Legal Assistant

Full-time | West End | Relaxed Office Culture | Great opportunity for skill development

This is an exciting opportunity for a junior paralegal / legal secretary to join a well-established boutique law firm in West End, Brisbane. There is ample opportunity to learn and grow, gaining valuable mentoring and guidance while providing high-quality administrative support directly to our amazing commercial / property team of solicitors, working directly with the Principal.

This full-time, permanent role is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to progress and enhance their career within the legal profession.

The Role

This role is will be an integral part of the administration team - working closely with our solicitors and Principals, you will play an important part in providing administrative support and contributing to the efficient workflow of those you support. You will help our team manage titles office and court lodgements, prepare legal documents and manage invoicing and billing targets.

It is also intended for this role to ease into taking on some of the firm's conveyancing matters as our long term conveyancer moves to retirement early next year. There is great opportunity to learn from someone who has many years of experience providing high quality conveyancing services.

Your duties will include:

• Preparing legal documents such as correspondence and briefs

• facilitating lodgements with Titles Office and the Courts;

• Conducting legal research

• Physical and electronic file management

• Calendar, diary, and meetings management

• Assisting with billing and invoicing processes

• Liaising with stakeholders such as clients, colleagues, and third parties

• Ad hoc secretarial and administration tasks where needed - answering phones, fulfilling mail duties, and photocopying, scanning, and filing documents;

• Assisting the team with various matters and workflow.

About You

To be successful in this role, you should have a keen interest in the legal profession and while existing administration experience within a professional services industry would be ideal, we are happy to provide training and mentorship. You should be able to demonstrate the below skills and qualities:

• Proficient IT skills, including a strong understanding of Microsoft Suite products, particularly Outlook, MS Word and calendar

• Excellent organisational and time management skills

• Strong attention to detail and accuracy

• Effective communication and interpersonal skills

• Ability to multitask and prioritise tasks efficiently

• A willingness to learn and adapt to new responsibilities

• Love being a team player and help out where needed

We have competitive salary on offer and salary will be commensurate with experience.