Legal Assistant Rec

3 months ago

Melbourne, Australia Gadens Full time

Administrative Assistants / Support Clerks
- Melbourne
- Permanent / Full Time
- Join one of Australia's leading retail leasing practices
- Work as part of a friendly, experienced team
- Build your career at a growing Law Firm

We're looking for a full time Legal Assistant to join our highly-regarded retail leasing team at Gadens in Melbourne.

Sitting within our broader Real Estate & Construction practice group, Gadens has one of the largest shopping centre practices in Australia catering for the day-to-day operational needs of over 150 centres, including shopping centre acquisitions and disposals and all lease dealings (including disputes).

**Your responsibilities**
You will collaborate with other Legal Assistants, Paralegals and Lawyers to service clients. Your responsibilities may include but are not limited to:

- Preparation of documents and correspondence
- File maintenance - opening, closing and archiving files (electronic and physical filing)
- Secretarial/administrative support to multiple authors
- Attending to telephone calls and enquiries (incoming and outgoing)
- Preparing bills, cheque requisitions and other accounts related matters
- Maintaining databases and contact registers for fee earners
- Preparation and collation of mail including scanning, faxing, and printing
- arranging Titles Office registration by paper and PEXA
- other general financial and administrative tasks

**About you**

To be considered for this role, you will be able to demonstrate:

- Previous administrative/secretarial experience in a law firm or relevant transferrable administrative experience (property experience would be advantageous but not essential)
- a desire to be trained and learn from highly experienced colleagues
- a history of successfully working in a high volume, fast paced environment
- strong organisational skills and an ability to manage competing priorities and time constraints practically and effectively
- excellent written and verbal communication skills
- a team player and team first approach, with the ability to work with team members of varying levels

**About Gadens**

Gadens is a leading, independent Australian law firm, with a clear vision and strategy for the future. We help people achieve their purpose in a complex world, by leading by example, inspiring others, innovating and building something we are all proud of. We are repeatedly recognised as a leading legal service provider in the Chambers Asia Pacific and The Legal 500 Asia Pacific legal directories, and many of our partners and special counsel are recognised as leaders in their areas of law. At Gadens, we:

- develop and inspire our people
- do the right thing and make an impact
- work with quality clients in our chosen markets
- solve problems with people and technology working seamlessly together
- are a widely recognised and respected brand.

**What we offer**

We offer:

- Progressive and market-leading Parental Leave support including:

- 30 weeks' Paid Parental Leave
- Superannuation contributions while on Parental Leave, for up to 52 weeks (based on 5 days/week, regardless of your working days)
- An external coach to support our people through the various stages of the parental leave journey (Launch, Leave and Landing)
- A supported and staggered return
- Budget relief for fee earners upon landing/return
- Support and paid leave for Surrogacy and IVF treatment
- A friendly, down-to-earth, and supportive team environment
- Ongoing professional development opportunities
- Truly flexible work practices
- Health and wellbeing initiatives
- And much more

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