Practice Administrator

1 week ago


Canberra, ACT, Australia Clayton Utz Full time
The role


Take your legal administration career to the next level by joining our friendly, market leading Public Sector practice in Canberra.

At Clayton Utz, our PA's are an instrumental part of our firm and provide crucial administrative support services to our legal teams.


Providing valued support to our Public Sector partners, and their lawyers, this role offers an experienced PA the opportunity to make the role their own and be a valued member of their high performing practice.

When asked to describe their team's culture, the Partners shared that they are a friendly, collaborative and tech-savvy bunch, and most importantly they champion each other as people.

Key responsibilities

In this varied and fast-paced role, you will be responsible for:

  • Drafting, reviewing and preparing correspondence / documentation
  • Managing all incoming correspondence, as well as providing a proactive and efficient approach to producing correspondence without direction
  • Organising meetings and travel, including a proactive approach to reorganising commitments on a needs basis
  • Manipulation of complex documents
  • General accounts, reporting and monthly billing
Skills & Experience

To be successful in this role, you will have:

  • Broad PA/EA/legal secretarial experience (in professional services working with Partners or C -level executives would be advantageous, although not essential)
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Strong document production skills including version control
  • Advanced skills in Word, Outlook (plus iManage and Aderant preferable but not essential)
  • Proactive approach and first rate secretarial skills
  • Ability to work under pressure in a dynamic, high performing work environment
  • Ability to work part of a team and have a flexible and adaptable approach
  • Ability to anticipate Partner requirements to reduce administrative time.
The Public Sector team


Our National Public Sector group is widely regarded to be the premier private government practice in the country and has a wealth of talent and experience within the team.

The team helps Commonwealth and State Governments with some of their most interesting, significant and technically challenging programs.

We use our skills to solve complex legal problems, assist with the development and implementation of program strategy, and inform policy development.

For further information on our national Public Sector team, please visit our

Public Sector

showcase page on LinkedIn.

How to Apply?

Consultant Contact Details

Shibanni Dave,

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