About LEAP
LEAP is the leading provider of Legal Practice Management Solutions in the world and is part of ATI – one of the largest international LegalTech companies. For more than 30 years, our curiosity and commitment to continual improvement has kept us reimagining productivity tools for lawyers and their staff to support our guiding purpose, to ‘Help lawyers who help people’. The market-leading software we develop, and support is used by more than 71,000 lawyers and their staff in small and medium-sized law firms.
Working alongside our international team of passionate high achievers, you’ll join a fast-growing technology business where things seldom stay the same for long. With more than 1000 smart, caring and ambitious ‘LEAPsters’ working together across Australia, Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, Poland and New Zealand, you’ll find yourself in good company here.
Meet the Property Law team
The Property team is a specialist division within LEAP, focused on software solutions for our Property Lawyers & Conveyancers. We’re a cross-functional team of legal professionals, software engineers, designers, and client-focused operational experts, working closely together to deliver practical products and solutions used every day by Property Law firms
You’ll join as the team’s Database Designer, helping to ensure their output is always current, compliant and legally appropriate. You’ll turn encyclopedic knowledge of the law into a more streamlined and automated LEAP experience. You’ll receive extensive, hands-on training from the Content Manager to learn how to update and maintain some of the frontline features in our core platform. Using an internal tool developed for staff, you will manage LEAP’s database of Matter types, fields, calculations, and layouts - powering over 10,000 forms and precedents used across Australia.
What you'll do
This is a technical role for professionals with a legal background who are transitioning into the technology sector. This is a position unique to LEAP, so you'll be provided with extensive training and guidance from your wider team of experienced Database Designers to set you up for success - you just need to bring your passion for exploring your technology.
To make this happen, you will:
Continually improve Matter types and tables that capture our client’s data
Manage a portfolio of calculations, written in JavaScript, for use by LEAP clients
Maintain and update various legal rates & charges across Australia, including Stamp Duty calculations, using JavaScript
Apply UX/UI principles to design and develop responsive and dynamic layouts used in LEAP tables
Work closely with Forms Designers to continually improve the automation and functionality of legal forms
Review and prioritise feedback from clients and staff on improving the Matter types, tables and calculations in your portfolio
Work with the latest document automation technology for the legal industry to deliver new methods of automation to our clients
Provide assistance and support to other Content staff in similar teams
What you'll bring
2 years’ experience working with legal matters (all areas of law considered)
Experience using Word document automation software
Understanding of JavaScript
Understanding of UX/UI principles would be beneficial but not essential
Demonstrated ability to problem-solve
You are the type of person who
LEAP is an inclusive, people-first company committed to breaking down institutional barriers that keep people from reaching their potential. If you meet some, but not all the requirements above, we encourage you to still submit your application.
Why join LEAP?
Your work matters. Helping lawyers help people sits at the heart of everything we do. We solve real world problems that improve and support local, everyday law firms. So they can do their best work for the people in the communities they serve.
Make an impact. You won’t be another ‘cog in the wheel’ here. We give full trust…