law and representing applicants in mediation and court under our Specialist Legal Executive Scheme. To be successful in this role, you must have/be: • A highly motivated individual who can work under pressure • Ability to multi-task and manage multiple tasks and deadlines • Strong writing skills, prior experience in investigative work, report writing and legal drafting will be an advantage • Ability to communicate and collaborate well with stakeholders • Good customer service skills • As the role requires the incumbent to converse and take instructions from Mandarin-speaking stakeholders, candidates will need to speak and read Mandarin with reasonable fluency. Candidates who speak a dialect in addition to Mandarin will be an advantage. #LI-SW1

In Singapore, having the rule of law and advancing people’s access to justice are not just lofty ideals but the backbone of a functioning and a progressive society. At the Ministry of Law, not only do we contribute to developing the legal frameworks and policies that uphold our way of life, but also to providing community legal services that Singaporeans benefit from. The key policies we oversee include Singapore’s legal and intellectual property infrastructure, the civil and criminal justice systems as well as land resources. Our officers are experts from different fields, and enjoy an excellent and challenging career in a fast-paced environment with plenty of opportunity to grow. If you share our vision of shaping the future of Singapore, you will definitely fit right in here at MinLaw.