Legal Assistant | Employment & Workplace Law

At Amicus Legal Recruitment, our sole focus rests exclusively in the legal talent domain and we are specialists in the legal recruitment industry.
Our client has engaged Amicus Legal Recruitment to assist in the search for an experienced Legal Assistant to join their dynamic Workplace Relations and Employment Law team. This is a brilliant opportunity for an experienced Legal Secretary to join a genuine, down-to-earth and supportive mix of professionals. Offering a thorough induction, ongoing support and plenty of career advancement opportunities - you will kick yourself if you don't check this out!

Working for a fantastic and well respected Partner and Senior Associate, you will be responsible for ensuring that all facets of the Partner's days are made easier by way of providing broad administrative assistance as well as assisting with the organisation of the practices business development initiatives. You can expect your day to day responsibilities to include the following:
Transcribing advice, correspondence and Court documents;
Preparing and collating Briefs for Counsel;
Extensive diary management;
Liaising with clients and third party stakeholders;
File administration;
Complex end of month billing; and
General administrative duties.

The focus of the Partner's practice encompasses unfair dismissal and general protections claims, employment contracts, assistance with due diligence matters, industrial action defence and strategy, equal opportunity law and occupational health and safety.

As the ideal person for this role, you will be a highly experienced Legal Secretary with at least 3 years experience in a similar capacity. Given that your role will include extensive liaison with clients and due to the level of seniority of this position, it is imperative that you are professionally presented and have an articulated telephone manner and A1 technical skills using electronic billing and document management systems as well as Microsoft Word and an outstanding typing ability.

To register your interest for this interesting and challenging role which offers you a great mix of Personal Assistant and Legal Secretary responsibilities in an interesting and extremely popular area of law, please do so by clicking "APPLY" and uploading your CV in Word format. Alternatively, please call Kelly Harvey on 03 8691 3116 for a confidential discussion.

If you're interested in viewing all of our current Legal Secretary/PA, Paralegal/Law Clerk and related legal support roles, visit our website:
www.amicuslegal.com.au