Legal Assistant

7 days ago

Brisbane, Australia McCullough Robertson Full time

If you are looking for a career opportunity with a leading practice group within an independent Australian law firm, look no further. We’re building our success from our strengths - innovation, relationships, service excellence and client satisfaction.
**The Firm**
With offices in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and Newcastle and a complement of over 350 staff, we are building an east coast brand, offering a national and international platform that is ambitious, exciting and distinguishes us from our competitors. An award winning law firm, McCullough Robertson has received the prestigious Employer of Choice for Gender Equality citation for the tenth consecutive year and has recently been awarded Diversity Law Firm of the Year by Lawyers Weekly.
**The Role**
We are looking for an experienced full-time Legal Assistant to join our highly regarded Planning and Environment team in Brisbane. This role will initially support two partners and four lawyers, in a group of 12, with the support of a junior Legal Assistant.
The role will be varied including the following key responsibilities:

- secretarial support for general administrative tasks
- proactive diary management and meeting coordination
- proactive management of monthly client reporting and billing
- coordination of travel arrangements
- file opening and file management
- basic correspondence drafting and dictation
- brief preparation, court document drafting, amendment and management
- other general administrative tasks such as taking phone calls and sending mail
- support and guidance of junior support staff work and development

**Experience**
- ability to exercise initiative
- excellent communication skills with the ability to liaise with internal and external parties
- ability to multi-task and manage deadlines
- excellent attention to detail
- self-motivated with the ability to work autonomously as well as part of a team
- litigation support and experience in planning and environment teams will be highly regarded
- ability to and experience in training junior support staff and working in teams will also be highly regarded

**Benefits**
Your sense of fulfilment at work is important to us and in return for your expertise and enthusiasm, we offer:

- a fantastic work environment working with a friendly and supportive team who enjoy each other’s company
- competitive remuneration
- opportunity to develop great client relationships
- subsidised gym membership
- active social and sporting events
- We're an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees._
- It is a condition of employment for all McCullough Robertson Employees to have obtained their vaccination against COVID-19. This helps us make our workplace safe and enables us to sustain normal arrangements for work at our offices. We also want to work with our clients to ensure a safe environment for them when they visit and the safety of our staff when we visit them._

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