Legal Assistant

2 weeks ago

Penrith, Australia Slater and Gordon Full time

Legal Assistant

Slater and Gordon Lawyers are a leading personal injury and class actions law firm where every member of our team has a shared passion for our clients: we are people caring for people.

Our commitment to our people includes offering genuine work-life balance, with a hybrid work environment allowing them to split their time between home and the office. We recognise and reward high performance and have outstanding employee benefits including an extra week of annual leave, 18 weeks paid parental leave, extra-long service leave together with various ongoing learning and professional development opportunities.

Covered by our Enterprise Agreement, this position will also enjoy access to additional paid service leave, a confirmed 1 July salary increase, an annual wellness reimbursement, career development opportunities, and much more.

**We are also pleased to let you know that Slater and Gordon were ranked in the Top 25 Attraction Firms in the annual Lawyers Weekly Legal Firm of Choice Survey for 2023-24.**

**_ Acknowledgement of Country_**_ _**Slater and Gordon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all First Nations peoples today.

**What are we looking for?**

We have a fantastic opportunity in our Penrith office for a Legal Assistant to join our National Work & Road team. This role will have you supporting the Workers Compensation team. This is a full time role and we are open to hybrid work arrangement on completion of sufficient training.

This role will have you responsible for providing one on one administrative support to our busy team, with ongoing training and development. Your daily duties will include:

- Providing a great level of care and support to our clients in a professional manner
- Building strong relationships with our clients, internal and external stakeholders
- Supporting the team with general file management and administration
- Coordinating appointments for our lawyers, medico-legal appointments for our clients, conferences and mediations
- Communicating with clients, insurers and other professionals both in writing and verbally
- Preparing legal correspondence and compiling court documents
- Preparing matters for conferences and hearings.

**What will you bring?**

The following experience and skills will ensure your success in this position:

- Exceptional communication and customer service skills
- A willingness to learn
- Excellent attention to detail
- Demonstrated organisation skills and the ability to multi-task
- Ability to work autonomously as well as in a team environment
- Available to work 38 hours per week, between the hours of 8:30am - 5pm Monday to Friday

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