Legal Assistant

1 week ago

Newcastle, 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 a week of shutdown leave, paid parental leave, extra-long service leave, together with various ongoing learning and professional development opportunities.

Employees covered by our Enterprise Agreement, 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.

**What are we looking for?**

Our National Abuse team is growing, and we are now seeking a Legal Assistant to join our team in Newcastle. This role will offer flexible work arrangements and a 1:1 working partnership supporting a lawyer or law clerk within a very busy practice.

You will be integral to supporting and driving the practice from an administration level. Your energy and drive will be integral in achieving successful outcomes along with your positive approach to your work. A typical day will often look like this:

- Providing a great level of care and support to our clients in a professional manner
- Supporting the team with general files 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.

**What will you bring?**

Ideally you will have previous experience as an assistant, personal assistant or legal secretary, particularly in the area of personal injury law, together with the following skills and attributes:

- 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
- Proactive approach and initiative
- A willingness to learn
- Available to work 38 hours per week, between the hours of 8:30am - 5pm Monday to Friday.

**What next?**

**_ 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.

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