The Opportunity
Our Corporate & Commercial Advisory team is looking for their next superstar legal secretary on a full-time basis.
In this role, you will be assisting the team with a range of administration, data and secretarial tasks using your current skill set and knowledge, while also gaining invaluable skills through mentoring and training.
Key Responsibilities
Your role will include assisting with:
• Front line client contact answering phones
• Preparing basic legal documents and correspondence
• Preparing and issuing monthly tax invoices
• Receipting and payments
• Scheduling meetings and organising calendars
• Diary management
• File management, saving emails and correspondence to files
• Liaising with stakeholders, including clients, Lawyers and Principals
• Opening new files and undertaking conflict searches
• Archiving files
• Other general administrative tasks as required.
You will have:
• At least 4 years’ experience in a legal environment or transferable skill
• High level skills in Office 365
• An inquisitive mind toward IT
• Initiative in taking on tasks when required
• Attention to detail and great time management skills
Your new team
The Corporate & Commercial Advisory team bring together a group of lawyers who work across multiple practice areas bringing their own professional style, while sharing a common mindset of collaboration and providing clients with well-considered, quality advice and outcomes.
While providing clients with high-quality legal work, the team combines expertise with a friendly, approach, creating a culture where peers can work hard, enjoy the process and enjoy each other’s company socially.
About McInnes Wilson Lawyers
We are a full-service firm with 61 principals providing high quality legal advisory services across Australia. We are proud of the values we uphold and the culture of our firm and know there is more to life than work, billables or awards. We believe in our people and trust them with our brand.
When joining McInnes Wilson Lawyers, you will be joining a firm that values people. Our progressive and inclusive policies have also earned us recognition as an Employer of Choice by the Australian Business Awards, Lawyers Weekly, Queensland Law Society and HRD to name a few.
Our range of employee benefits are designed to be inclusive of all employees and currently include:
- Progressive paid parental leave policy.
- Flexible work environment.
- Reward and recognition program, including tenure awards, annual staff awards, and promotion ceremonies.
- Further education support and professional development program, including a formal mentoring program.
- Health and wellbeing initiatives, birthday leave for full-time employees, firm social club, and regular team functions.
Interested candidates are invited to submit their resume and cover letter detailing their qualifications and experience.
All applicants should note that the successful candidate will be required to undergo background screening including reference checks and police checks. The successful candidate will also hold full working rights in Australia.
