Expressions Of Interest

**BRISBANE**

**THE OPPORTUNITY**

We are currently looking for expressions of interest from Legal Assistants and Legal Secretaries who want to join our Brisbane team.

**The team**:
Our legal support team provides the practical support our lawyers need so they can deliver the best possible service to our clients. The team provides high-quality support to partners and throughout our practice areas. Our legal support team plays a client-facing role as our assistants are typically in regular contact with our clients on behalf of lawyers.

**Key responsibilities**:
Our Legal Assistants are an integral part of our firm and assist in the smooth running of our practice groups and ensure our lawyers perform at the highest level.

You day could involve:

- Planning for and delivering high quality, accurate work whilst managing deadlines and competing priorities
- Managing the billing process for your direct team including clients with specific billing requirements
- Assisting partners and lawyers with client and cost reporting requirements
- Managing Partners internal and external appointments with appropriate meeting lead times including travel and diary management
- Assisting with meeting preparation and the coordination of post meeting actions

**SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS**

**Skills & experience**:

- Experience in a legal secretary or legal administrative position is desirable
- Sound knowledge of Microsoft Office (including Teams)
- Impeccable attention to detail
- Strong organisational and time management skills with the ability to think ahead
- Ability to multi-task and prioritise competing demands from multiple stakeholders
- Ability to respond to changing circumstances and work to meet deadlines
- Good written and verbal communication skills.

**GROUP / TEAM**

All Practice Groups

**GROUP / TEAM DESCRIPTION**

**What we offer**:

- At Herbert Smith Freehills we place an emphasis on supporting our employees throughout their career. Some of what we offer our employees can be found below:

- At Herbert Smith Freehills we value flexibility. For most roles, we work an average of 60% of the time in the office, taking into consideration individual, team, client and learning needs.
- To continue to support our staff working from home as a part of Agile 60, we offer an allowance for home office furniture as well as IT equipment.
- People join us to develop their careers and themselves. To support this we provide contemporary tailored learning programs, regular career conversations and a culture of feedback.

**ROLE TYPE**

Legal PA/Secretarial

**CONTRACT TYPE**

Permanent

**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

Expressions of Interest - Legal Assistant, Brisbane | Herbert Smith Freehills