Template Developer

Department: Operations

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Cape Town - Foreshore

Reporting To: Content Development Manager

Description

The Template Developer is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining automated legal document templates used by law firms across Canada, the UK, and South Africa. This role involves translating legal and business requirements into automated document logic, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and usability across a wide range of legal precedents, statutory court forms, and correspondence documents.

The successful candidate will combine strong technical capability with exceptional attention to detail and a passion for document development. They will work closely with legal and business stakeholders to create scalable, reliable, and efficient automated templates that support high-quality legal document production.

Key Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain automated legal templates, including court forms, legal precedents, and correspondence documents.
Construct, format, and style documents using Microsoft Word and proprietary Word-like template development tools.
Analyse legal documents to determine the appropriate level of automation and document logic.
Translate document requirements into automated logic using conditional rules (e.g., if/then/else), fill points, stop-codes, and dialog structures.
Link user-input data to templates to enable automated document assembly and distribution to relevant recipients.
Conduct research to understand the legal, regulatory, and operational environment in which documents are used.
Test, troubleshoot, and refine templates to ensure accuracy, functionality, and usability.
Maintain and update existing templates to reflect legal, regulatory, or client-specific changes.
Ensure consistency, precision, and quality across all developed templates.
Manage multiple tasks and deadlines while maintaining high levels of accuracy and attention to detail.
Collaborate with internal stakeholders, including legal, technical, and business teams.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

Essential

Advanced Microsoft Word and document formatting skills.
Experience in template or document development.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
Ability to work with logic-based automation and structured documents.
Strong time management and ability to manage multiple tasks.
Comfortable working in technical and document-driven environments.

Nice to Have

Experience with document automation.
Legal / Law office domain knowledge.
Skills in MS Office automation (eg. MS Excel).
IT/IS background.

Job Benefits

At Dye & Durham we strive to be visionaries! As a leader in our field, we ensure our employees are ready for the next challenge in their journey with us by offering internal and external training opportunities. We offer competitive salaries and a whole host of benefits including healthcare, pension, company discounts, wellness programs, and paid days off to move house or volunteer for your favourite charity.

Please note, if this role is based in South Africa, all applicants must have the legal right to live and work in South Africa. Proof will be required during the recruitment process

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