Legal Assistant

**Posted**:
02/06/2025

**Closing Date**:
06/07/2025

**Job Type**:
Permanent - Full Time

**Location**:
Hawthorn

**Job Category**:
Property and Construction
- Great firm culture
- Friendly and supportive team
- Hybrid environment, working in the office in leafy Hawthorn and from home
- Free car parking onsite
- Seeking full-time or part-time applicants

Moores is a values-driven law firm that is committed to making a difference for our clients, our people and the communities in which we operate. We pride ourselves on delivering quality work and excellent client service and we value the integral role our legal assistants play in helping to make a difference.

Moores is committed to creating a strong, diverse and inclusive workplace. If you’re looking to be a valued member of a collegiate team that is committed to making a difference, then we have an opportunity for you.

Job Description

**The role**
We are looking for a proactive and organised Legal Assistant to join our collaborative Construction team, working across front-end matters with a focus on contract preparation and negotiation and project advice. This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a firm that values quality, relationships, and innovation.

You will be supporting a high performing team consisting of a Practice Leader, Senior Lawyer and Paralegal, helping deliver outstanding client service in a fast paced and commercially focused area of law.

**About you**
You will have;
- Experience as a Legal Assistant (ideally in construction, commercial or front-end practice areas)
- Strong attention to detail and a proactive, can-do attitude
- Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities
- Confident communication and client service skills
- Tech savvy with strong MS Office skills and experience using legal practice management systems
- Ability to work independently and as part of a close knit team

**Responsibilities**
- Provide day-to-day support to the Construction team across all administrative and legal assistant tasks
- Assist with workflow and file management to keep things running smoothly
- Support our clients with your strong customer service and communication skills
- Assist with drafting correspondence, legal documents and bills
- Coordinate document management, matter opening, closing via digital workflows
- Navigate and use multiple technology platforms for efficient communication and file management
- Arrange and manage calendar and appointments
- Help the team track and achieve goals and milestones

Desired Skills and Experience

**What we’re looking for in you**

**About us**

Moores is not a traditional law firm. We are unique because:

- We actually innovate - we were one of the first law firms to ditch time sheets in favour of value pricing and we’re not looking back We price value, not time.
- Our staff love working here -Moores recently ranked in the top 25% of Australian organisations surveyed by InSync in relation to employee engagement.
- We are truly flexible - the majority of our staff and practice leaders work flexibly or part time in a hybrid work environment.
- We are proudly inclusive, diverse and committed to gender equality - our CEO and more than 50 percent of our practice leaders are female.
- We pride ourselves on being professional, but we don’t wear suits unless we have to.
- We focus on working with purpose-aligned clients to deliver great outcomes that benefit the community.
- We keep it real - we’re a down to earth bunch who like to work hard but have fun along the way and don’t take ourselves too seriously.
- We do it with heart - people are the heart of Moores. We like and care about each other.

**Flexible Work Options**

**How do I apply?**

**Any questions?**

Contact:

- Natalie Rule, People and Culture Advisor (03) 9843 2130
- Belinda Balmer, Head of People and Culture (03) 9843 0415