We are looking for a Legal Secretary for our Ballina office (in the Seamark Building on River Street). Come and work with a great team of people, right by the river in Ballina.

The position involves providing support to a solicitor in our Ballina office, practicing in workers compensation cases. Initially, the role will involve assisting the team with the day-to-day functions of the office, maintaining a solicitor’s practice, dealing with phone calls, correspondence, and arranging medico-legal appointments.

The position would be most suited to a person who has secretarial experience, and preferably legal secretarial experience. We ideally want someone who is familiar with working in a legal office and who has experience with Leap. Salary will be commensurate with experience.

The successful applicant must:

be computer literate

be reliable

be confident

have great verbal and written communication skills

have a current drivers licence

have a good work ethic

be a team player

be well presented

have a willingness to learn

be highly organised

be focussed upon a legal secretary position as a career (this role will not suit a law student or graduate).

Bourke Legal is a boutique personal injury law firm. We opened our doors on 1 July 2021 and have offices in Ballina, Kingscliff and Orange. Our culture and benefits (which include hybrid working arrangements, RDO's and reduced office hours on Fridays) are something we’re proud of. As a firm we have invested heavily in technology that helps our staff to do their jobs more efficiently, and to work from anywhere, and we continue to explore new ways to improve those systems even further.

Applicants should forward their cover letter, resume and references to:

Pania Watt/Brendan Bourke, Directors

[email protected]