Legal Assistant

1 week ago

Perth, Australia Corrs Chambers Westgarth Full time

LEGAL ASSISTANT - DISPUTES
- 492830
- Perth
- Legal Support
- Full time

**Join Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Australia's leading independent law firm**

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced/intermediate Legal Assistant to join our Disputes practice in Perth.

This role will be well suited to an organised and proactive administrative assistant who is capable of prioritising and taking responsibility for day to day tasks supporting their team. Exposure to working in a litigation practice would be advantageous but not essential.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- File management
- Matter opening
- Managing calendars and appointments
- Billing, time coding and reporting
- Assisting with events and business development activities
- Assisting with travel and accommodation bookings

**Required skills and personal attributes**:

- Demonstrated administrative support experience within a legal environment
- Outstanding organisational and time management skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Demonstrated ability to prioritise tasks and commitments
- High level of proficiency with Microsoft Office (including Word, 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

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

**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).
- **Generous parental leave entitlements** - we offer up to 26 weeks paid leave and pay superannuation on both paid and unpaid leave (up to 12 months).
- **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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