Legal Support

5 months ago

Sydney, Australia Australian Government Full time

Legal Support roles - Ongoing (non-ongoing positions may be offered)
- Legal Administrative Assistants (APS3), Legal Assistants (APS4) and Senior Legal Assistants (APS5)
- Canberra

AGS is seeking expressions of interest for Legal Support roles in our Canberra office.

**About us**
Australian Government Solicitor (AGS) is the Australian Government’s central legal practice and part of the Attorney-General’s Department. AGS helps Commonwealth clients to manage legal issues, navigate new challenges and find solutions which deliver the best outcomes for Australia. We are a self-funded legal practice and compete for our work.

**AGS is unique.** AGS is dedicated to the national interest and is a trusted advisor to Government.

**AGS is innovative. **Drawing on an exceptional depth of experience and expertise, we assist the Australian Government in the development and implementation of solutions to legal issues that have national importance.

**AGS is diverse. **With offices in every capital city and a team of 660 staff, including over 470 lawyers, we work in more than 40 different areas of law related to government.

**About the roles**
AGS delivers expert legal services to Commonwealth clients across a wide range of areas including dispute resolution, commercial law and constitutional and public law. Please visit the AGS website for further information Home | AGS

**Legal Administrative Assistants (APS3)**

As a Legal Administrative Assistant, you will:

- take an active role in assisting our lawyers to deliver a high standard of legal services to our clients
- assist with the preparation of court and tribunal documents and other correspondence
- maintain legal files and assist with client enquiries
- manage lawyers’ diaries and travel
- ensure administrative procedures such as client billing and reporting comply with relevant AGS requirements.

To be successful in this role you will have:

- good attention to detail and a professional approach
- a genuine commitment and ability to deliver high quality client service
- good written and verbal communication skills and judgement
- good organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks at once
- the ability to be flexible and work as part of a team
- good judgement and the ability and willingness to take on a variety of tasks
- an interest in undertaking training and development to learn new skills.

**Legal Assistants (APS4)**

As a Legal Assistant, you will:

- take an active role in assisting our lawyers and other legal support staff to deliver a high standard of legal services to our clients
- assist with the preparation of court and tribunal documents and other correspondence
- maintain legal files and assist with client enquiries
- manage lawyers’ diaries and travel
- ensure administrative procedures such as client billing and reporting comply with relevant AGS requirements.

To be successful in this role you will have:

- at least 2 years’ legal assistant experience
- a genuine commitment to deliver high quality client service and a professional approach
- good attention to detail and organisational skills, including the ability to manage multiple tasks at once with accuracy
- good judgement and the ability and willingness to take on a variety of tasks
- well-developed written and oral communication skills
- an interest in undertaking training and development to learn new skills
- good technical skills in Microsoft Office suite as well as legal practice software systems such as Mattersphere, Elite, iManage, Desksite or Filesite
- the ability to be flexible and work as part of a team.

**Senior Legal Assistants (APS5)**

As a Senior Legal Assistant, you will
- train, develop and mentor other legal support staff under the guidance of the Legal Support Manager
- take on new and complex requests, identifying opportunities to improve processes
- be a role model for junior staff members
- provide high quality legal and administrative support to lawyers in Dispute Resolution
- use your excellent Word and PowerPoint skills to prepare documents and to draft correspondence
- maintain legal files
- ensure administrative procedures such as client billing and reporting are completed efficiently and comply with relevant AGS requirements
- have a proven ability to work well in a team
- provide all-round legal support and assistance to Dispute Resolution when required.

This role will suit an experienced and highly efficient senior legal assistant who has:

- at least 3 years’ experience providing high quality legal support to multiple lawyers in a fast-paced legal practice
- excellent client service skills, and a demonstrated ability to manage key relationships with internal and external clients
- demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities
- advanced technical skills in Microsoft Office and PowerPoint as well as legal practice software systems such as Mattersphere, Elite, iManage, Desksite or Filesite
- excellent written and oral communic

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