Legal Assistant

**The Role**
We have an exciting opportunity for a Legal Assistant to join our Project Approvals and McR ESG teams.
This is a fast-paced role, as the team advises clients from the mining renewable energy industries and on project approvals, project delivery, and regulatory advice.
Your authors will navigate complex issues faced by prospective and existing project owners, including land access, native title, cultural heritage, environmental, land rehabilitation, carbon regime and access to water issues. The team also advises Traditional Owners across Australia - from the Torres Strait to the Pilbara desert.
In addition to the above, you will also have the opportunity to support in our new diversified business - McR ESG. This is an exciting opportunity to assist in the growth of, and work to, support our clients to form policies and strategically respond to the changing environment, with the ultimate goal to unlock opportunities and create value.
Across these practice areas, this role will be providing support to three partners, as well as the wider Project Approvals and McR ESG team, and tasks will include 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;
- Working collaboratively with other legal assistants across the firm; and
- Other general administrative tasks such as taking phone calls and sending mail.

**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;
- Ability to work effectively with the other senior Legal Assistants in the teams; and

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

- Dedicated Diversity committee with an innovative program focusing on all areas of diversity and inclusion;
- Attractive further education program and supportive learning and development opportunities throughout your whole career;
- Mentoring and sponsorship opportunities as well coaching and leadership support;
- Charity leave and a robust community partnership program;
- Active sporting and social committee;
- Holistic Health and Wellbeing program including subsidised gym membership and active social and sporting committees; and
- In-house barista, kids’ room and newly refurbished offices and end-of-trip facilities.

**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.
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.
- 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._