Administrative Assistant, 12 Months Mtc

2 days ago

Perth, Australia Herbert Smith Freehills Full time

**PERTH**

**THE OPPORTUNITY**

We are seeking an Administrative Assistant to join our Perth office on a 12 Months Maximum Term Contract.

You will be working closely with the Legal Assistants to provide entry level administrative support to legal and business services staff to enhance the client experience.

**Your duties will include a wide range of tasks including**:

- Providing administrative support to the legal teams;
- Planning for and delivering high quality, accurate work whilst managing deadlines and competing priorities;
- Scanning, printing or photocopying relevant documents as required by the legal teams;
- Liaising with business services and other services to coordinate urgent mail and courier requests;
- Filing documents and archiving files;
- Assisting with database management;
- Assisting lawyers with petty cash requests, currency requests and expense claims in a timely manner; and
- Assisting with organising internal and external events.

**SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS**

**To be successful in this role you will need the following skills**:

- Have customer service experience;
- Typing speed minimum of 45wpm with 95% accuracy.
- Knowledge of the Microsoft suite (Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
- Good written and verbal communication skills with a demonstrated ability in building effective and trusting relationships with people.
- Tertiary qualification in business administration (desirable).

**GROUP / TEAM**

All Practice Groups

**GROUP / TEAM DESCRIPTION**

The legal support team provides the practical support our lawyers need so they can deliver the best possible service to our clients. The role of our assistants is critical in assisting our people to perform at the highest level. The team provides high-quality support to partners and throughout our practice areas. This ranges from providing administrative support and diary management to producing a wide range of complex documents. Our legal support team also plays a client-facing role as our assistants are typically in regular contact with our clients on behalf of lawyers.

**ROLE TYPE**

Legal PA/Secretarial

**CONTRACT TYPE**

Maximum Term Contract

**WORKING PATTERN**

Full Time

**DIVERSITY & INCLUSION**

At Herbert Smith Freehills you will be part of a diverse, innovative culture where high performance, client focus and highly engaged people are our differentiator. People at our firm come from a range of backgrounds and bring a wide variety of experiences and perspectives to their work with us. We strive to ensure that our inclusive environment means you feel valued and able to perform at your best by being your authentic self at work. We know that our future success not only depends on being innovative and progressive in the changing legal market but, most importantly, on our people feeling highly engaged in meaningful work.

We understand that you have commitments and personal interests outside of work and we strive to create a working environment based on mutual trust and respect, in which you can perform at your best whilst maintaining sustainable balance across your life.

Herbert Smith Freehills

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