Legal Assistant

17 hours ago

Brisbane, Australia Corrs Chambers Westgarth Full time

LEGAL ASSISTANT - HEALTH & POLICY
- 492827
- Brisbane
- Legal Support
- Full time

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

An exciting opportunity now exists for an experienced Legal Assistant to join our Health & Policy practice in Brisbane, supporting a highly regarded partner and a team of lawyers.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Assisting partner to meet daily priorities including inbox and diary management
- Liaising with clients, health practitioners and other stakeholders
- Preparation of correspondence, briefs to counsel and other legal documents
- Court filing
- File management and matter opening
- Billing, time coding and reporting
- Assisting with organising firm 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 to meet deadlines
- High level of proficiency with Microsoft Office (including Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and Excel)
- Advanced knowledge of Aderant Expert Billing 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).
- **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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