Legal Assistant

10 hours ago


Canberra, Australia Empire Careers Full time

Contact Name : Kasey Nightingale

Location : Canberra

Job Type : Contract

Job Salary : AU$68122 - AU$76264.00 per annum

**Legal Assistant - Government role**

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- APS4, 15.4% super, flexibility, work from home opportunities
- Ongoing career opportunities within the team
- Administration experience is essential
- Experience in a legal environment will be highly regarded

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**THE CLIENT**

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Our client is a premier national government law team servicing areas of public law, dispute resolution, law enforcement and commercial law. With a well-established team our client is now looking to bring in a new Legal Assistant to support across multiple practice areas.

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**THE ROLE**

Reporting to the Legal Support Manager, as a Legal Assistant, you will be responsible for providing legal and administrative support to a team of lawyers.

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**Your responsibilities include (but not limited to)**:

- Liaise with clients and produce client reports
- Monitor matter status and follow-up tasks as required
- Manage incoming and outgoing mail
- Maintain files
- Conducting legal research
- Drafting documents
- Filing of electronic and hardcopy documents with Court Registry
- Arrange and attend settlements
- Monthly billing and client reporting

**ABOUT YOU**

To be successful for this role, you must have:

- Administration experience is essential
- Legal Assistant experience is preferred and will be highly regarded
- Ability to assess competing priorities to ensure deadlines are met
- Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal)
- Strong organisational skills
- High attention to detail
- 60-70 wpm typing with 98% accuracy

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**CONTACT**
- empire group is a legal specialist recruitment firm working with private practice firms (boutique to top-tier/international), government agencies and in-house. I am a former legal administrator and paralegal out of a top-tier firm and I'm passionate about helping administrators, support staff and paralegals in their next career move. If the above role isn't what you're looking for, reach out as I can assist you in finding the right one _

**Kasey Nightingale - Consultant**

**Reference No**: 22384

**Phone**: 0466 338 876


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