Legal Assistant

1 week ago

Brisbane, Australia Corrs Chambers Westgarth Full time

LEGAL ASSISTANT - FLOAT
- 492494- Brisbane- Legal Support- Contract**Join Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Australia's leading independent law firm.**

We are looking for an experienced Legal Assistant to support our Brisbane Legal teams in periods of absence and during workload peaks. This role will also provide support to Reception during periods of unplanned leave.

This is a 12 month parental leave contract.

**At Corrs, we help you achieve your ambition - at every stage of your career.**

**Key responsibilities**

In this role you will work closely with partners and teams to provide administrative support including:

- Liaising with clients and stakeholders
- File management
- Managing calendars
- Billing, time coding and reporting
- Arranging travel (including flights and accommodation)
- Assisting with events and business development activities

The ad hoc reception duties primarily involve:

- Meet and greet clients and promptly notify staff member (via phone) of guest arrival
- Provide switchboard services for incoming and internal calls
- Ensure immaculate presentation of meeting rooms and reception space

**Required skills and personal attributes**
- Outstanding organisational and time management skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Proactive and able to work independently with limited supervision
- High level of proficiency with Microsoft Office (including Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and Excel)
- Advanced knowledge of CMS/Aderant or other finance related software
- Ability to develop and foster excellent professional relationships internally and with clients
- Demonstrate confidence, professionalism, responsiveness and excellent customer service skills on the client floor.

**About us**:
Corrs Chambers Westgarth is Australia’s leading independent law firm. We provide exceptional legal services across the full spectrum of matters, including major transactions, projects and significant disputes, offering strategic advice on our clients’ most challenging issues.

**Why Corrs?**
We pride ourselves on meeting our clients needs in a culture characterised by excellence, commitment, collaboration and respect. Our policies, practices and behaviours foster a safe and inclusive workplace, and we focus on creating opportunities and supporting a diverse workforce.
- **Flexible working as standard** - we’ve established flexibility as standard business practice and an option for all our people.
- **Bonus leave** - an additional week of leave each year (5 weeks annual leave in total).
- **Wellbeing program** -we support the wellbeing of our people across areas including resilience, mental health, mindfulness, personal development, physical health and self-care.
- **Diversity and Inclusion** - this is a key area of focus for the firm. We set meaningful goals to improve diversity and an inclusive culture in which all employees feel supported and valued.
- **Responsible business approach** - we are a member of the United Nations Global Compact, and are committed to promoting and respecting human rights, supporting the Compact’s Ten Principles on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption, and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. We are also a member of AusLSA, which works to promote and increase sustainable practices across the legal sector.
- **Learning and development opportunities** - including our Australian-first international study scholarship, our national training program and our mentoring program.

For more information, see our website

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