Float Legal Assistant

2 weeks ago

Melbourne, Australia Gadens Full time

Business Support
- Melbourne
- Permanent / Full Time
- Career opportunity to work across a range of practice areas
- Grow your legal knowledge
- Excellent support and training available
- Fantastic opportunity for a Legal Assistant with a broad skillset looking for your next challenge.**About you**
We are looking for an experienced legal assistant, with a background in a variety of areas preferably litigation and property or corporate. This is a fantastic opportunity for you to get to know the inner workings of all practice groups and work closely with all members of staff. If you like the idea of being skilled in all areas of law, having the excitement of each day being different to the last, and building relationships across all practice groups, then this is the role for you
- You will be:
- approachable, positive and able to quickly build trust
- committed to providing a high level of support and demonstrate high attention to detail
- flexible and adaptable
- proactive and show initiative
- an excellent communicator
- experienced at an intermediate level with Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and PDF Docs or equivalent, and
- experienced using file management and practice management systems such as FileSite and Aderant.

**Your role**
As Float Legal Assistant you will work closely with our People and Development team to provide outstanding administrative support to the firm. You will be nimble and work collaboratively to achieve the best outcomes for our people and clients. This is a full time role but it is open to part time (4 days per week).
- Responsibilities include:
- Preparing and amending correspondence/documents, including dictation
- Opening/closing files, timesheet entry, monthly billing and coding of credit card/expense reimbursements
- Diary management, events and arranging travel as required
- Providing relief reception cover
- Other administrative tasks, such as photocopying and filing.

**About us**
Gadens is a leading, independent Australian law firm with over 97 partners and 880 staff across our offices nationally. 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 are always on the lookout for star performers to join our growing workplace.**What we offer**
Gadens offers:
- friendly, supportive and fun team environment
- collaborative and open workplace with excellent facilities
- flexible work practices and work life balance
- regular social events and functions so you can relax with your colleagues
- regular health and wellbeing sessions and group sporting events

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