Administrative Assistant, Corporate

1 week ago


Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Herbert Smith Freehills Full time

BRISBANE

THE OPPORTUNITY

The opportunity:


We are seeking an Administrative Assistant to join our leading Corporate team in our Brisbane office on a full-time basis.

This role will suit someone with a passion for working collaboratively within a team.


As the Administrative Assistant you will work closely with the Legal Assistants to provide administrative support to legal and business services staff to enhance our client experience.

Your day to day will involve however not limited to:

  • Provide timely and accurate support to Legal Assistants with administrative support needs.
  • Deliver high quality, accurate work whilst managing deadlines, responding to change and the competing priorities of all work.
  • Scan, print or photocopy relevant documents as and when required by the relevant practice group support colleague or Lawyer.
  • Provide ad hoc support to the group or division such as dealing with incoming mail, answering the telephone, amending documents and any other administrative duties.
  • Prepare files for archiving and manage return and retrieval of files following firm guidelines.

SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

To be successful you will have:

  • Impeccable attention to detail.
  • Previous administrative experience (preferred but not essential).
  • Demonstrated enthusiasm and proactivity in the workplace.
  • Knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
  • Strong time management and organisational skills; ability to prioritise your time across a number of busy matters.
  • Good written and verbal communication skills with a demonstrated ability to build effective relationships with stakeholders.

What we Offer

  • We recognise that the success of our business and our clients relies on the skills, knowledge and ideas of all our people. We are dedicated to creating an exceptional experience for our clients and we value empathy, simplicity and commerciality.
  • At Herbert Smith Freehills you will be part of a diverse, innovative culture where high performance, client focus, and highly engaged people are our differentiator. People at our firm come from a range of backgrounds and bring a wide variety of experiences and perspectives to their work with us. We strive to ensure that our inclusive environment means you feel valued and able to perform at your best by being your authentic self at work. We know that our future success not only depends on being innovative and progressive in the changing legal market but, most importantly, on our people feeling highly engaged in meaningful work.
  • People join us to develop their careers and themselves. To support this we provide contemporary tailored learning programs, regular career conversations and a culture of feedback.
  • This vacancy is being managed directly by Herbert Smith Freehills Recruitment team. We will contact our preferred agency partners should we require additional assistance. Thank you._

GROUP / TEAM
Corporate

GROUP / TEAM DESCRIPTION

The team:


The legal support team provides the practical support our lawyers need so they can deliver the best possible service to our clients.

The role of our assistants is critical in assisting our people to perform at the highest level. The team provides high-quality support to partners and throughout our practice areas. This ranges from providing administrative support and diary management to producing a wide range of complex documents.

Our legal support team also plays a client-facing role as our assistants are typically in regular contact with our clients on behalf of lawyers.


ROLE TYPE
Business Services

CONTRACT TYPE
Permanent

WORKING PATTERN
Full Time

Herbert Smith Freehills

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