Legal Assistant

• Providing administrative support directly to Partners, senior Lawyers and their extended junior team, while skilfully triaging tasks from multiple authors.
• Managing finance requirements, including high volume end of month invoicing, processing supplier invoices, arranging trust payments, and comprehensive debtors management.
• Facilitating the life cycle of a matter, including opening new matters, undertaking conflict checks, ensuring compliance with major client requirements, maintaining the electronic file, actioning write offs, file closing and archiving.
• Diligence in day-to-day tasks including answering calls, processing incoming mail, preparing simple correspondence, corresponding with clients, completing ad hoc printing tasks, and large volumes of outgoing mail.
• Maintaining a friendly and professional demeanour while liaising with our clients, third parties, national team members, and inter-department teams. A high level of written and spoken communication skills is required, as you will be a touchpoint for many parties.

• Background in legal administration, seeking a career in legal administration is preferred. Law students need not apply.
• General office experience considered for the right candidate.
• An enthusiastic team player committed to providing a high level of administrative support to various members of our team.
• Organised, efficient and able to multi-task and time manage while working in a fast paced, deadline driven environment.
• Conscientious and discreet in relation to the highly sensitive nature of information handled by the team.
• Polite and professional in your communication with various internal and external parties.
• Skilled with Outlook and the Microsoft Suite.
• Knowledge of iManage or other file management software is desired.
• Knowledge of Elite or other enterprise finance software is desired.

• Equitable salary packaging, incentive pay and rewards
• Salary continuous insurance (for permanent employees or employees on a 6 month or more maximum term contract basis)
• Salary sacrificing and novated leases
• 5 days Bonus Leave per year after 12 months service
• Additional leave options
• Equal family leave for all genders (including kinship groups)
• Floating public holidays for days of cultural significance
• Exclusive retailer discounts
• Offices designed for collaboration on Gadigal, Naarm, Yuggera, Kaurna and Whadjuk land
• Learning & Development opportunities
• Generous health and wellbeing programs
• Agile and flexible working for all
• Social and diversity networks providing year-round events
• Opportunities to undertake pro-bono legal work

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