Legal Assistant - Melbourne, Australia - Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

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Melbourne, Australia

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Melbourne
Legal Support
Full time

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Join Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Australia's leading independent law firm.

An exciting opportunity now exists in our Employment & Labour team for a full time Legal Assistant to support a Partner and a team of lawyers.

You will enjoy working within a large team of lawyers alongside other Legal Assistants in a friendly and supportive environment.

Each day is varied as the Employment and Labour team represents clients across many different industry sectors and in many high profile matters.

This role will be well suited to a well-organised administrative professional who demonstrates strong communication and teamwork skills and has previous Legal secretarial/administrative experience.

Key Responsibilities:

Preparation of correspondence and court documents
Compiling and processing of time sheets
Strong understanding of billing processes and specific client billing requirements
Assisting with telephone enquiries and ability to develop relationships internally and externally
Matter management including opening and closing files, archiving, electronic filing and physical filing
Assisting with and arranging client events and maintaining client distribution lists

Required skills and experience:

At least 3 years of experience as a Legal Assistant
Exceptional organisational and time management skills
Outstanding attention to detail
Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
High level of proficiency with Microsoft Office (including Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook)
Advanced knowledge of CMS Aderant or other finance related software
Ability to develop and foster excellent professional relationship internally and with clients

At Corrs, we help you achieve your ambition - at every stage of your career.

About us:

Corrs Chambers Westgarth is Australia's leading independent law firm.

We provide exceptional legal services across the full spectrum of matters, including major transactions, projects and significant disputes, offering strategic advice on our clients' most challenging issues.

Why Corrs?
We pride ourselves on meeting our clients needs in a culture characterised by excellence, commitment, collaboration and respect.

Our policies, practices and behaviours foster a safe and inclusive workplace, and we focus on creating opportunities and supporting a diverse workforce.

Flexible working as standard - we've established flexibility as standard business practice and an option for all our people.
Bonus leave - an additional week of leave each year (5 weeks annual leave in total).

Generous parental leave entitlements - we offer up to 26 weeks paid leave and pay superannuation on both paid and unpaid leave (up to 12 months).

Wellbeing program -We support the wellbeing of our people across areas including resilience, mental health, mindfulness, personal development, physical health and self-care.

Diversity and Inclusion - This is a key area of focus for the firm.

We set meaningful goals to improve diversity and foster an inclusive culture in which all employees feel supported and valued.

Responsible business approach - we are a member of the United Nations Global Compact, and are committed to promoting and respecting human rights, supporting the Compact's Ten Principles on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption, and the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.

We are also a member of AusLSA, which works to promote and increase sustainable practices across the legal sector.
Learning and development opportunities - including our Australian-first international study scholarship, our national training program and our mentoring program.

For more information, see our website