Legal Assistant

Melbourne
- Legal Administration
- Projects, Infrastructure & Construction
- Full time

We are looking for an experienced, professional and enthusiastic Legal Assistant to support our busy and successful Construction practice group within our Melbourne CBD office.

In this role you will provide all aspects of Legal Administrative support, including client liaison, document and file management, general filing, time entry and monthly billing, assistance with court documents preparation and drafting and amending general correspondence and legal documents - including contracts.

You will need to demonstrate a flexible ‘can do’ approach and exhibit a high level of planning and organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities while working toward tight deadlines. Previous experience as a Legal Administrative Assistant, particularly in a construction front/back-end role, as is an understanding of court system processes and online court filing systems.

With no two days the same, the tasks you will be responsible for are:

- General administrative duties such as document management, diary/inbox management and managing enquiries
- Opening and closing matters, conducting conflict searches, filing and archiving
- Attending to time entries, processing third party invoices, team expenses
- Word processing including drafting documents as required
- Preparation of documents including letters, contracts and general correspondence
- Assistance with court document preparation and drafting
- Managing the team’s monthly billing

**About you**

To succeed in this role, you will ideally have:

- Previous experience as a Legal Assistant, ideally with exposure to litigation and court filing processes
- Confidence to ‘manage-up’ to ensure workflows are prioritised
- A customer service approach, with the ability to build relationships
- Strong initiative, with the ability to work autonomously to achieve tasks
- Have excellent communication skills
- Strong organisation and time management skills
- Ability to pick up new systems quickly

**About Us**

Piper Alderman is a premier commercial law firm with offices in Sydney, Brisbane, Darwin, Adelaide, Perth and Melbourne. We work with clients across Australia and internationally to achieve practical commercial outcomes, innovation in service delivery and deep engagement across multiple industries.

Piper Alderman prides itself on being a collaborative law firm where high achieving ambitious team members can succeed in achieving their career goals whilst performing challenging and rewarding tasks.

At Piper Alderman we promote a culture of excellence, collaboration and teamwork. We recognise and support individuals and invest in their continued professional development.

**Our perks**

We have a variety of employee benefits aimed at supporting our people including, but not limited to:

- Learning and development opportunities to support career growth including generous study support options.
- An attractive Parental Leave policy offering up to 26 weeks paid leave.
- Automatic acceptance into the group Salary Continuance insurance plan
- Purchased annual leave options.
- A range of fun office and team events all year round so we make sure we are connecting socially as often as possible
- A range of corporate discounts.
- Employee-led Diversity & Inclusion and Reconciliation Committees and the opportunity to participate in pro-bono work.
- Piper Alderman is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We aim to attract and retain the best people and provide an environment where those people can be their authentic selves. We value diversity of thought and experience and aim to ensure all our people are valued and respected. People from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply._