Executive Assistant, 12 Month Mtc

**SYDNEY - CBD**

**THE OPPORTUNITY**

Are you an experienced Legal Assistant looking to progress your career? Or perhaps you are already an experienced Executive Assistant wanting the opportunity to support a Senior partner? We have a new opportunity for an Executive Assistant (EA) to join our high performing Sydney team within our Disputes Resolution Practice Group on a 12 month maximum term contract.

This role will provide high quality and timely administrative and executive support to the Senior Partner (in both the matter related and Senior Partner aspects of their role) and Head of Practice Management, to ensure client and stakeholder requirements are met and to deliver an exceptional client experience.

**SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS**

To be successful in this role, you will have:

- Demonstrated strong experience in a support role working in a professional services firm (legal firm experience is desired).
- Microsoft Office knowledge and skills (advanced - Excel; intermediate - Outlook, Power BI, SharePoint, Word).
- Experience using Aderant Expert or other legal management software.
- Strong matter management and diary management
- Proven organisational and time management skills with the ability to maintain a high level of attention to detail and organisational skills to prioritise workload and meet deadlines.
- Good written and verbal communication skills with a demonstrated ability to building effective and trusting relationships with people internally and external to the firm.

**GROUP / TEAM**

Dispute resolution

**GROUP / TEAM DESCRIPTION**

**The Team**:
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 legal support team 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 assistants are typically in regular contact with our clients on behalf of lawyers.

**What you can expect from us**:

- We're a world leading international law firm with a global team of over 5,000 professionals. As the market leader in Australia, we are committed to high performance, collaboration, diversity and digital innovation. We are client-centred, commercially driven, and renowned for our solution-focused expertise. We will align your growth with our ambitions.
- We make your personal and professional growth our business. And as part of the team, our ambition is yours too. Wherever you are in your career: grow and help the firm grow with you.
- We will provide opportunities to learn on the job as well as a mix of learning opportunities tailored to you. Daily experiences, supportive challenges, team collaboration, mentors, and structured learning opportunities help you to expand your knowledge and reach your goals.
- We value your wellbeing, both at home and work and we place a strong emphasis on mental health. If you need support, you'll have it and we'll empower you to harness your personal strengths, navigate uncertainty, embrace opportunities, and effectively manage things within your control.
- Join us to be part of a human, bold and outstanding team at Australia's market leading law firm.
- This vacancy is being managed directly by Herbert Smith Freehills Recruitment team. We will contact our preferred agency partners should we require additional assistance. Thank you._

**ROLE TYPE**

Legal PA/Secretarial

**CONTRACT TYPE**

Maximum Term Contract

**WORKING PATTERN**

Full Time

**DIVERSITY & INCLUSION**

We aim to have a diverse, innovative culture where high performance, client focus and highly engaged people are our differentiator and where we celebrate the uniqueness of our people. Our firm is made up of people with a range of experience and backgrounds. We strive to ensure that our inclusive environment means our people feel valued and able to perform at their best by being their authentic selves 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 engaged.

Herbert Smith Freehills

Executive Assistant, 12 month MTC | Herbert Smith Freehills